Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 56: WILTSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At Leighton Recreation Centre, Westbury on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 August 1914 Result: Match drawn - Wiltshire won on first innings Points: Wiltshire 3, Surrey 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 116; Wiltshire 135-6 wickets (-*, -*) Surrey 2 nd XI * A W F Rutty c A W Newman b Mitchell 5 ( ) b A W Newman 2 Sandham, A b Mitchell 13 absent Goatly, E G lbw b Mitchell 5 ( ) b Mitchell 89 Peach, H A b A W Newman 15 ( ) c E Newman b Mitchell 2 Myers, E B b Mitchell 22 ( ) b A W Newman 5 D Roberts lbw b A W Newman 0 ( ) hit wicket b A W Newman 0 Alwin, R C b A W Newman 44 ( ) run out 10 Abel, T E c and b Mitchell 0 ( ) lbw b Mitchell 5 Narraway, W E b A W Newman 3 ( ) st Kendle b Mitchell 0 + Sullivan, D c Williams b Mitchell 5 ( ) c Laverton b Tayler 25 Freeman, A J not out 0 ( ) not out 0 Extras b 3, w 1 4 b 12, nb 1 13 Total (all out) 116 (all out) 151 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 44 116 Second innings 75 151 151 - Mitchell 25 9 56 6 1 - (1) 18 1 70 4 - - A W Newman 24 5 56 4 - - (2) 16 5 43 3 - - Laverton (3) 3 1 6 0 - - Taunton (4) 3 1 9 0 - 1 Tayler (5) 1.5 0 10 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 13 1 - - Total 49 14 116 10 1 0 41.5 6 151 9 0 1 Wiltshire J R Tayler st Sullivan b Abel 43 (1) not out 2 T C G Sandford c Narraway b Abel 23 * S J H Taunton c Roberts b Abel 1 (2) not out 1 D C Brown c Myers b Goatly 18 Newman, A W b Goatly 25 C Williams, sen c and b Myers 15 Sellick, A S run out 8 Newman, F E c and b Abel 5 W R C Laverton st Sullivan b Myers 1 + C E C Kendle c Peach b Myers 7 Mitchell, H not out 7 Extras b 2, w 1 3 b 1, lb 1 2 Total (all out) 156 (0 wicket) 5 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 64 156 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Myers 19 4 52 3 - - (2) 1 0 2 0 - - Freeman 4 0 22 0 - - Abel 19 3 63 4 1 - Goatly 7 0 9 2 - - (1) 2 1 1 0 - - Peach 3 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 52 7 156 10 1 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn with Wiltshire winning on the first innings. In the absence of Miller and Awdry, the latter having been called away by the Yeomanry, Taunton captained Wiltshire. Sandford had also been called up before Wiltshire’s second innings whilst Sandham left before Surrey’s second innings in order to play for the first team against Worcestershire. On the first day rain stopped play just before lunch and the match did not resume until 3.30 pm. On the second day more rain curtailed Wiltshire’s bid to score 112 for victory in about 2 hours. For Wiltshire Tayler top-scored with 43. Mitchell took 10 wickets for 126 runs in the match, including 6 for 56 in the Surrey first innings, during which he and A W Newman bowled unchanged. For Surrey Goatly scored 89, adding 76 for the eighth wicket with Sullivan, and Abel took 4 wickets in the Wiltshire first innings. [Missing: Toss; umpires; close of play not out batsmen; fall of wickets; boundaries in Goatly’s 89; Surrey second innings batting order.] Sources: Surrey Year Book, p 107; Western Daily Press 7 August; Wilts Gazette 13 August; Wiltshire Times 8 August; The Sportsman 7 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 430. 97