Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 6 : SURREY 2 ND XI V KENT 2 ND XI At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 June 1913 Result: Match drawn – Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 3; Kent 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Not known Umpires: T Attewell and J P Whiteside Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (J White, G E C Wood); Kent 2 nd XI 1 (S H Day) First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 342; Surrey 2 nd XI 137-4 wickets (R C Alwin 38*, C T A Wilkinson 9*) Kent 2 nd XI W G M Sarel b Abel 18 (1) c Blacklidge b Wilkinson 9 Collins, G C lbw b Freeman 42 (2) c Blacklidge b Wilkinson 23 S H Day c Wood b Freeman 135 (3) c White b Freeman 2 Jennings, D W b Abel 27 (4) c Alwin b Abel 121 * L H W Troughton b Freeman 26 (5) b Abel 7 + A F Leach-Lewis b Blacklidge 12 (6) b Blacklidge 0 J H E Whitehead not out 27 (7) c Narraway b Myers 12 K Barlow b Blacklidge 0 (8) b Blacklidge 8 Freeman, A P c and b Blacklidge 7 (9) st Narraway b Wilkinson 35 Hickmott, W E st Narraway b Blacklidge 4 (10) st Narraway b Freeman 52 Preston, H J B b Freeman 16 (11) not out 10 Extras b 18, lb 9, nb 1 28 b 19, lb 3, w 1 23 Total (all out) 342 (all out) 302 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 98 191 254 279 279 285 289 295 342 Second innings 24 35 41 75 86 133 180 200 274 302 White 8 3 25 0 - 1 Wilkinson 19 2 67 0 - - (1) 16 2 61 3 - - Abel 19 5 82 2 - - (2) 13 4 42 2 - - Myers 4 1 23 0 - - (3) 7 0 29 1 - - Blacklidge 18 0 81 4 - - (4) 12 2 39 2 - - Freeman 16.1 4 28 4 - - (5) 17.4 2 68 2 - - Peach 2 0 8 0 - - (6) 10 0 39 0 - - Alwin (7) 1 0 1 0 1 - Extras - - 28 0 - - - - 23 0 - - Total 86.1 15 342 10 0 1 76.4 10 302 10 1 0 Surrey 2 nd XI G E C Wood lbw b Hickmott 3 Myers, E B b Hickmott 7 Abel, W J c Hickmott b Freeman 26 Alwin, R C st Leach-Lewis b Freeman 50 Peach, H A run out 42 C T A Wilkinson b Preston 42 + Narraway, W E c Whitehead b Hickmott 40 Blacklidge, H G b Freeman 95 * A W F Rutty st Leach-Lewis b Jennings 46 J White st Leach-Lewis b Freeman 20 Freeman, A J not out 3 Extras b 32, lb 3, nb 1 36 Total (all out) 410 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 34 36 113 177 201 264 346 393 410 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Collins 12 1 69 0 - 1 Hickmott 25 6 83 3 - - Freeman 32.3 6 112 4 - - Preston 28 4 85 1 - - Jennings 3 0 25 1 - - Extras - - 36 1 - - Total 100.3 17 410 10 0 1 Notes: This high-scoring match was left drawn with Surrey 2nd XI winning on first innings. For the visitors Day scored 135 in 3 hours and 20 minutes, Jennings made 121 in 2 hours and 10 minutes and Hickmott scored 52. In the Kent second innings Freeman and Hickmott added 74 for the ninth wicket. Leach-Lewis made 3 stumpings in the match. For the home team Alwin scored 50 and Blacklidge 95, an innings made at number 9; he added 82 runs for the 8th wicket with Rutty. Narraway made 3 stumpings in the match whilst Blacklidge took 3 catches. [Missing: Toss; in Kent first innings boundaries in Day’s 135, in Kent second innings boundaries in Jennings’s 121 and Hickmott’s 52; in Surrey innings boundaries in Alwin’s 50 and Blacklidge’s 95.] Sources: Kent Yearbook, p 228; Surrey Year Book, p 106; Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 21 June; The Sportsman 17,18 June; Cricket 21 June, p 323. 39