Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 68: ESSEX 2 ND XI V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, High Road, Leyton on Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 August 1914 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by 87 runs Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Essex 2 nd XI 3 (S Hadden, E R Pallett, E Meyer); Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 276; Essex 2 nd XI 133-6 wickets (P J Hilleard 69*) Surrey 2 nd XI Goatly, E G c and b Dixon 36 (1) lbw b Smith 4 Sandham, A c Thompson b Smith 35 (2) not out 94 Myers, E B c Hadden b Womersley 22 (3) c Womersley b Smith 69 Peach, H A c Smith b Pallett 31 (4) not out 20 Alwin, R C b Hills 72 D Roberts lbw b Womersley 20 Abel, T E c Pallett b Hills 11 * A W F Rutty b Hills 8 Platt, G J W b Womersley 31 + Narraway, W E b Womersley 1 A E R Gilligan not out 4 Extras b 3, lb 1, w 1 5 b 7, lb 3 10 Total (all out) 276 (2 wickets declared) 197 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 276 Second innings - - - - - - - - Hills 26 2 74 3 - - (2) 15 1 44 0 - - Smith 18 4 42 1 - - (1) 15 1 67 2 - - Dixon 11 1 49 1 - - (3) 4 0 35 0 - - Thompson 2 0 13 0 - - Pallett 7 0 30 1 - - (4) 2 0 13 0 - - Womersley 11.2 0 63 4 1 - (5) 6 0 28 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 75.2 7 276 10 1 0 42 2 197 2 0 0 Essex 2 nd XI E Meyer b Gilligan 3 (9) b Abel 17 P Campbell c Narraway b Gilligan 4 (2) b Platt 8 * J Keble Guy b Platt 26 (3) c Gilligan b Platt 15 J G Dixon b Platt 6 (4) b Myers 5 A D Womersley b Platt 0 (5) b Gilligan 47 + Hadden, S b Goatly 18 (6) b Gilligan 24 P J Hilleard not out 85 (1) c Platt b Gilligan 5 C V Thompson b Gilligan 14 (7) b Platt 19 E R Pallett b Platt 1 (8) c Peach b Myers 12 Hills, H M lbw b Gilligan 3 (10) c Narraway b Platt 27 Smith, H W b Platt 6 (11) not out 8 Extras b 11, w 1, nb 2 14 b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 19 Total (all out) 180 (all out) 206 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 133 180 Second innings 206 Gilligan 24 5 56 4 1 2 (1) 17 3 58 3 1 - Myers 15 4 26 0 - - (3) 10 1 38 2 - - Platt 19.5 4 63 5 - - (2) 20.5 3 52 4 - 1 Goatly 10 5 11 1 - - (4) 11 3 32 0 - - Peach 3 0 9 0 - - Abel 3 2 1 0 - - (5) 5 1 7 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 19 0 - - Total 74.5 20 180 10 1 2 63.5 11 206 10 1 1 Notes: Surrey 2nd XI won this match by 87 runs on the second day. For the winners Sandham’s unbeaten 94 included 6 fours, Alwin scored 72 and Myers 69. Platt took 9 wickets for 115 runs in the match, including 5 for 63 in the Essex first innings. For Essex there were 6 fours in Hilleard’s unbeaten 85 whilst Womersley scored 47 and took 4 wickets. Some reports indicate that Hilleard batted at number 1 in the Essex first innings and carried his bat. [Missing: Toss; umpires; fall of wickets; in Surrey first innings boundaries in Alwin’s 72; in Surrey second innings boundaries in Myers’ 69; precise time completed.] Sources: Surrey Year Book, p 168; Essex County Chronicle 14 August; The Sportsman 12,13 August; World of Cricket September, p 445. 103