Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 2 : SURREY 2 ND XI V GLAMORGAN At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 12, Tuesday 13 May 1913 Result: Match drawn – Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3; Glamorgan 1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: J P Whiteside and T Attewell Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (H A Peach); Glamorgan 2 (A E Thomas, W A Edwards) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 111-4 wickets (F S Gillespie 43*, H A Peach 19*) Surrey 2 nd XI F S Gillespie c Riches b Creber 57 (1) not out 55 Sandham, A b Hacker 0 (2) st Edwards b Creber 14 + Narraway, W E run out 19 (3) c Edwards b Creber 3 Alwin, R C c Morris b Maxwell 11 (4) lbw b Jones 10 Spring, W A c Jones b Maxwell 10 (5) c Bancroft b Jones 12 Peach, H A c Bancroft b Creber 32 Mason, W st Edwards b Creber 8 * A W F Rutty b Creber 16 Blacklidge, H G c Jones b Creber 0 Platt, G J W not out 5 Freeman, A J c Williams b Creber 0 Extras b 9, w 2 11 b 10, lb 1 11 Total (all out) 169 (4 wickets declared) 105 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 73 138 169 Second innings 105 - - - - - - Creber 26 3 100 6 2 - (1) 10 1 29 2 - - Hacker 15 5 27 1 - - (2) 4 1 15 0 - - Jones 1 0 5 0 - - (3) 5 0 19 2 - - Maxwell 11 0 24 2 - - (4) 7 3 12 0 - - Morris 2 1 2 0 - - (5) 7 0 14 0 - - Riches (6) 1 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 55 9 169 10 2 0 34 5 105 4 0 0 Glamorgan * N V H Riches b Blacklidge 6 (1) lbw b Freeman 0 W P Morris c Sandham b Blacklidge 51 (2) b Spring 0 Bancroft, W J b Blacklidge 1 (3) c and b Spring 14 E R Sweet-Escott b Blacklidge 10 (4) b Peach 9 A E Thomas b Blacklidge 26 (5) c Narraway b Blacklidge 1 Maxwell, J b Spring 12 (6) b Freeman 3 J W Jones b Spring 2 (7) not out 7 + W A Edwards b Blacklidge 1 (8) c Sandham b Peach 37 D B Williams c Narraway b Spring 0 (9) b Blacklidge 8 Hacker, W S not out 3 (10) c Alwin b Peach 0 Creber, H c Peach b Blacklidge 0 (11) not out 6 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 8 8 Total (all out) 117 (9 wickets) 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 99 117 Second innings 1 - Blacklidge 24.4 7 47 7 - - (1) 8 2 22 2 - - Platt 10 1 18 0 - - (2) 3 2 9 0 - - Spring 17 6 28 3 - - (3) 7 0 34 2 - - Freeman 5 1 19 0 - - (4) 8 3 19 2 - - Peach (5) 5 4 1 3 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 56.4 15 117 10 0 0 31 11 93 9 0 0 Notes: This match was left drawn with Glamorgan, who had been set a target of 158 by Surrey’s declaration, finishing with their last pair at the wicket and 65 runs still required for victory. Surrey 2nd XI won on the first innings. Play was severely curtailed on the first day; lunch was taken at 1.00 pm when rain stopped proceedings and, although play recommenced at 3.00 pm, only a further 15 minutes were possible. For the home side Gillespie top-scored in both innings with 57 in the first and an unbeaten 55, an innings of just 70 minutes, in the second. Blacklidge took 7 wickets for 47 runs in Glamorgan’s first innings. For the visitors Morris scored 51, whilst Creber took 6 wickets for 100 runs in Surrey’s first innings. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Surrey first innings boundaries in Gillespie’s 57; in Surrey second innings boundaries in Gillespie’s 55 not out; in Glamorgan first innings boundaries in Morris’s 51.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1913, p 104; South Wales Daily News 13,14 May; Western Mail 13,14 May; The Sportsman 13,14 May; Cricket 17 May, p 204. 35