minc468	Surrey Second XI v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 29th, 30th June 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey Second XI 1; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	R Barber, AG Eldridge
Close of play day 1	Surrey Second XI (1) 148/2 (Baker 57*, Spring 8*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GK Papillon	c Gooder b Smith	2
WH Kingston	c Graburn b Smith	6
GJ Thompson	not out	146
HE Kingston	c Stedman b Smith	1
CJT Pool	b Smith	0
*T Horton	c Stedman b Gooder	14
W East	b Gooder	18
TE Manning	c Kersley b Smith	21
H Hawkins	run out	3
+BC Smith	c Kersley b Smith	4
AW Mold	b Smith	0
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-11, 3-17, 4-23, 5-63, 6-131, 7-188, 8-214, 9-229, 10-229 (85 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	35	8	74	7	2	-
Jackson	17	2	45	0	-	-
Gooder	21	3	47	2	-	-
Kersley	6	1	27	0	-	-
Davis	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Wiltshire	b East	65
A Baker	b East	63
EG Goatly	c Smith b East	13
WA Spring	c Smith b East	19
+F Stedman	c Mold b East	7
*WT Graburn	c Thompson b East	21
T Kersley	st Smith b East	14
WE Davis	c WH Kingston b East	0
LMH Gooder	c Horton b East	21
WC Smith	run out	0
MT Jackson	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-118, 3-157, 4-165, 5-187, 6-196, 7-199, 8-210, 9-224, 10-231 (79.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
East	35.3	6	80	9	-	-
Mold	13	2	37	0	-	-
Thompson	22	2	67	0	-	1
Hawkins	7	0	19	0	-	-
HE Kingston	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GK Papillon	c Smith b Gooder	16
WH Kingston	c and b Smith	48
HE Kingston	c Spring b Smith	7
CJT Pool	c Smith b Gooder	12
*T Horton	b Smith	92
GJ Thompson	not out	55
W East	did not bat
TE Manning	did not bat
H Hawkins	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
AW Mold	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 75.4 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-44, 3-79, 4-91, 5-233 (75.4 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	25.4	3	84	3	-	-
Gooder	26	4	57	2	-	-
Davis	4	0	20	0	-	-
Spring	4	0	19	0	-	-
Jackson	10	1	27	0	-	-
Kersley	6	1	23	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Wiltshire	c East b Mold	10
A Baker	st Smith b East	25
EG Goatly	c Horton b Thompson	16
WA Spring	c Mold b Thompson	1
+F Stedman	c WH Kingston b Thompson	14
*WT Graburn	b Hawkins	0
T Kersley	not out	32
LMH Gooder	not out	5
WE Davis	did not bat
WC Smith	did not bat
MT Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 38 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-39, 3-46, 4-60, 5-60, 6-88

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
East	13	4	21	1	-	-
Mold	9	1	31	1	-	-
Thompson	9	4	10	3	-	2
Hawkins	4	0	10	1	-	-
HE Kingston	3	0	31	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WA Spring made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Wiltshire (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> W East achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI first innings (previous best was 6-11)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match was drawn. Northamptonshire had won the game between the two sides at Northampton earlier in the month. For the visitors, there were 17 fours, 4 threes and 11 twos in Thompson's 146, an innings of just under 3½ hours. Horton's 92 included 1 five and 9 fours, and Thompson's 55 not out contained 5 fours. In the Northamptonshire first innings, Thompson and Manning added 57 runs for the seventh wicket. In the Northamptonshire second innings, Horton and Thompson added 142 for the fifth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. East took 10 wickets in the match for 101 runs, including 9 for 80 in the Surrey 2nd XI first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season. Thompson's run aggregate for the match of 201 was the equal second highest of the season. For the home team, W C Smith took 10 wickets in the match for 158 runs. The 60.4 overs he bowled in the match were the third highest of the season and the 158 runs conceded the highest of the year. Wiltshire's 65 contained 8 fours and Baker's 63 1 five and 7 fours. They had an opening partnership of 102 runs in the Surrey 2nd XI first innings.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Surrey Year Book 1903, p 122; Northampton Herald 4 July; Northampton Mercury 3 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 30 June, 1 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 30 June; The Sportsman 30 June, 1 July.

 

 

 

 

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