minc909	Lancashire Second XI v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (North Division)
Venue	Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn on 1st, 2nd July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 2 runs
Points	Lancashire Second XI 0; Staffordshire 5
Umpires	T Cornwall, H Walmsley
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 55/5 (Vost 13*, Johnson 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	run out	12
P Briggs	b Sladen	35
SF Barnes	c Heap b Turner	21
*HD Stratton	b Sladen	12
A Hollowood	c Turner b Sladen	6
EH Bourne	c Simms b Cook	0
E Vost	c Rowlands b Cook	0
JW Johnson	c Turner b Sladen	3
+CL Winser	c Sladen b Cook	18
A Bucknell	c Groves b Sladen	13
RJ Mee	not out	4
Extras	(8 b, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Brown), 2-62, 3-84, 4-88, 5-89, 6-89, 7-91, 8-100, 9-129, 10-133 (44.3 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowlands	7	1	21	0	-	-
Cook	21.3	5	71	3	-	-
Sladen	15	5	28	5	-	1
Turner	1	0	4	1	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Leese	lbw b Mee	1
V Hope	c Barnes b Mee	1
R Harrison	c Johnson b Mee	3
JS Heap	c Winser b Mee	32
FH Turner	c Barnes b Mee	7
HL Simms	c Winser b Mee	23
LW Cook	c Hollowood b Barnes	0
*T Ainscough	b Mee	11
AR Sladen	c Briggs b Barnes	10
LS Rowlands	c Bucknell b Mee	5
+A Groves	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 33.4 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-17, 4-26, 5-60, 6-61, 7-81, 8-91, 9-93, 10-102 (33.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	15	2	56	2	-	3
Mee	16.4	5	26	8	-	2
Bucknell	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	c Turner b Sladen	22
P Briggs	b Sladen	6
*HD Stratton	b Cook	7
SF Barnes	c Heap b Cook	2
A Hollowood	c Groves b Sladen	11
EH Bourne	c Heap b Sladen	1
E Vost	b Cook	22
JW Johnson	b Sladen	0
+CL Winser	c Groves b Sladen	6
A Bucknell	not out	11
RJ Mee	c Simms b Sladen	3
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 31.1 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Briggs), 2-32, 3-34, 4-35, 5-49, 6-59, 7-69, 8-76, 9-89, 10-95 (31.1 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cook	16	1	48	3	-	-
Sladen	15.1	4	43	7	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Leese	c Winser b Barnes	34
V Hope	run out	27
R Harrison	c Brown b Mee	5
JS Heap	c Winser b Barnes	21
FH Turner	b Barnes	5
HL Simms	b Barnes	6
LW Cook	c Winser b Mee	0
*T Ainscough	c Brown b Barnes	4
AR Sladen	run out	14
LS Rowlands	lbw b Bucknell	5
+A Groves	not out	1
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 34.5 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-63, 3-67, 4-79, 5-100, 6-101, 7-104, 8-104, 9-123, 10-124 (34.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	17	8	41	5	-	1
Mee	13	0	61	2	-	1
Bucknell	3.5	0	19	1	-	-
Vost	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> E Vost made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CP Leese made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FH Turner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HL Simms made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LW Cook made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Groves made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Sladen (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Sladen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-49)
--> AR Sladen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> RJ Mee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lancashire Second XI first innings (previous best was 6-27)
--> AR Sladen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 5-28)

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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.
Staffordshire won this closely fought and low-scoring match by the narrow margin of 2 runs on the second day amid reported scenes of considerable excitement. For the winners, Mee took 10 wickets in the match for 87 runs, including 8 for 26 in the Lancashire 2nd XI first innings. For the losers, Sladen took 12 wickets in the match for 71 runs, including 7 for 43 in the Staffordshire second innings. Press reports indicate the wicket was greatly in aid of the bowlers. This was the first championship match played at this venue.
[Missing: Precise time completed.]
Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Staffordshire Scorebook; Blackburn Times 4 July; Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 4 July; Staffordshire Advertiser 4 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 1,2 July; Yorkshire Post 2,3 July; The Sportsman 2,3 July; Cricket 9 July, p 263.

 

 

 

 

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