Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 54 : WILTSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At Leighton Recreation Centre, Westbury on Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 August 1913 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by an innings and 7 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Wiltshire 1 (H J Sydee) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 384; Wiltshire 197-7 wickets (A W Newman 59*, T S Luce 6*) Surrey 2 nd XI C T A Wilkinson st Luce b Laverton 3 Myers, E B c R W Awdry b Newman 84 Abel, W J c Hurn b Laverton 101 Peach, H A c Sellick b Laverton 5 D Roberts b Mitchell 28 Narraway, W E c Laverton b Mitchell 5 Mason, W c Newman b Mitchell 13 Blacklidge, H G not out 70 * A W F Rutty c Newman b Sellick 53 + Sullivan, D c R W Awdry b Sellick 6 Freeman, A J lbw b Mitchell 6 Extras b 9, w 1 10 Total (all out) 384 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 184 267 358 384 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Mitchell 24.5 2 92 4 - - Laverton 17 0 93 3 - - Sydee 3 0 31 0 - - Newman 12 1 72 1 - - R W Awdry 3 0 37 0 1 - Sellick 4 0 21 2 - - Tayler 3 0 28 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 66.5 3 384 10 1 0 Wiltshire (Followed On) C S Awdry c Rutty b Wilkinson 6 ( ) c Wilkinson b Freeman 6 W R C Laverton c Blacklidge b Wilkinson 4 ( ) c Wilkinson b Freeman 4 S J H Taunton c Myers b Abel 31 ( ) c Peach b Freeman 16 J R Tayler st Narraway b Blacklidge 62 ( ) c Narraway b Wilkinson 9 Sellick, A S c and b Blacklidge 10 ( ) c Peach b Freeman 0 Newman, A W c Narraway b Blacklidge 91 ( ) c Rutty b Wilkinson 0 * R W Awdry c and b Peach 11 ( ) c Peach b Wilkinson 1 C W Hurn b Myers 7 ( ) b Freeman 25 + T S Luce b Wilkinson 18 ( ) not out 41 Mitchell, H b Wilkinson 15 ( ) b Blacklidge 1 H J Sydee not out 0 ( ) c Myers b Wilkinson 9 Extras b 2 2 b 5, nb 3 8 Total (all out) 257 (all out) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 73 223 257 Second innings 120 Freeman 10 3 21 0 - - ( ) 17 9 38 5 - 3 Wilkinson 22 2 90 4 - - ( ) 15 1 59 4 - - Blacklidge 20 1 73 3 - - ( ) 4 1 15 1 - - Abel 8 1 26 1 - - Peach 6 0 19 1 - - Myers 5 0 26 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 71 7 257 10 0 0 36 11 120 10 0 3 Notes: Surrey won this match by an innings and 7 runs on the second day. Surrey’s innings of 384 was compiled in just 66.5 overs. There were 16 fours in Abel’s 101, 1 five and 10 fours in Myers’ 84, Blacklidge scored 70 not out, and Rutty 57. Myers and Abel added 179 for Surrey’s second wicket and Blacklidge and Rutty added 91 for Surrey’s eighth wicket. Freeman took 5 wickets for 38 runs in Wiltshire’s second innings. Narraway made 3 dismissals in the match and Peach took 3 catches. For the losers Tayler made 62 and there were 17 fours in Newman’s 91. In the Wiltshire first innings the Surrey wicket-keeper Sullivan was struck a nasty blow between the eyes when standing up to the stumps. He was unable to take any further part in the match and Narraway deputised for him behind the wicket. Luce acted as a substitute fielder. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; time completed; in Surrey first innings time taken for Abel’s 101, boundaries in Blacklidge’s 70 not out and Rutty’s 53; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Tayler’s 62; in Wiltshire second innings batting and bowling orders.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1913, p 110; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 14 August; Wiltshire News 8 August; Wiltshire Times 9 August; Cricket 16 August, p509. 87