minc1521	Surrey Second XI v Essex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 26th, 27th August 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey Second XI won by an innings and 66 runs
Points	Surrey Second XI 5; Essex Second XI 0
Umpires	C Hughes, E Merrifield
Close of play day 1	Essex Second XI (1) 17/1 (Thompson 8*)

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Gillespie	c Hadden b Hills	67
JH Strachan	lbw b Read	7
EG Goatly	c Hills b Read	42
+RC Alwin	b Hills	59
EB Myers	c Hills b Read	17
HA Peach	hit wkt b Mead	43
TE Abel	c Guy b Hilleard	18
*AWF Rutty	c Coleman b Hills	11
GJW Platt	c Read b Hills	0
AER Gilligan	b Mead	0
AJ Freeman	not out	2
Extras	(15 b)	15
Total	(all out, 66.2 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-257, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-281 (66.2 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hills	24	3	90	4	-	-
Read	25	2	116	3	-	-
Pallett	3	0	14	0	-	-
Smith	6	1	11	0	-	-
Coleman	2	0	9	0	-	-
Mead	4.2	1	12	2	-	-
Hilleard	2	0	14	1	-	-

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Hilleard	b Freeman	9
CV Thompson	b Freeman	10
*JK Guy	b Freeman	0
ER Pallett	c Rutty b Platt	10
P Campbell	b Platt	0
HM Hills	b Platt	2
+S Hadden	b Platt	13
EC Coleman	c Rutty b Myers	2
AH Read	c Rutty b Myers	35
H Mead	not out	0
HW Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-90 (31.2 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilligan	3	0	6	0	-	-
Myers	6.2	0	28	2	-	-
Freeman	9	1	19	3	-	1
Platt	13	0	28	4	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Hilleard	b Platt	18
CV Thompson	b Gilligan	1
*JK Guy	lbw b Platt	0
ER Pallett	lbw b Platt	14
P Campbell	b Platt	43
HM Hills	not out	20
+S Hadden	c Freeman b Platt	0
EC Coleman	lbw b Myers	3
AH Read	c Gillespie b Platt	15
H Mead	c Peach b Myers	0
HW Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-125 (45 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilligan	9	3	17	1	-	-
Myers	6	2	31	2	-	-
Freeman	10	2	26	0	-	-
Platt	20	6	40	6	-	4

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Notes
--> JH Strachan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Read made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FS Gillespie made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Strachan made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Goatly made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Alwin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Myers made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AER Gilligan made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Hilleard made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CV Thompson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JK Guy made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ER Pallett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Campbell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Hills made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Hadden made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Coleman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Read made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Mead made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Peach (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> P Campbell (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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 this return match by an innings and 66 runs on the second day.
Earlier in the month they had already beaten Essex easily.
For the winners there were 1 five and 5 fours in Gillespie's 67 and 7 fours in Alwin's 59.
Gillespie and Goatly added 76 for Surrey’s second wicket.
Platt took 10 wickets for 68 runs in the match, including figures of 6 for 40 in Essex's second innings.
For the losers Campbell top-scored with 43 whilst Hills took 4 wickets.
[Missing: Fall of wickets; Essex second innings batting and bowling orders; why HW Smith was absent hurt; precise time of completion]
Sources: Surrey Year Book p 109; The Sportsman 27,28 August; World of Cricket October p 461.