Ireland Vs Surrey
2-Innings Match Played At Rathmines Dublin, 08-Jun-1978, Two-Day
Match Drawn
Round 294
Toss won by Ireland
Umpires E Parsons - S O'Brien (Ire)
Scorers E Murray Power
Home Side (neutral)
Comment 294/4
8 & 9 June.
Surrey substitutes AR Butcher caught Harte and M Whelan (Railway Union CC) caught Anderson.
O'Brien reached 1000 runs when he got to 35 (53rd innings)
Ireland set 155 to win in 40 minutes plus 20 overs.
Elder, no 11, came in with 5 balls left in the last over and played that out. Close
Day 1
Surrey 1st innings 91-8 (CJ Richards 3*, DJ Thomas 1*)
Match Report here
Ireland 1st Innings 211/6 Declared (Overs 69)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short c RP Baker b RP Baker 10 27 26 1 0
MS Reith c GP Howarth b FJ Titmus 33 108 90 5 0
BA O'Brien c RP Baker b GP Howarth 52 133 143 5 1
IJ Anderson c DJ Thomas b GP Howarth 43 54 71 7 0
CCJ Harte c sub b FJ Titmus 4 27 29 0 0
T Harpur c DJ Thomas b FJ Titmus 28 33 46 5 0
SC Corlett not out   9 15 8 1 0
JD Monteith* not out   12 7 10 1 1
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
LP Hughes dnb            
JWG Elder dnb            
extras   (b5 lb6 w1 nb8) 20        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 211        
FOW
1-3(JF Short) 2-88(MS Reith) 3-152(BA O'Brien) 4-152(IJ Anderson) 5-182(CCJ Harte)
6-189(T Harpur)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
DJ Thomas 5 0 13 0 - 5
RP Baker 12 5 24 1 - 2
IR Payne 6 2 21 0 1 3
Intikab Alam 11 2 29 0 - -
FJ Titmus 25 5 76 3 - -
GP Howarth 10 2 28 2 - -
Surrey 1st Innings 111/10 All Out (Overs 54.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
GP Howarth   b SC Corlett 8 232 23 1 0
Younis Ahmed c JD Monteith b SC Corlett 13 45 40 1 0
RDV Knight* lbw b SC Corlett 1 7 5 0 0
GRJ Roope c MS Reith b JD Monteith 17 32 33 2 0
DM Smith c OD Colhoun b SC Corlett 0 21 16 0 0
IR Payne c OD Colhoun b JD Monteith 17 53 58 2 1
RP Baker c OD Colhoun b SC Corlett 15 69 74 1 0
Intikab Alam c BA O'Brien b JD Monteith 16 15 18 2 1
CJ Richards lbw b SC Corlett 13 32 38 1 0
DJ Thomas c OD Colhoun b SC Corlett 5 10 12 1 0
FJ Titmus not out   5 18 11 0 0
extras   (b0 lb0 w0 nb1) 1        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 111        
FOW
1-12(GP Howarth) 2-16(RDV Knight) 3-29(Younis Ahmed) 4-39(GRJ Roope) 5-39(DM Smith)
6-68(IR Payne) 7-87(Intikab Alam) 8-87(RP Baker) 9-95(DJ Thomas)
10-111(CJ Richards)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 22.3 7 44 7 - -
JWG Elder 7 1 13 0 - 1
JD Monteith 19 9 38 3 - -
LP Hughes 4 3 4 0 - -
IJ Anderson 2 1 11 0 - -
Surrey 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 254/6 Declared (Overs 53.4)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Younis Ahmed   c&b JWG Elder 24 32 42 1 1
GP Howarth c OD Colhoun b JWG Elder 84 106 89 14 1
RDV Knight* c LP Hughes b JWG Elder 5 13 7 1 0
GRJ Roope c SC Corlett b JWG Elder 42 68 76 4 1
DM Smith not out   53 70 61 6 2
IR Payne   b JWG Elder 19 33 28 2 0
RP Baker c T Harpur b SC Corlett 19 25 21 2 1
Intikab Alam dnb            
CJ Richards dnb            
DJ Thomas dnb            
FJ Titmus dnb            
extras   (b2 lb4 w0 nb2) 8        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 254        
FOW
1-30(GP Howarth) 2-48(RDV Knight) 3-147(Younis Ahmed) 4-160(GRJ Roope)
5-206(IR Payne) 6-254(RP Baker)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 13.4 1 78 1 - -
JWG Elder 22 3 81 5 - 2
JD Monteith 14 3 68 0 - -
LP Hughes 4 0 19 0 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 64/9 Closed (Overs 31)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short c IR Payne b RP Baker 15 44 37 1 0
MS Reith   b RP Baker 0 7 4 0 0
BA O'Brien lbw b RP Baker 0 7 6 0 0
IJ Anderson c sub b RDV Knight 12 20 17 1 0
CCJ Harte   b RDV Knight 1 18 22 0 0
T Harpur c CJ Richards b RDV Knight 14 44 42 2 0
SC Corlett   b RP Baker 2 10 10 0 0
OD Colhoun+ lbw b FJ Titmus 1 25 29 0 0
JD Monteith* not out   6 14 12 1 0
LP Hughes lbw b RDV Knight 3 8 9 0 0
JWG Elder not out   0 2 5 0 0
extras   (b2 lb1 w1 nb6) 10        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 64        
FOW
1-4(MS Reith) 2-7(BA O'Brien) 3-31(IJ Anderson) 4-31(JF Short) 5-34(CCJ Harte)
6-38(SC Corlett) 7-53(T Harpur) 8-53(OD Colhoun) 9-64(LP Hughes)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
DJ Thomas 4 0 14 0 - -
RP Baker 10 5 13 4 - -
FJ Titmus 5 2 7 1 - -
RDV Knight 12 4 20 4 - -
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