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minc809	Staffordshire v Lancashire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1907 (North Division)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 17th, 18th June 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Lancashire Second XI 3
Umpires	R Barber, J Stevens
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 21/2 (Briggs 6, Poole 0)

Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Fereday	b Hope	12
W Brown	not out	37
P Briggs	b Heap	0
SF Barnes	b Hope	0
RJ Mee	b Hope	4
B Meakin	c Blomley b Hope	1
A Hollowood	b Hope	4
*HD Stratton	b Hope	2
JB Russell	c Harrison b Heap	5
A Bucknell	b Hope	0
+J Poole	c Heap b Hope	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Fereday), 2-38 (Briggs), 3-43 (Barnes), 4-52, 5-54, 6-56, 7-60, 8-67, 9-67, 10-69 (53 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregson	6	3	5	0	-	2
Williams	7	3	8	0	-	-
Hope	21	11	25	8	-	1
Heap	19	7	27	2	-	-

Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hartley	b Barnes	25
JS Heap	b Barnes	37
GE Tyldesley	b Bucknell	0
V Hope	run out	3
JW Hedley	b Mee	0
R Harrison	not out	20
J Thwaites	b Barnes	0
A Williams	b Barnes	0
*T Ainscough	b Barnes	11
WR Gregson	c Bucknell b Barnes	4
+B Blomley	b Barnes	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-49, 3-63, 4-69, 5-69, 6-70, 7-70, 8-104, 9-108, 10-108 (52.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	22.4	8	37	7	-	1
Mee	17	9	20	1	-	-
Bucknell	9	1	33	1	-	-
Brown	4	2	10	0	-	-

Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HD Stratton	c Harrison b Heap	5
JB Fereday	b Heap	4
P Briggs	b Williams	27
+J Poole	b Gregson	4
W Brown	not out	38
SF Barnes	c and b Harrison	53
A Hollowood	not out	3
RJ Mee	did not bat
B Meakin	did not bat
JB Russell	did not bat
A Bucknell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, 72 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-33, 4-58, 5-141

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heap	20	10	30	2	-	-
Hope	16	2	28	0	-	2
Gregson	16	5	40	1	-	4
Williams	6	1	14	1	-	-
Harrison	14	5	22	1	-	1

Notes
--> JW Hedley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Thwaites made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> V Hope achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-13)
--> V Hope achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> RJ Mee reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire Second XI first innings
--> SF Barnes reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire Second XI first innings

This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Match drawn with Lancashire 2nd XI winning on first innings. For the visitors, Hope took 8 wickets for 25 runs in the Staffordshire first innings. Statistically, it was the third best innings bowling performance of the season. For Staffordshire, there were no boundaries in Barnes's 53. He also took 7 wickets for 37 runs in the Lancashire 2nd XI innings. Brown carried his bat through the first Staffordshire innings. The start of play was delayed by half an hour on the second day. Heavy rain at 3.30 pm stopped play and, as the rain showed no sign of halting, the match was abandoned at 4.30 pm. 3,000 spectators were reported to have been present on the first day when, in contrast to the second, the weather was fine.
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Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 22 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 17,18,22 June; Manchester Guardian 18,19 June; Birmingham Daily Post 18,19 June; The Sportsman 18,19 June.

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