minc874	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1907 (North Division)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 12th August 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 5; Durham 0
Umpires	H Baldwin, CE Brown

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Brooks	b Mee	16			1	-
G Turnbull	b Barnes	5			1	-
AH Stoner	lbw b Barnes	0			-	-
AL Scott Owen	b Barnes	0			-	-
*T Coulson	b Barnes	0			-	-
RC Harrison	b Barnes	3			-	-
J Thackeray	c Barnes b Mee	9			1	-
+J Kirtley	c Barnes b Mee	0			-	-
CH Parkin	b Mee	5			-	-
RY Brydon	not out	1			-	-
A Morris	c Hollowood b Barnes	5			1	-
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 14.5 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-17, 6-29, 7-29, 8-38, 9-42, 10-47 (14.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	7.5	2	23	6	-	3
Mee	7	1	21	4	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	b Morris	6			-	-
A Hollowood	c Brooks b Brydon	19			-	-
+CL Winser	b Morris	7			1	-
SF Barnes	b Brydon	14			-	-
*HD Stratton	b Stoner	0			-	-
EH Bourne	b Morris	2			-	-
S Pike	c Coulson b Morris	0			-	-
JW Johnson	b Morris	8			1	-
P Briggs	not out	1			-	-
RJ Mee	b Morris	1			-	-
D Houseman	b Morris	2			-	-
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-25, 3-41, 4-41, 5-45, 6-45, 7-61, 8-61, 9-62, 10-66 (35.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turnbull	4	0	12	0	-	-
Morris	13.4	5	22	7	-	-
Brydon	14	5	15	2	-	-
Stoner	4	1	11	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Brooks	c Houseman b Barnes	1			-	-
G Turnbull	c Johnson b Mee	1			-	-
AH Stoner	b Barnes	1			-	-
AL Scott Owen	b Mee	5			-	-
*T Coulson	b Barnes	0			-	-
RC Harrison	b Barnes	0			-	-
J Thackeray	b Barnes	2			-	-
+J Kirtley	b Mee	0			-	-
CH Parkin	c Houseman b Mee	4			1	-
RY Brydon	lbw b Barnes	2			-	-
A Morris	not out	1			-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 11 overs)	20
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-4, 3-10, 4-10, 5-10, 6-11, 7-12, 8-12, 9-18, 10-20 (11 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	6	2	7	6	-	1
Mee	5	1	10	4	-	1

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Johnson	not out	3			-	-
D Houseman	not out	0			-	-
W Brown	did not bat
A Hollowood	did not bat
+CL Winser	did not bat
SF Barnes	did not bat
*HD Stratton	did not bat
EH Bourne	did not bat
S Pike	did not bat
P Briggs	did not bat
RJ Mee	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.4 overs)	3

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coulson	0.4	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.
--> D Houseman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Pike made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Houseman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes reached 300 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Durham first innings
--> SF Barnes completed a hat-trick in the Durham first innings
--> A Morris reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
This return match was won by Staffordshire by 10 wickets at 4.30 pm on the first day, with just 3½ hours play needed to complete the match. For Staffordshire, Barnes and Mee bowled unchanged throughout both Durham innings, Barnes taking 12 wickets for 30 runs and Mee 8 for 31. In the Durham first innings, Barnes in his second over took four wickets with his first four balls. His victims were Turnbull, Stoner, Scott Owen and Coulson. Hollowood top-scored in the match with 19. For Durham, Morris took 7 wickets for 22 runs in the Staffordshire first innings. The match aggregate of 136 runs was the lowest in the Championship during the season for a completed match. Similarly, the Durham second innings total of 20 was the lowest of the season. Newspaper reports describe the drying pitch as being 'treacherous' and 'difficult'.
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Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 17 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 12,17 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 13 August; Birmingham Daily Post 13 August; The Sportsman 13 August.

 

 

 

 

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