Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 25: KENT 2 ND XI V SURREY 2 ND XI At Lawrence Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 July 1914 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: Not known Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI 2 (F S Lowe, C E S Rucker); Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (H O Bloomfield) First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 143; Surrey 2 nd XI 192-8 wickets (A Sandham 91*, T E Abel 4*) Kent 2 nd XI J C Colquhoun b Grahame 16 (1) b Grahame 1 C K Douglas b Grahame 31 (2) c Grahame b Myers 27 Dutnall, F c Peach b Grahame 2 (3) not out 108 L M Powell c Grahame b Goatly 7 (4) b Grahame 9 Smith, A b Abel 2 (5) b Gillespie 4 * G J V Weigall c Harrison b Grahame 21 (6) c Alwin b Abel 29 Hickmott, W E b Abel 28 (7) c Grahame b Abel 7 Lowe, F S st Alwin b Myers 17 (8) b Myers 22 C E S Rucker b Grahame 0 Freeman, A P c Gillespie b Myers 10 (9) c Gillespie b Sandham 31 + Povey, A not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 1, w 1 9 b 28, lb 3, w 3 34 Total (all out) 143 (8 wickets declared) 272 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 42 61 64 66 113 120 120 134 143 Second innings 19 39 53 123 131 170 189 272 - - Harrison 6 3 14 0 - - (1) 13 3 34 0 2 - Myers 23.4 10 37 2 1 - (2) 31 14 64 2 1 - Grahame 15 2 49 5 - - (3) 21 5 44 2 - - Goatly 3 0 6 1 - - (4) 3 0 9 0 - - Abel 12 4 28 2 - - (5) 15 2 35 2 - - Gillespie (6) 12 0 38 1 - - Peach (7) 4 0 13 0 - - Sandham (8) 0.5 0 1 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 34 0 - - Total 59.4 19 143 10 1 0 99.5 24 272 8 3 0 Surrey 2 nd XI Harrison, H S c Povey b Freeman 33 (1) c Lowe b Smith 41 Sandham, A b Rucker 117 (2) not out 29 H O Bloomfield b Hickmott 12 F S Gillespie lbw b Douglas 2 Goatly, E G b Hickmott 14 Myers, E B run out 0 D Grahame st Povey b Freeman 8 Peach, H A b Rucker 9 + Alwin, R C lbw b Smith 6 Abel, T E c Powell b Freeman 31 * A W F Rutty not out 9 Extras b 14, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 20 b 1, nb 1 2 Total (all out) 261 (1 wicket) 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 69 104 106 140 140 158 164 187 243 261 Second innings 72 - - - - - - - - - Hickmott 15 2 41 2 - 1 (1) 2 0 11 0 - - Lowe 8 0 46 0 - - (2) 3 0 13 0 - - Smith 6 0 26 1 - - (3) 5.1 0 12 1 - - Rucker 14 2 54 2 1 1 (4) 6 1 25 0 - 1 Freeman 20.4 3 50 3 - - (5) 1 0 6 0 - - Douglas 6 0 24 1 - - (6) 2 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 20 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 69.4 7 261 10 1 2 19.1 1 72 1 0 1 Notes: This return match was drawn with Surrey 2nd XI winning on the first innings. At The Oval earlier in the month the match between these teams was also drawn but with Kent winning on the first innings. For Surrey Sandham scored 117 and with Abel added 56 runs for the ninth wicket in the first innings. Grahame took 5 wickets for 49 runs in the Kent first innings and also took 3 catches in the match. For Kent there were 13 fours in Dutnall’s unbeaten 108, he with Freeman added 83 runs for the eighth wicket in the second innings. [Missing: Toss; umpires; in Kent second innings time taken for Dutnall’s 108 not out; in Surrey first innings boundaries and time taken for Sandham’s 117.] Sources: Kent Year Book, p 228-229; Surrey Year Book, p 104; East Kent Gazette 18 July; The Sportsman 14,15 July; World of Cricket 18 July, p 360. 67