minc749	Surrey Second XI v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1906
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th, 31st July 1906 (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 0; Staffordshire 2
Umpires	T Attewell, TH Holton
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 191/4 (Brown 67*, Stratton 23*)

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Moulder	b Barnes	14
WA Spring	b Barnes	11
WE Davis	b Barnes	1
+F Stedman	b Bourne	28
*T Bowring	lbw b Meakin	49
A Ducat	st Dearing b Mee	65
GJW Platt	c Meakin b Barnes	0
EJ Cotton	c Meakin b Barnes	0
JW Meads	b Barnes	6
LMH Gooder	b Barnes	17
T Rushby	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-27, 3-28, 4-75, 5-135, 6-143, 7-145, 8-168, 9-190, 10-198 (44.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	19.4	2	71	7	-	3
Mee	17	2	71	1	-	-
Bourne	3	0	23	1	-	-
Meakin	3	0	18	1	-	-
Hollowood	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	b Gooder	59
W Brown	not out	91
JB Fereday	c Stedman b Spring	5
SF Barnes	c Stedman b Gooder	6
A Hollowood	c Stedman b Spring	18
*HD Stratton	b Rushby	26
RC Page	run out	0
EH Bourne	st Stedman b Davis	28
G Meakin	b Gooder	1
+H Dearing	b Gooder	2
RJ Mee	b Gooder	0
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-108, 3-117, 4-152, 5-208, 6-210, 7-248, 8-249, 9-253, 10-253 (103 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushby	22	6	44	1	-	-
Gooder	30	4	88	5	-	-
Meads	7	0	20	0	-	-
Spring	24	10	45	2	-	1
Davis	15	2	28	1	-	-
Platt	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Bowring	b Barnes	27
+F Stedman	b Meakin	18
WE Davis	not out	103
A Ducat	st Dearing b Brown	74
WA Spring	not out	27
JH Moulder	did not bat
GJW Platt	did not bat
EJ Cotton	did not bat
JW Meads	did not bat
LMH Gooder	did not bat
T Rushby	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 51 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-48, 3-186

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	13	1	57	1	-	3
Mee	8	0	23	0	-	-
Meakin	10	2	53	1	-	-
Hollowood	5	0	15	0	-	-
Bourne	4	0	24	0	-	-
Fereday	5	0	33	0	-	-
Page	1	0	18	0	-	-
Brown	5	1	26	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Stedman b Rushby	0
RC Page	not out	9
JB Fereday	c Stedman b Rushby	14
W Brown	not out	2
SF Barnes	did not bat
A Hollowood	did not bat
*HD Stratton	did not bat
EH Bourne	did not bat
G Meakin	did not bat
+H Dearing	did not bat
RJ Mee	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb)	17
Total	(2 wickets, 18 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-36

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushby	9	2	14	2	-	-
Gooder	9	5	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Meakin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Ducat (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Davis (2) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Davis (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Ducat (2) passed his previous highest score of 65 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.
This return match was drawn with Staffordshire winning on first innings. The game between the two teams at Stoke-on-Trent a week before had been won by Staffordshire. For the visitors, Barnes took 7 wickets for 71 in the Surrey 2nd XI first innings. Brown carried his bat for the second time in the season, his 91 not out containing 7 fours scored in 4½ hours. Briggs scored 59. In the Staffordshire first innings, Briggs and Brown had an opening partnership of 101 runs. For the home side, there was 1 five, 14 fours, 4 threes and 4 twos in Davis's 103 not out. Ducat played two innings of 65 with 11 fours and 74. In the Surrey 2nd XI second innings, Davis and Ducat added 138 runs for the third wicket.
[Missing: In Surrey second innings duration of Davis's 103*, and boundaries in Ducat's 74; in Staffordshire first innings boundaries in Briggs's 59.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Surrey Year Book 1906, p 114; Staffordshire Advertiser 4 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 30,31 July; Birmingham Daily Post 31 July, 1 August; Sporting Life 31 July; 1 August; The Sportsman 31 July, 1 August; The Cricketer and Football Player (date and page).

 

 

 

 

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