Ireland Vs Surrey
2-Innings Match Played At Castle Avenue Dublin, 13-Jun-1979, Two-Day
Match Drawn
Round 299
Toss won by Surrey
Umpires NF Fitzimmons - E Parsons
Scorers E Murray Power - TP Byrne
Home Side Ireland
Comment 299/5
13 & 14 June.
Debut: RI Johnston.
GRJ Roope kept wicket in Ireland second innings and captained Surrey when RDV Knight was off the field as a result of illness.
There were 3 rain interruptions in Surrey's first innings and 2 in Ireland's first innings.
Close
Day 1 Surrey 1st innings 148-2 (GRJ Roope 16*, DM Smith 23*)


Match Report here
Surrey 1st Innings 148/2 Declared (Overs 51)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
GS Clinton c AV Smith b SC Corlett 44 113 120 2 0
MA Lynch c BA O'Brien b SC Corlett 59 120 100 8 0
DM Smith not out   23 47 51 2 1
GRJ Roope not out   16 40 35 0 0
AR Butcher dnb            
RD Jackman dnb            
CJ Richards+ dnb            
ST Clarke dnb            
RDV Knight* dnb            
PI Pocock dnb            
PHL Wilson dnb            
extras   (b4 lb2 w0 nb0) 6        
TOTAL   2 wickets for 148        
FOW
1-105(GS Clinton) 2-105(MA Lynch)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 22 6 59 2 - -
JWG Elder 8 3 16 0 - -
JD Monteith 12 3 30 0 - -
RI Johnston 4 0 17 0 - -
M Halliday 5 1 20 0 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 77/7 Declared (Overs 41)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short   c&b RD Jackman 3 9 9 0 0
MS Reith c CJ Richards b PI Pocock 8 29 38 0 0
BA O'Brien c RD Jackman b PI Pocock 11 38 32 1 0
IJ Anderson   b AR Butcher 22 67 74 2 0
RI Johnston   b AR Butcher 0 8 11 0 0
AV Smith c RD Jackman b AR Butcher 7 33 41 0 0
JD Monteith* not out   17 25 23 0 0
SC Corlett c ST Clarke b PI Pocock 4 4 8 1 0
M Halliday not out   0 14 12 0 0
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b0 lb3 w0 nb2) 5        
TOTAL   7 wickets for 77        
FOW
1-3(JF Short) 2-13(MS Reith) 3-28(BA O'Brien) 4-29(RI Johnston) 5-54(AV Smith)
6-59(IJ Anderson) 7-66(SC Corlett)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
ST Clarke 5 2 9 0 - -
RD Jackman 6 4 6 1 - -
PI Pocock 15 3 39 3 - -
AR Butcher 14 5 18 3 - -
DM Smith 1 1 0 0 - 2
Surrey 2nd Innings 102/2 Declared (Overs 15)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
AR Butcher not out   35 55 40 6 0
RD Jackman c AV Smith b JWG Elder 8 11 11 1 0
CJ Richards+ c JD Monteith b JWG Elder 0 8 9 0 0
ST Clarke not out   54 34 30 3 5
GS Clinton dnb            
MA Lynch dnb            
DM Smith dnb            
GRJ Roope dnb            
RDV Knight* dnb            
PI Pocock dnb            
PHL Wilson dnb            
extras   (b1 lb4 w0 nb0) 5        
TOTAL   2 wickets for 102        
FOW
1-16(RD Jackman) 2-24(CJ Richards)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 4 0 27 0 - -
JWG Elder 7 1 31 2 - -
JD Monteith 4 0 39 0 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 128/7 Closed (Overs 43)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short c DM Smith b ST Clarke 33 65 75 6 0
MS Reith c PHL Wilson b DM Smith 7 23 13 0 0
BA O'Brien run out   25 54 62 4 0
JD Monteith* c RD Jackman b PI Pocock 39 40 45 4 1
IJ Anderson run out   5 14 13 0 0
SC Corlett c MA Lynch b PI Pocock 2 11 13 0 0
RI Johnston not out   1 19 21 0 0
AV Smith   b PI Pocock 0 5 6 0 0
M Halliday not out   0 12 15 0 0
JWG Elder dnb            
OD Colhoun+ dnb            
extras   (b8 lb0 w2 nb6) 16        
TOTAL   7 wickets for 128        
FOW
1-17(MS Reith) 2-70(JF Short) 3-80(BA O'Brien) 4-96(IJ Anderson) 5-123(SC Corlett)
6-123(JD Monteith) 7-123(AV Smith)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
PHL Wilson 3 1 7 0 1 -
DM Smith 4 1 5 1 - 6
PI Pocock 18 7 51 3 - -
AR Butcher 15 5 38 0 - -
ST Clarke 3 1 11 1 1 -
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