Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 40: SURREY 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Thursday 30, Friday 31 July 1914 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 59 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: T Attewell and W Smith Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Staffordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 371; Surrey 2 nd XI 84-5 wickets (T E Abel 7*, W E Narraway 0*) Staffordshire H E Bourne b Myers 9 J S Heath lbw b Myers 10 Barnes, S F c Alwin b Gilligan 36 * B Meakin c Goatly b Peach 116 Nichols, J E c Sullivan b Myers 35 L F Taylor c Sandham b Myers 102 C H Campbell not out 41 + J B Russell b Myers 1 Sedgwick, H A c Sandham b Myers 3 F B Clark b Myers 10 H Dearing b Gilligan 0 Extras b 2, lb 4, w 2 8 Total (all out) 371 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 21 86 149 308 325 337 350 370 371 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gilligan 25.5 1 136 2 1 - Myers 33 5 120 7 1 - Abel 10 1 29 0 - - Peach 8 0 31 1 - - Goatly 8 0 28 0 - - Narraway 2 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 86.5 7 371 10 2 0 Surrey 2 nd XI (Followed on) Sandham, A lbw b Barnes 0 (1) lbw b Barnes 48 Alwin, R C b Sedgwick 9 (2) b Sedgwick 12 E G Goatly lbw b Heath 19 (3) lbw b Clark 29 Peach, H A b Barnes 18 (4) c Barnes b Nichols 33 Myers, E B c Heath b Nichols 23 (5) b Barnes 2 Abel, T E run out 8 (6) not out 44 Narraway, W E b Sedgwick 2 (8) b Sedgwick 16 Mason , W b Sedgwick 0 (9) b Heath 6 * A W F Rutty b Sedgwick 0 (10) b Heath 7 A E R Gilligan not out 1 (7) st Russell b Nichols 10 + Sullivan, D b Sedgwick 0 (11) b Heath 4 Extras b 2, lb 6 8 b 7, lb 4, nb 2 13 Total (all out) 88 (all out) 224 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 19 42 66 80 86 86 87 88 88 Second innings 25 91 97 109 131 150 177 212 220 224 Barnes 11 1 28 2 - - (4) 10 2 33 2 - 2 Sedgwick 10.4 1 30 5 - - (1) 13 2 44 2 - - Heath 6 0 20 1 - - (3) 4.4 0 22 3 - - Nichols 3 1 2 1 - - (2) 14 0 88 2 - - Clark (5) 4 0 24 1 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 30.4 3 88 10 0 0 45.4 4 224 10 0 2 Notes: Staffordshire won this match by an innings and 59 runs on the second day. For the winners Meakin scored 116 in 2 hours 40 minutes which included 10 fours. Taylor scored 102 which included 1 six, 1 five, and 13 fours in 1 hour 40 mins. They added 159 for the fifth wicket. On the second day Surrey resumed their first innings on 84 for 5 wickets but after fifteen minutes play, they were all out for an additional four runs. Sedgwick took 5 wickets for 30 runs. For Surrey Sandham was the top scorer with 48 and Myers took 7 wickets for 120 in the Staffordshire innings. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 6 August; Surrey Yearbook 1914; The Sportsman 31 July,1 August; World of Cricket 8 August, p 413. 82