minc82	Staffordshire v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham on 28th, 29th June 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 1; Northamptonshire -1
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (2) 69/7 (East 11*, Horton 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TA Brown	run out	2
GH Colson	b Turner	13
CJT Pool	b Walker	24
GJ Thompson	c McHarg b Turner	15
W East	b Turner	2
A Robinson	c McHarg b Walker	9
E Mason	b Walker	4
+BC Smith	run out	1
*T Horton	b Turner	2
CC Eales	not out	4
L Cox	b Turner	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-16, 3-58, 4-58, 5-69, 6-69, 7-74, 8-74, 9-77, 10-81 (36.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	18.4	6	33	5	-	-
Pitchford	8	1	20	0	-	-
Walker	10	1	23	3	-	1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Widdowson	c Horton b Thompson	6
T Grimshaw	c Pool b Brown	20
W Brown	c Mason b East	4
*HD Stratton	b Thompson	0
RC Clark	b Thompson	1
JW Filliston	c and b Thompson	2
WE Walker	c Smith b East	10
PE Mainwaring	b Cox	31
WH Turner	not out	8
+G McHarg	b Thompson	5
JG Pitchford	c Eales b Thompson	6
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 37.3 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-10, 3-13, 4-21, 5-29, 6-33, 7-75, 8-79, 9-90, 10-98 (37.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	15.3	4	43	6	-	-
East	11	5	25	2	-	-
Brown	5	2	14	1	-	-
Cox	6	4	11	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TA Brown	run out	5
GH Colson	c McHarg b Grimshaw	15
CJT Pool	c Mainwaring b Turner	3
GJ Thompson	c Clark b Turner	5
W East	st McHarg b Turner	25
A Robinson	b Turner	10
E Mason	b Walker	15
+BC Smith	c Pitchford b Walker	1
*T Horton	c and b Turner	12
CC Eales	c and b Turner	0
L Cox	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-14, 3-31, 4-31, 5-41, 6-67, 7-69, 8-95, 9-95, 10-104 (57.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	27.2	10	42	6	-	-
Walker	12	3	37	2	-	1
Grimshaw	9	5	11	1	-	-
Pitchford	9	5	7	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Widdowson	b Thompson	18
T Grimshaw	c Mason b East	7
*HD Stratton	b Thompson	18
W Brown	not out	35
RC Clark	c Horton b Brown	2
JW Filliston	not out	3
WE Walker	did not bat
PE Mainwaring	did not bat
WH Turner	did not bat
+G McHarg	did not bat
JG Pitchford	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 44.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-26, 3-69, 4-76

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	15	4	27	2	-	-
East	13.2	6	22	1	-	-
Cox	6	0	19	0	-	-
Brown	9	4	9	1	-	-
Colson	1	0	6	0	1	-

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Notes
--> A Robinson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Cox made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Widdowson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Grimshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HD Stratton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Clark made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Staffordshire won this return match by six wickets at 3.40 pm on the second day. The meeting between the two teams at Northampton earlier in the month had been drawn. Rain delayed the start of play on the second day until 12.15 pm. For the winners, Turner took 11 wickets in the match for 75 runs. W Brown top-scored in the match with 35 not out. T A Brown was run out twice when opening the batting. This was Staffordshire's final Championship match of the season, as the team only played home and away matches against Northamptonshire, and did not qualify for the final table.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 3 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 28,29,30 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 28,29 June; The Sportsman 29,30 June.

 

 

 

 

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