minc935	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (North Division)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 27th, 28th July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 40 runs
Points	Staffordshire 5; Northumberland 0
Umpires	W Copeland, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 97/3 (Gillespie 68*, Chambers 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Marshall b Elsey	79
W Brown	b Skinner	15
SF Barnes	b Elsey	19
*HD Stratton	b Marshall	65
JB Fereday	c Elsey b Marshall	42
EH Bourne	c Wood b Marshall	6
E Vost	run out	3
+CL Winser	c Wilkinson b Milne	34
A Bucknell	not out	46
RJ Mee	c Marshall b Skinner	16
H Eardley	b Gillespie	6
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-60, 3-134, 4-220, 5-235, 6-238, 7-248, 8-301, 9-324, 10-343 (92 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	23	2	62	2	-	4
Skinner	24	2	115	2	-	-
Milne	15	1	47	1	-	-
Marshall	16	2	53	3	-	-
Chambers	6	0	22	0	-	-
Richardson	5	0	21	0	-	-
Gillespie	3	1	11	1	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Gillespie	c Stratton b Mee	95
JT Carr	c Winser b Eardley	17
JH Marshall	c Barnes b Eardley	1
O Richardson	lbw b Barnes	4
M Chambers	c Fereday b Barnes	5
SP Wood	c and b Barnes	1
+T Ullathorne	b Mee	0
GT Milne	b Mee	10
NRE Wilkinson	b Mee	5
CM Skinner	not out	58
G Elsey	b Eardley	34
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-67, 3-92, 4-107, 5-117, 6-118, 7-123, 8-144, 9-155, 10-239 (96.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	35	12	79	3	-	-
Mee	30	9	72	4	-	2
Bucknell	10	2	31	0	-	-
Eardley	11.3	5	21	3	-	-
Vost	6	0	20	0	-	-
Fereday	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Skinner	b Eardley	5
*FW Gillespie	b Eardley	0
JT Carr	b Eardley	0
JH Marshall	c Winser b Eardley	4
O Richardson	c Winser b Vost	30
M Chambers	b Eardley	0
SP Wood	b Vost	0
GT Milne	c Bourne b Vost	4
NRE Wilkinson	c Bucknell b Vost	15
+T Ullathorne	b Eardley	0
G Elsey	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 19.4 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-6, 4-11, 5-11, 6-12, 7-20, 8-59, 9-60, 10-64 (19.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eardley	10	3	30	6	-	-
Vost	9.4	2	29	4	-	-

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Notes
--> SP Wood made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Bucknell (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CM Skinner (1) equalled his previous highest score of 58 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Eardley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 1-24)
--> SF Barnes reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northumberland first innings
--> H Eardley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 3-21)
--> H Eardley achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings
--> E Vost achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 1-9)

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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 return match by an innings and 40 runs at 3.30 pm on the second day after enforcing the follow on, which Northumberland narrowly failed to save by 5 runs. The match between the two sides the previous week had also been won by Staffordshire. In the Staffordshire innings, Winser and Bucknell added 53 for the eighth wicket. For the winners, there were 1 five and 6 fours in Briggs's 79 and 5 fours in Stratton's 65. For the losers, Gillespie's 95 contained 1 five and 9 fours and Skinner scored 58 not out. In the Northumberland first innings, Skinner and Elsey put on 84 runs for the last wicket.
[Missing: In Northumberland first inningss boundaries in Skinner's 58 not out.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 1 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 27,28 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 28,29 July; The Sportsman 28,29 July; Cricket 30 July, p 317.

 

 

 

 

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