Minor Counties Championship 1913

SURREY SECOND XI 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 3, drawn 2 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Ninth out of twenty Won: v Staffordshire at The Oval, v Wiltshire at Westbury and v Wiltshire at The Oval Lost: v Kent 2nd XI at Tonbridge, v Glamorgan at Cardiff and v Staffordshire at Walsall Drawn - won on first innings: v Glamorgan at The Oval and Kent 2nd XI at The Oval Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: A W F Rutty (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: D Sullivan (6 matches) and W E Narraway (2 matches) Debutants: 12 (T E Abel, M B Burrows, - Cook, A E R Gilligan, J Howell, M Howell, J H Lockton, J H Naumann, H A Peach, D Roberts, J White and G E C Ward) Final Season: 6 (H G Blacklidge, - Cook, J Howell, M Howell, J H Lockton and C T A Wilkinson) Secretary: W Findlay Professionals: 14 (T E Abel, W J Abel, R C Alwin, H G Blacklidge, - Cook, A J Freeman, W Mason, E B Myers, W E Narraway, H A Peach, G J W Platt, A Sandham, W A Spring, and D Sullivan) Home Grounds 1: The Oval, Kennington, London (4 matches) Notes: Surrey 2nd XI won three matches as in 1912 but they also lost three matches which resulted in a decline of six places in the Table. Staffordshire were opponents in place of Suffolk. William Abel scored 482 runs, which included three hundreds, for an average of 40.16. The bowling relied heavily upon Henry Blacklidge who took 34 wickets at 16.29 and Albert Freeman who took 31 at 12.25. During the season career milestones reached were 2000 runs by William Abel and 1000 runs by Henry Blacklidge and Arthur Rutty. SURREY SECOND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 12 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey Second XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Surrey Second XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Abel, T E + 3 6 1 28* 46 9.20 - - 2 1 - 16 2 39 0 - - - - Abel, W J 7 12 0 126 482 40.16 3 - 1 5 - 117.5 23 456 18 25.33 3-32 - - Alwin, R C 4 7 0 50 98 14.00 - 1 1 5 - 1 0 1 0 - - - - Blacklidge, H G 8 12 2 95 270 27.00 - 2 4 7 - 180.1 25 554 34 16.29 7-47 - 1 M B Burrows + 1 2 1 58* 60 60.00 - 1 - - - 3 0 18 0 - - - - Cook, - + 1 2 0 46 49 24.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Freeman, A J 7 10 3 6 14 2.00 - - 3 2 - 146.5 38 380 31 12.25 5-37 - 3 F S Gillespie 2 4 1 57 135 45.00 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - A E R Gilligan + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 42 9 138 8 17.25 5-53 - 1 J Howell + 1 2 0 44 47 23.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - M Howell + 2 4 0 28 73 18.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J H Lockton + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - 14 4 30 2 15.00 2-30 - - Mason, W 4 6 0 15 41 6.83 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Myers, E B 6 10 1 84 183 20.33 - 1 2 3 - 47 13 148 5 29.60 1-12 - - Narraway, W E 4 6 0 40 67 11.16 - - 2 8 4 - - - - - - - - J H Naumann + 1 2 1 14* 14 14.00 - - 1 - - 35 8 134 6 22.33 4-58 - - Peach, H A + 8 13 1 87* 278 23.16 - 1 1 8 - 49 11 149 6 24.83 3-1 - - Platt, G J W 1 1 1 5* 5 - - - - - - 13 3 27 0 - - - - D Roberts + 2 3 1 28 53 26.50 - - - 1 - 3 0 17 0 - - - - A W F Rutty 8 11 0 53 183 16.63 - 1 2 5 - - - - - - - - - Sandham, A 2 4 0 14 15 3.75 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - Spring, W A 1 2 0 12 22 11.00 - - - 1 - 24 6 62 5 12.40 3-28 - - Sullivan, D 6 9 3 15* 56 9.33 - - 2 6 4 - - - - - - - - J White + 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 - - - 1 - 8 3 25 0 - - - - C T A Wilkinson 4 6 0 47 138 23.00 - - - 2 - 88 8 324 13 24.92 4-59 - - G E C Wood + 2 3 0 48 51 17.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 215 - - - - - - - - 211 4 - - - - Total 88 141 16 126 2616 20.92 3 9 27 58 8 787.5 153 2713 132 20.55 7-47 0 5 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Surrey Second XI in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Blacklidge, H G 1906 49 64 10 95 1070 19.81 - 4 6 34 - 4896 2490 151 16.49 7-47 1 8 Cook 1913 1 2 0 46 49 24.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - J Howell 1913 1 2 0 44 47 23.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - M Howell 1913 2 4 0 28 73 18.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - J H Lockton 1913 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - 84 30 2 15.00 2-30 - - C T A Wilkinson 1909 18 27 2 69 566 22.64 - 2 3 11 - 1663 890 37 24.05 6-44 - 1 (6 players) 173