minc1337	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1912
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 5th, 6th August 1912 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	WH Caldow, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 15/2 (LN Jones 9*, Taylor 0*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Hope	c Bourne b Barnes	0
J Holland	run out	0
FC Hunter	b Barnes	1
HG Smoker	c Wilson b Barnes	4
CH Taylor	c and b Barnes	8
TA Higson	c Taylor b Wilson	3
LN Jones	not out	14
WE Jones	b Barnes	0
*F Fairbank	b Barnes	1
+JL Jones	b Wilson	3
W Brearley	b Barnes	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-5, 4-6, 5-23, 6-23, 7-23, 8-33, 9-40, 10-41 (30.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	15.4	8	13	7	-	-
Wilson	13	7	17	2	-	-
Bucknell	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*P Briggs	c Hope b Brearley	7
A Hollowood	b Fairbank	38
EH Bourne	c Hope b Fairbank	54
SF Barnes	c and b Hunter	42
JE Nichols	c Hope b Hunter	37
LF Taylor	c WE Jones b Smoker	39
A Smith	b Smoker	2
A Bucknell	c Higson b Fairbank	4
GA Wilson	c LN Jones b Smoker	10
+H Dearing	b Smoker	3
G Deyes	not out	3
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-84, 3-111, 4-174, 5-195, 6-208, 7-229, 8-237, 9-237, 10-249 (54 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brearley	11	0	51	1	-	-
Hope	7	3	13	0	-	-
Smoker	15	5	43	4	-	-
Fairbank	12	0	67	3	-	-
Taylor	3	0	21	0	-	-
Higson	2	0	16	0	-	-
Hunter	4	0	28	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*F Fairbank	b Barnes	1
LN Jones	not out	9
V Hope	st Dearing b Barnes	5
CH Taylor	not out	0
J Holland	did not bat
FC Hunter	did not bat
HG Smoker	did not bat
TA Higson	did not bat
WE Jones	did not bat
+JL Jones	did not bat
W Brearley	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 8 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-15

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	4	2	5	2	-	-
Wilson	4	2	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CH Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> LF Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Wilson reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cheshire first innings

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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.
The match was drawn with Staffordshire winning on first innings and no play possible on the second day. Cheshire were bowled out for just 41 in their first innings with Barnes taking 7-13. In Staffordshire's reply Bourne top-scored with 54 including 5 fours.
Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 10 August; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Sentinel 5,6 August; Chester Chronicle 10 August.

 

 

 

 

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