Minor Counties Championship 1914

SURREY SECOND XI 1914 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 2, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighth equal with Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire out of twenty one Won: v Glamorgan at The Oval, v Essex 2nd XI at Leyton and v Essex 2nd XI at The Oval Lost: v Staffordshire at The Oval and v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn - won on first innings: v Kent 2nd XI at Canterbury Drawn - lost on first innings: v Kent 2nd XI at The Oval and v Wiltshire at Westbury Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Staffordshire at Walsall and v Wiltshire at The Oval Captain: A W F Rutty (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: D Sullivan (5 matches), R C Alwin (2 matches) and W E Narraway (1 match) Debutants: 3 (R A M Basset, H D Bloomfield and J R Strachan) Final Season: 13 (R C Alwin, R A M Basset, F S Gillespie, A E R Gilligan, E G Goatly, D Grahame, W Mason, E B Myers, W E Narraway, H A Peach, W C Smith, W A Spring and J H Strachan) Secretary: W Findlay Professionals: 14 (T E Abel, R C Alwin, A J Freeman, E G Goatly, H S Harrison, W Mason, E B Myers, W E Narraway, H A Peach, G J W Platt, A Sandham, W C Smith, W A Spring, and D Sullivan) Home Grounds 1: The Oval, Kennington, London (4 matches) Notes: Surrey 2nd XI had a similar season to 1913 winning three matches. They increased their fixture list by the addition of Essex 2nd XI. Andrew Sandham scored 527 runs at 47.90. Edwin Myers gave an all-round performance of 303 runs at 21.64 and 35 wickets at 21.14. George Platt took 21 wickets at 11.33 runs each. During the season Andrew Sandham reached the career milestone of 1000 runs. SURREY SECOND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Surrey Second XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 13 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 7 11 1 44* 150 15.00 - - 1 2 - 112 26 265 11 24.09 4-63 - - Alwin, R C 8 13 2 72 291 26.45 - 2 - 4 1 2 0 20 0 - - - - R A M Basset + 2 3 0 7 18 6.00 - - - 1 - 34.2 7 103 8 12.87 4-43 - - H O Bloomfield + 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Freeman, A J 4 6 4 2* 3 1.50 - - 2 3 - 82 15 232 8 29.00 3-19 - - F S Gillespie 3 4 0 67 131 32.75 - 1 - 3 - 13 0 40 1 40.00 1-38 - - A E R Gilligan 3 4 2 10 15 7.50 - - 1 1 - 78.5 12 273 10 27.30 4-56 - - Goatly, E G 6 10 0 89 288 28.80 - 1 - 1 - 67 14 153 7 21.85 3-29 - - D Grahame 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - 3 - 36 7 93 7 13.28 5-49 - 1 Harrison, H S 1 2 0 41 74 37.00 - - - 1 - 19 6 48 0 - - - - Mason, W 3 6 0 35 56 9.33 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Myers, E B 8 14 0 69 303 21.64 - 3 1 3 - 277.1 65 740 35 21.14 7-120 - 1 Narraway, W E 4 7 0 16 29 4.14 - - 1 5 - 2 0 19 0 - - - - Peach, H A 8 14 2 43 256 21.33 - - - 6 - 54.3 6 165 5 33.00 3-10 - - Platt, G J W 3 4 1 31 69 23.00 - - 1 2 - 95.4 20 238 21 11.33 6-40 1 2 D Roberts 3 5 0 20 31 6.20 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - A W F Rutty 8 13 2 72 194 17.63 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Sandham, A 7 13 2 117 527 47.90 1 2 1 2 - 7.5 0 16 1 16.00 1-1 - - Smith, W C 1 2 1 47 60 60.00 - - - - - 47 11 124 1 124.00 1-91 - - Spring, W A 1 2 0 36 38 19.00 - - - - - 7 1 18 0 - - - - J H Strachan + 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sullivan, D 5 9 0 25 72 8.00 - - 1 4 6 - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 157 - - - - - - - - 176 4 - - - - Total 88 145 17 117 2789 21.78 1 10 13 48 7 935.2 190 2723 119 22.88 7-120 1 4 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 13 players made their last appearance for Surrey Second XI in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Alwin, R C 1910 22 32 2 72 614 20.46 - 5 3 20 1 36 29 0 - - - - R A M Basset 1914 2 3 0 7 18 6.00 - - - 1 - 206 103 8 12.87 4-43 - - F S Gillespie 1911 12 18 3 105 575 38.33 1 4 - 5 - 222 115 2 57.50 1-29 - - A E R Gilligan 1913 4 5 2 10 15 5.00 - - 2 1 - 725 411 18 22.83 5-53 - 1 Goatly, E G 1901 66 112 8 128 2930 28.17 2 14 5 23 - 1044 439 23 19.08 3-12 - - D Grahame 1904 2 3 0 8 11 3.66 - - 1 3 - 342 169 8 21.12 5-49 - 1 Mason, W 1909 17 25 1 72 349 14.54 - 1 4 8 - 24 15 0 - - - - Myers, E B 1910 29 50 1 85 928 18.93 - 5 5 12 - 4057 1850 92 20.10 7-120 - 3 Narraway, W E 1912 10 15 1 40 119 8.50 - - 3 14 6 12 19 0 - - - - Peach, H A 1913 16 27 3 87* 534 22.25 - 1 1 14 - 621 314 11 28.54 3-1 - - Smith, W C 1900 43 55 8 201 717 15.25 1 1 12 33 - 7920 3035 217 13.98 8-43 6 20 Spring, W A 1903 55 83 5 180*2208 28.30 5 11 10 36 - 4907 2091 124 16.86 7-57 2 8 J H Strachan 1914 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (13 players) 171