minc1362	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1912
Venue	Cale Green, Stockport on 19th, 20th August 1912 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 187/4 (FW Twigg 14*; 37 overs)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Nichols	c Brown b Fairbank	52
LF Taylor	c Brearley b Brown	80
E Vost	b Brown	12
*WH Twigg	c Brown b Brearley	19
FW Twigg	not out	14
A Bucknell	did not bat
AF Lane	did not bat
GA Wilson	did not bat
HE Bourne	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
G Deyes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 37 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-143, 3-153, 4-187 (37 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brearley	7	3	24	1	-	2
Williams	10	0	56	0	-	1
Fairbank	10	0	51	1	-	2
Smoker	3	0	19	0	-	-
Brown	7	1	27	2	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*F Fairbank	did not bat
FS Church	did not bat
FB Scholfield	did not bat
JC Fallows	did not bat
W Brearley	did not bat
JH Ellerton	did not bat
S Brown	did not bat
J Holland	did not bat
A Williams	did not bat
HG Smoker	did not bat
+JD Tipping	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> FW Twigg made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Ellerton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AF Lane made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FS Church made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FB Scholfield made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Brearley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Ellerton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brown made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LF Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
This match was abandoned with no result achieved. The weather was atrocious with the rainfall naturally making the ground very soft. Play began 10 minutes after the advertised time, and with one cessation of
ten minutes before lunch, play continued up to the interval. However ten minutes after the resumption a drenching storm came on, and the pitch was so saturated that further play was out of the question. On the second day more torrential rain caused the abandonment of the match shortly after 12 o'clock. There were 2 sixes and
7 fours in Taylor's 80 and 1 six and 5 fours in Nichols' 52. For J H Ellerton this was his only Minor County Championship appearance for Cheshire and he did not bat or bowl.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Macclesfield Advertiser 23 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 24 August; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire scorebook; Cricket 7 September, p 492.

 

 

 

 

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