minc897	Surrey Second XI v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 11th, 12th June 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey Second XI won by an innings and 201 runs
Points	Surrey Second XI 5; Berkshire 0
Umpires	R Barber, G Perkins
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 86/8 (Hunt 6*, Barker 0*)

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PH Slater	b Cave	17
A Baker	b Hunt	57
WJ Abel	b Spencer	47
HS Harrison	c Rowe b Cave	23
WH Lawrence	b Cave	16
WA Spring	c Nepean b Shoosmith	170
*AWF Rutty	c Cave b Hunt	8
+F Stedman	c Shoosmith b Cave	3
JW Hitch	b Cave	19
FE Smith	not out	22
T Rushby	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 97.3 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-89, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-272, 9-400 (97.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	11	0	47	0	-	-
Cave	32	5	96	5	-	-
Hunt	27	2	126	2	-	-
Shoosmith	17.3	2	65	1	-	-
Spencer	10	0	48	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	b Smith	18
HW Shoosmith	c Stedman b Smith	18
KJ Seth-Smith	c Hitch b Smith	5
EA Watts	b Rushby	4
JH Bennett	b Rushby	0
+EF Rowe	st Stedman b Rushby	13
TMC Hunt	not out	11
*CEMY Nepean	b Hitch	17
W Cave	b Hitch	0
W Barker	c Hitch b Rushby	2
C Spencer	b Hitch	0
Extras	(15 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 36.5 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-108 (36.5 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushby	18	5	35	4	-	-
Smith	16	2	49	3	-	-
Hitch	2.5	1	4	3	-	1

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	c Harrison b Hitch	6
HW Shoosmith	b Smith	12
KJ Seth-Smith	b Hitch	0
EA Watts	b Spring	14
JH Bennett	st Stedman b Spring	0
+EF Rowe	c Rushby b Smith	5
TMC Hunt	c Stedman b Smith	7
*CEMY Nepean	c Spring b Rushby	28
W Cave	c Stedman b Rushby	1
W Barker	b Smith	13
C Spencer	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 35.3 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-91 (35.3 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushby	11	2	39	2	-	-
Hitch	5	2	17	2	-	2
Spring	7	4	4	2	-	-
Smith	12.3	2	27	4	-	-

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Notes
--> AWF Rutty made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Lawrence made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KJ Seth-Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Bennett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Baker (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 41
--> WA Spring (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WA Spring (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 80
--> WA Spring reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire 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.
Surrey 2nd XI won by an innings and 201 runs on the second day. For the winners, there were 26 fours, 5 threes and 11 twos in Spring's 170, an innings of 160 minutes. Baker's 57 contained 1 five and 5 fours. In the Surrey 2nd XI innings, Spring and Smith added 128 runs for the ninth wicket.
[Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; Berkshire 2nd innings batting order; precise time completed; Spencer's initials.]
Sources: Surrey Year Book 1908, p111; The Sportsman 12.13 June; Cricke 18 June, p 215.