minc1291	Surrey Second XI v Kent Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1912
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 27th, 28th May 1912 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey Second XI 3; Kent Second XI 1
Umpires	GA Burton, AE Hoar
Close of play day 1	Kent Second XI (1) 167/7 (Morfee 12*)

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Goatly	c Povey b Collins	6
EB Myers	b Collins	5
A Sandham	b F Dutnall	16
WJ Abel	c Gore b Morfee	148
RC Alwin	lbw b Smith	50
GW Palmer	c Morfee b Hickmott	1
WA Spring	b Smith	61
HG Blacklidge	c Morfee b Smith	35
*AWF Rutty	b Morfee	26
+D Sullivan	not out	2
T Tidy	b Smith	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 68.5 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12, 3-96, 4-202, 5-203, 6-274, 7-306, 8-352, 9-359, 10-359 (68.5 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morfee	17	1	112	2	-	3
Hickmott	15	1	85	1	-	-
Collins	14	1	54	2	-	1
F Dutnall	8	0	29	1	-	-
Smith	13.5	0	68	4	-	-
W Dutnall	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Dutnall	b Myers	2
GC Collins	b Tidy	107
F Dutnall	b Spring	13
*LHW Troughton	b Myers	10
JHE Whitehead	c Abel b Spring	2
SK Gore	b Myers	3
PE Morfee	not out	33
WE Hickmott	b Spring	5
RG Draper	b Spring	1
+A Povey	b Blacklidge	12
GAJ Smith	lbw b Blacklidge	1
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-74, 3-103, 4-108, 5-131, 6-162, 7-167, 8-173, 9-197, 10-205 (63.2 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Myers	20	4	39	3	-	-
Tidy	10	1	42	1	-	-
Abel	7	0	28	0	-	-
Blacklidge	10.2	0	40	2	-	-
Spring	16	5	40	4	-	-

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Kent Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Dutnall	run out	18
GC Collins	c Goatly b Abel	54
F Dutnall	b Myers	4
*LHW Troughton	c Sandham b Goatly	123
JHE Whitehead	c Sullivan b Sandham	81
SK Gore	not out	8
PE Morfee	b Blacklidge	83
WE Hickmott	not out	3
RG Draper	did not bat
+A Povey	did not bat
GAJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	393
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-163, 3-164, 4-178, 5-373, 6-380

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Myers	25	3	97	1	1	-
Tidy	10	1	69	0	-	-
Abel	17	3	82	1	-	-
Blacklidge	18	1	55	1	-	-
Spring	10	1	45	0	-	-
Sandham	4	1	17	1	-	-
Goatly	4	1	9	1	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Goatly	lbw b Collins	24
EB Myers	c Morfee b Smith	43
A Sandham	not out	18
WJ Abel	c Morfee b Smith	38
GW Palmer	not out	11
WA Spring	c Povey b Collins	6
HG Blacklidge	c and b Collins	8
RC Alwin	did not bat
*AWF Rutty	did not bat
+D Sullivan	did not bat
T Tidy	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 35 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-100, 3-119, 4-123, 5-132

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morfee	4	0	22	0	-	-
Hickmott	8	0	43	0	-	-
Collins	14	3	49	3	-	-
Smith	9	1	34	2	-	-

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Notes
--> D Sullivan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Tidy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Dutnall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JHE Whitehead made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Povey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Tidy made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SK Gore made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Abel (1) passed his previous highest score of 132 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Alwin (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Collins (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Collins (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Collins (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 35
--> WJ Abel (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> GAJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI first innings (previous best was 2-10)
--> HG Blacklidge reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent Second XI second 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.
This was one of two opening fixtures in the Championship and it ended as a draw after Kent 2nd XI had followed on 154 runs behind on first innings. For the home side, there was 1 six and 20 fours in Abel's 148, an innings of ? hours. Spring scored 61, containing ? fours, and Alwin scored 50 with ? fours. In the Surrey first innings Abel and Alwin put on 106 runs for the fourth wicket. For the visitors, there were ? fours in Troughton's 123, an innings of ? minutes, and 2 sixes and 13 fours in Collins's 107 scored in ? hours. Collins also scored 54 in the second innings with ? fours, Morfee's 83 contained ? fours, and Whitehead's 81 included ? fours. In the Kent second innings ? and ? put on 125 runs for the first wicket and ? and ? 195 runs for the fifth wicket.
[Missing: In Surrey first innings duration of Abel's 148, boundaries in Spring's 61 and Alwin's 50; in Surrey second innings batting order; in Kent first innings duration of Collins's 107; in Kent second innings batting order, duration and breakdown of Troughton's 123, boundaries in Morfee's 83, Whitehead's 81 and Collins's 54, and batsmen involved in first wicket partnership of 125 and fifth wicket partnership of 195; Draper's initials.]
Sources: Surrey Year Book 1912, p 105; Kent Year Book 1913, p 218-219; The Sportsman 28,29 May; Cricket 8 June, p 222.

 

 

 

 

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