minc1503	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 3rd, 4th August 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 5; Cheshire 0
Umpires	T Fenwick, JP Whiteside
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 43/4 (Boumphrey 13*, Jones 10*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FL Eaton	b Wilson	10
FC Wild	b Wilson	4
WT Chambers	c Awty b Barnes	5
D Boumphrey	b Wilson	0
HH Simpson	c Skellam b Wilson	3
LN Jones	lbw b Barnes	0
V Hope	c Awty b Barnes	7
HG Smoker	c Awty b Barnes	0
J Williams	not out	0
A Williams	b Barnes	4
+JD Tipping	c Awty b Barnes	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 15.2 overs)	38
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-19, 3-19, 4-19, 5-19, 6-30, 7-34, 8-34, 9-38, 10-38 (15.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	8	1	20	4	-	-
Awty	2	0	6	0	-	-
Barnes	5.2	1	7	6	-	1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Heath	b Smoker	22
JJ Awty	c Jones b Smoker	0
J Ankers	b Smoker	4
LF Taylor	c Wild b Smoker	11
JE Nichols	lbw b Smoker	0
SF Barnes	c and b J Williams	44
CH Campbell	b Smoker	6
WT Newton	c Jones b A Williams	6
GT Skellam	run out	0
GA Wilson	b Smoker	1
*+H Dearing	not out	21
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-27, 4-27, 5-54, 6-62, 7-69, 8-69, 9-74, 10-121 (57.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	29	11	55	7	-	1
Hope	12	5	20	0	-	1
A Williams	13	2	27	1	-	-
J Williams	3.3	0	13	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FL Eaton	b Heath	4
WT Chambers	c Wilson b Heath	10
FC Wild	c Dearing b Heath	0
D Boumphrey	c Dearing b Barnes	13
HH Simpson	c Skellam b Wilson	2
LN Jones	run out	24
V Hope	c Dearing b Wilson	3
HG Smoker	c Nichols b Wilson	11
J Williams	not out	9
A Williams	b Wilson	11
+JD Tipping	b Wilson	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 34.5 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-18, 4-29, 5-55, 6-64, 7-64, 8-78, 9-100, 10-100 (34.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	17.5	2	36	5	-	-
Heath	7	0	23	3	-	3
Barnes	10	3	28	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+H Dearing	not out	15
JJ Awty	not out	2
JS Heath	did not bat
J Ankers	did not bat
LF Taylor	did not bat
JE Nichols	did not bat
SF Barnes	did not bat
CH Campbell	did not bat
WT Newton	did not bat
GT Skellam	did not bat
GA Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	19

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	3	0	15	0	-	-
Hope	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HH Simpson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GT Skellam made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FL Eaton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WT Chambers made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HH Simpson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GT Skellam made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Williams 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 - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Staffordshire won this return match by 10 wickets at 12.20pm on the second day.
They had also won the match between the two sides at Dukinfield in June. The ground was so wet on Monday that the start was delayed until 12:45pm. For Staffordshire Barnes arrived a little late so Awty opened the bowling with Wilson. Barnes then took 6 wickets for 7 runs. When Staffordshire batted Barnes was the top scorer with 44 obtained in 1 hour 45 minutes. He shared a last wicket partnership of 47 with Dearing, scored in 40 minutes. Wilson took 5 wickets for 36 runs in the Cheshire second innings. On the second day play began at 11.10am after an early shower. For Cheshire Jones was the top scorer with 24 and Smoker took 7 wickets for 55 runs in the Staffordshire first innings.
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Sources: Staffordshire Annual Report, Staffordshire Scorebook, Staffordshire Advertiser 8 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 3,4 August; Macclesfield Advertiser 7 August; The Sportsman 4 August; World of Cricket 8 August p 419.

 

 

 

 

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