Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 14: SURREY 2 ND XI V KENT 2 ND XI At The Oval, Kennington, London on Wednesday 1, Thursday 2 July 1914 Result: Match drawn - Kent 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Kent 2 nd XI 3, Surrey 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Kent 2 nd XI 2 (L M Powell, C P Johnstone) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 208; Kent 2 nd XI 195-4 wickets (G J V Weigall 29*, J H E Whitehead 38*) Surrey 2 nd XI Alwin, R C c and b Freeman 16 (1) c Povey b Smith 24 Abel, T E c Hickmott b Smith 18 (2) b Hickmott 1 F S Gillespie lbw b Smith 38 (3) st Povey b Freeman 24 Sandham, A st Povey b Freeman 7 (4) c Povey b Smith 37 Myers, E B c and b Freeman 57 (5) c Wycherley b Hickmott 52 Peach, H A c Dutnall b Hickmott 13 (6) c Johnstone b Freeman 7 * A W F Rutty b Freeman 20 (7) st Povey b Freeman 25 Smith, W C not out 13 (8) b Freeman 47 R A M Basset b Smith 5 (9) st Povey b Freeman 6 + Sullivan, D b Smith 10 (10) b Weigall 15 Freeman, A J b Smith 0 (11) not out 1 Extras b 9, lb 1, nb 1 11 b 18, lb 1, nb 2 21 Total (all out) 208 (all out) 260 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 50 84 96 124 161 182 187 208 208 Second innings 12 53 65 117 131 163 217 228 245 260 Hickmott 3 0 18 1 - - (1) 16 3 51 2 - - Smith 22.4 4 78 5 - 1 (2) 13 1 63 2 - 2 Wycherley 2 1 6 0 - - (3) 4 0 17 0 - - Freeman 21 3 81 4 - - (4) 26 1 107 5 - - Dutnall 2 0 14 0 - - Weigall (5) 0.2 0 1 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 50.4 8 208 10 0 1 59.2 5 260 10 0 2 Kent 2 nd XI J C Colquhoun c Alwin b Smith 52 (7) not out 7 Dutnall, F c Freeman b Abel 34 (5) not out 15 L M Powell b Myers 16 (1) run out 15 C P Johnstone b Abel 5 * G J V Weigall not out 104 J H E Whitehead c Abel b Freeman 61 (2) c Freeman b Myers 6 Hickmott, W E lbw b Basset 13 (3) c Basset b Myers 13 Wycherley, C T st Sullivan b Myers 19 (4) st Sullivan b Myers 22 Freeman, A P not out 23 (6) run out 1 + Povey, A Smith, A Extras b 26, lb 5, w 3 34 b 1 1 Total (7 wickets declared) 361 (5 wickets) 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 97 105 121 136 256 292 328 - - - Second innings 32 51 51 52 67 - - - - - Smith 34 9 91 1 - - (1) 13 2 33 0 - - Myers 33 8 80 2 2 - (2) 13 0 46 3 - - Freeman 20 3 60 1 1 - Basset 8 0 31 1 - - Abel 19 2 48 2 - - Gillespie 1 0 2 0 - - Peach 3 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 34 0 - - - - 1 2 - - Total 118 22 361 7 3 0 26 2 80 5 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn with Kent 2nd XI winning on the first innings. They had been set 108 to win but finished 28 short of their target. For Kent Weigall scored an unbeaten 104, Colquhoun made 52, and Whitehead 61. Weigall and Whitehead put on 120 for Kent’s fifth wicket. Smith took 5 wickets for 78 runs in the Surrey first innings. A P Freeman took 9 wickets for 188 runs in the match, including 5 for 107 in the Surrey second innings. Povey took 2 catches and made 4 stumpings, 5 of his dismissals being in the Surrey second innings. For Surrey Myers made scores of 57 and 52. [Missing: Toss; umpires; in Surrey first innings boundaries in Myers 57; in Surrey second innings boundaries in Myers 52; in Kent first innings boundaries in Colquhoun’s 52, Weigall’s 104 not out, and Whitehead’s 61, time taken for Weigall’s century.] Sources: Surrey Year Book, p 103; Kent Year Book, p 224; The Sportsman 2,3 July; World of Cricket 11 July, p 333. 56