minc1472	Cheshire v Essex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	Park Drive, Birkenhead on 8th, 9th July 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Cheshire won by an innings and 89 runs
Points	Cheshire 5; Essex Second XI 0
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 64/4

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Douglas	b Hope	6
LW Newman	b Smoker	18
CP McGahey	lbw b Smoker	4
CS Richardson	b Smoker	17
HG Clark	lbw b Smoker	2
*CJ Round	lbw b Hope	0
+EC Coleman	b Smoker	0
HM Hills	b Smoker	8
HW Smith	b Hope	3
H Mead	not out	4
BT Strutton	c Tipping b Hope	3
Extras		14
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-79 (41 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	20	6	32	6	-	-
Hope	17	4	29	4	-	3
Williams	4	0	4	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Wild	c Round b Hills	3
HW Hodgson	c Newman b Hills	1
WT Chambers	run out	10
G Blackburne	c Newman b Douglas	43
ESM Harding	b Smith	18
*V Hope	c Coleman b Strutton	29
AF Willmer	b Smith	11
HG Smoker	c Richardson b McGahey	38
LN Jones	b Richardson	40
A Williams	not out	9
+JD Tipping	lbw b McGahey	0
Extras		27
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-6, 3-55, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-229 (63.3 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	13	3	32	0	-	-
Round	2	0	14	0	-	-
Hills	19	5	67	2	-	-
Smith	15	0	40	2	-	-
McGahey	3.3	0	12	2	-	-
Douglas	5	2	8	1	-	-
Strutton	3	0	22	1	-	-
Richardson	3	0	7	1	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Douglas	c and b Smoker	3
LW Newman	b Smoker	0
CP McGahey	b Smoker	8
CS Richardson	b Smoker	5
HG Clark	c Wild b Smoker	7
+EC Coleman	b Hope	11
*CJ Round	b Smoker	9
HM Hills	c Hope b Smoker	0
HW Smith	not out	2
H Mead	b Smoker	0
BT Strutton	b Smoker	0
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 20.4 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-61 (20.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	10.4	0	33	9	-	-
Hope	10	5	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LW Newman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CP McGahey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Clark made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Mead made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BT Strutton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Hodgson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ESM Harding made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Blackburne made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ESM Harding made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AF Willmer made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> V Hope (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 14
--> HG Smoker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Essex Second XI second innings (previous best was 8-18)

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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.
Cheshire won this return match (the first Championship match to be played at this ground) by an innings and 89 runs on the second day.
Rain interrupted play on the first day and there was no play between lunch and 5.00pm.
Earlier in the season Essex had won by 8 wickets.
For the winners Blackburne top-scored with 43, an innings that contained 3 sixes and 2 fours.
Smoker took 15 wickets for 65 runs in the match, including figures of 6 for 32 in Essex’s first innings and 9 for 33 in their second attempt, during which he and Hope bowled unchanged.
13 of Smoker’s wickets were claimed without the assistance of his teammates.
For Essex no batsman reached 20 and no bowler took more than 2 wickets.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; close of play not out batsmen’s details; breakdown of extras; fall of wickets; time completed]
Sources: Chester Chronicle 11 July; Liverpool Echo 8,9 July; Manchester Courier 10 July; World of Cricket 18 July p 354.

 

 

 

 

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