minc640	Surrey Second XI v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 10th, 11th July 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey Second XI 2; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	TH Holton, BW Mason
Close of play day 1	Surrey Second XI (1) 126/6 (Stedman 46*, Bale 3*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	c and b Pringle	33
A Hollowood	c Bale b Smith	0
SF Barnes	c Meads b Gooder	27
EH Bourne	b Pringle	0
WJ Beddows	c and b Pringle	8
*HD Stratton	c Smith b Pringle	21
A Tinsley	b Pringle	82
RJ Mee	c Meads b Pringle	0
+H Dearing	c Goatly b Pringle	21
AWM Boneham	b Pringle	1
PS Bayliss	not out	1
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-51, 3-51, 4-69, 5-73, 6-164, 7-168, 8-187, 9-201, 10-206 (73 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21	2	52	1	-	-
Gooder	17	3	57	1	-	-
Meads	13	2	27	0	-	-
Pringle	17	3	48	8	-	-
Robarts	5	2	10	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Robarts	c Stratton b Boneham	19
EG Goatly	b Barnes	0
JH Moulder	c Dearing b Mee	3
FL Nightingale	c Barnes b Mee	0
JW Meads	b Brown	47
*WT Garrett	c Dearing b Boneham	4
F Stedman	b Bayliss	100
+EW Bale	b Mee	5
LMH Gooder	st Dearing b Barnes	44
WG Pringle	c Tinsley b Bayliss	0
WC Smith	not out	5
Extras	(7 b, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-8, 4-35, 5-44, 6-117, 7-138, 8-224, 9-224, 10-236 (78.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	23.5	4	74	2	-	2
Mee	22	4	60	3	-	-
Boneham	16	3	43	2	-	-
Bayliss	13	0	40	2	-	-
Brown	4	2	10	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	b Gooder	7
W Brown	c Bale b Smith	18
SF Barnes	b Smith	20
EH Bourne	c Bale b Gooder	6
WJ Beddows	b Pringle	21
*HD Stratton	b Pringle	73
A Tinsley	b Meads	1
RJ Mee	c Bale b Smith	1
+H Dearing	b Goatly	7
AWM Boneham	b Pringle	15
PS Bayliss	not out	2
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-35, 3-44, 4-56, 5-93, 6-94, 7-107, 8-121, 9-180, 10-183 (80.5 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pringle	14.5	1	38	3	-	-
Gooder	19	5	38	2	-	-
Smith	24	8	56	3	-	-
Nightingale	7	1	9	0	-	-
Meads	12	4	21	1	-	-
Goatly	2	0	3	1	-	-
Robarts	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Robarts	c Barnes b Mee	23
EG Goatly	not out	39
JH Moulder	st Dearing b Bourne	6
FL Nightingale	not out	6
JW Meads	did not bat
*WT Garrett	did not bat
F Stedman	did not bat
+EW Bale	did not bat
LMH Gooder	did not bat
WG Pringle	did not bat
WC Smith	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 23 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-56

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bayliss	4	0	18	0	-	-
Boneham	9	1	24	0	-	-
Mee	7	2	13	1	-	-
Bourne	2	0	5	1	-	-
Hollowood	1	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Tinsley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AWM Boneham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PS Bayliss made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Robarts made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Pringle made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Dearing (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Meads (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Stedman (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Stedman (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> HD Stratton (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 65
--> EG Goatly (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 32
--> WG Pringle achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire 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.
Match drawn
with Surrey 2nd XI winning on first innings. For the home team, Stedman's 100 contained 1 five and 13 fours, 5 threes and 6 twos, an innings of just under 2½ hours. In the Surrey 2nd XI first innings, Stedman and Gooder added 86 for the eighth wicket. Pringle who was making his debut took 11 wickets in the game for 86 runs, including 8 for 48 in the Staffordshire first innings. For the visitors, there were 7 fours in Tinsley's 82 and 1 five 7 fours in Stratton's 73. In the Staffordshire second innings Stratton and Boneham put on 59 for the ninth wicket. In the same innings Stratton scored 18 off a single over bowled by Smith.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Surrey Year Book 1905, p 113; Staffordshire Advertiser 15 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 10,11,15 July; Birmingham Daily Post 11,12 July; The Sportsman 11,12 July.