minc1288	Berkshire v Surrey Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (South and West Division Challenge Match)
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 23rd, 24th August 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey Second XI won by 5 wickets
Close of play day 1	Surrey Second XI (2) 9/0 (Vigar 9*, Rutty 0*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Rutty b Harrison	0
H Brougham	c Sandham b Myers	10
G Belcher	c Abel b Myers	5
PHH Gray	st Vigar b Blacklidge	0
AJ Murdoch	c Vigar b Myers	24
JH Bruce-Lockhart	c Abel b Blacklidge	0
+EF Rowe	c and b Blacklidge	1
WY Woodburn	c Abel b Blacklidge	4
GM Hawksworth	not out	21
HW Shoosmith	lbw b Myers	20
*CEMY Nepean	c Gillespie b Myers	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 28.1 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-41, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-87 (28.1 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harrison	6	1	16	1	-	-
Myers	14	3	34	5	1	-
Blacklidge	8.1	2	35	4	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Harrison	c Rowe b Hawksworth	1
EB Myers	hit wkt b Bruce-Lockhart	7
WJ Abel	st Rowe b Hawksworth	4
FS Gillespie	c Hawksworth b Bruce-Lockhart	2
A Sandham	b Bruce-Lockhart	0
WA Spring	st Rowe b Bruce-Lockhart	0
GW Palmer	b Hawksworth	21
+HE Vigar	c Belcher b Woodburn	29
GJW Platt	c Rowe b Woodburn	0
HG Blacklidge	not out	0
*AWF Rutty	st Rowe b Bruce-Lockhart	14
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 25.4 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-48, 8-66, 9-66, 10-80 (25.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hawksworth	13	5	26	3	-	-
Bruce-Lockhart	9.4	1	41	5	-	-
Woodburn	3	1	11	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	b Platt	35
H Brougham	b Blacklidge	22
G Belcher	run out	0
PHH Gray	b Myers	5
AJ Murdoch	c Vigar b Myers	20
JH Bruce-Lockhart	not out	8
+EF Rowe	b Blacklidge	19
WY Woodburn	c Blacklidge b Myers	57
GM Hawksworth	c Harrison b Abel	0
HW Shoosmith	lbw b Abel	16
*CEMY Nepean	st Vigar b Myers	17
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-210 (65.3 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harrison	2	0	9	0	-	-
Myers	20.3	4	61	4	1	-
Blacklidge	20	6	45	2	-	-
Platt	12	5	35	1	-	-
Abel	11	1	49	2	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+HE Vigar	c Hawksworth b Bruce-Lockhart	17
*AWF Rutty	c Murdoch b Bruce-Lockhart	9
EB Myers	c Woodburn b Bruce-Lockhart	9
HS Harrison	not out	64
WJ Abel	c Brougham b Hawksworth	25
GW Palmer	c Shoosmith b Bruce-Lockhart	68
A Sandham	not out	23
FS Gillespie	did not bat
WA Spring	did not bat
GJW Platt	did not bat
HG Blacklidge	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 56 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-29, 3-39, 4-73, 5-159

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bruce-Lockhart	24	5	87	4	-	2
Hawksworth	18	3	77	1	-	-
Woodburn	6	2	31	0	-	-
Belcher	6	2	19	0	-	-
Gray	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EF Rowe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GW Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Myers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 4-57)
--> EB Myers achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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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.
Surrey 2nd XI won by five wickets shortly after lunch on the second day. They were set 218 runs to win, the highest total of the match.
For Surrey Palmer scored 68 and Harrison 64 not out.
Myers took 9 wickets in the match for 95 runs, including 5 for 34 in the first Berkshire innings. For Berkshire Woodburn scored 57 and Lockhart took 9 wickets in the match for 128 runs, including figures of 5 for 41 in the first Surrey innings. Surrey therefore qualified to meet Staffordshire in the Championship Final.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; part fall of wickets; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Woodburn's 57; in Surrey second innings boundaries in Palmer's 68 and Harrison's 64 not out; precise time completed.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 26 August; Reading Standard 26 August; Surrey Year Book, p 121; The Sportsman 24,25 August; Cricket 16 September, p 520.

 

 

 

 

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