Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 78 : STAFFORDSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At Walsall Cricket Club Ground, Gorway Road, Walsall on Monday 18, Tuesday 19 August 1913 Result: Staffordshire won by eight wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: W H Harden and M Myers Debutants: Staffordshire 2 (C R Ridgway; N P Hewson); Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (M Howell, J Howell) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 112 and 87-9 wickets (H G Blacklidge 33*, A J Freeman 2*); Staffordshire 132 Surrey 2 nd XI M Howell c Nichols b Barnes 16 (1) c Campbell b Barnes 10 J Howell b Deyes 44 (2) b Deyes 3 Sandham, A b Barnes 0 (3) c Campbell b Barnes 1 Abel, W J b Deyes 5 (4) c Russell b Deyes 7 C T Wilkinson c Russell b Deyes 29 (5) b Barnes 13 Peach, H A c Taylor b Deyes 1 (6) c Deyes b Barnes 3 Blacklidge, H G c Twigg b Deyes 10 (7) not out 33 Abel, T E c Taylor b Barnes 1 (8) c and b Barnes 1 * A W F Rutty c Nichols b Deyes 0 (9) b Deyes 0 + Sullivan, D b Deyes 0 (10) c Hewson b Deyes 2 Freeman, A J not out 0 (11) b Barnes 2 Extras b 1, lb 4, nb 1 6 b 10, lb 3 13 Total (all out) 112 (all out) 88 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 27 40 94 95 105 112 112 112 112 Second innings 13 13 25 35 40 47 55 60 68 88 Barnes 15.2 3 37 3 - - (1) 13.2 5 30 6 - - Deyes 13 2 39 7 - 1 (2) 13 1 45 4 - - Nichols 4 1 12 0 - - Bucknell 4 1 18 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 36.2 7 112 10 0 1 26.2 6 88 10 0 0 Staffordshire * P Briggs b Peach 33 (1) c Rutty b Wilkinson 9 Barnes, S F b Blacklidge 4 (2) not out 39 L F Taylor c Sullivan b W J Abel 15 (3) b Blacklidge 10 Nichols, J E lbw b W J Abel 2 (4) not out 10 F W Twigg c Sullivan b W J Abel 17 C R Ridgway not out 32 C H Campbell b Freeman 14 N P Hewson b Wilkinson 0 + J B Russell run out 1 Bucknell, A b Freeman 1 Deyes, G c and b Freeman 6 Extras b 5, lb 1, w 1 7 b 1, lb 1 2 Total (all out) 132 (2 wickets) 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 43 45 71 76 113 114 120 124 132 Second innings 36 52 - - - - - - - - Freeman 9.3 1 27 3 - - (1) 4 0 17 0 - - Blacklidge 9 0 33 1 1 - (4) 2.5 1 9 1 - - W J Abel 9 0 32 3 - - (3) 5 1 28 0 - - Peach 6 1 19 1 - - Wilkinson 4 0 14 1 - - (2) 6 1 14 1 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 37.3 2 132 10 1 0 17.5 3 70 2 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this match by 8 wickets at 12.05 pm on the second day after less than an hour’s play. Surrey’s second innings closed after two balls in the morning and Staffordshire hit off the required runs for the loss of two wickets. The match in July at The Oval had been won by Surrey 2 nd XI. Deyes took 7 for 39 in Surrey’s first innings and 4 for 45 in the second giving him match figures of 11 for 84. Barnes took 6 for 30 in the second innings. Ridgway and Briggs were chiefly responsible for giving Staffordshire a lead of 20 runs. For the losers the debutant J Howell made the top score in the match, 44, in the first innings of his side. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Surrey Yearbook 1913; Staffordshire Advertiser 23 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 18,19 August; Walsall Advertiser 23 August; Walsall Observer 23 August; The Sportsman 19,20 August; Cricket 30 August, p 572. 111