minc464	Staffordshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 24th, 25th June 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 3; Dorset 0
Umpires	HJ Mycroft, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 202/7 (Stratton 61*, Burns 14*)

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AK Gibson	b Brown	1
P Crimmins	b Grose	105
AJ Daniell	b Grose	52
HJD Hunt	b Grimshaw	1
G Battrick	c Poole b Crane	48
AB Burney	b Grimshaw	4
RC James	lbw b Grimshaw	6
+W Vine	c Crane b Grimshaw	0
EBT Lee	c Stratton b Grose	2
HM Greenhill	c Briggs b Grose	12
*WH Manfield	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-97, 3-100, 4-203, 5-215, 6-221, 7-221, 8-224, 9-236, 10-247 (74 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	26	4	76	4	-	-
Brown	15	4	37	1	-	-
Briggs	6	1	29	0	-	-
Grose	13	0	54	4	-	-
Fereday	11	3	29	0	-	-
Crane	3	1	9	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Page	c Crimmins b Battrick	28
A Hollowood	c Vine b Greenhill	11
P Briggs	c Greenhill b James	28
*HD Stratton	b Hunt	67
W Brown	c Manfield b Lee	18
GW Crane	c Greenhill b Lee	7
JB Fereday	b Greenhill	10
T Grimshaw	c Lee b Hunt	8
JN Burns	lbw b Greenhill	33
+J Poole	not out	46
TA Grose	c and b Lee	63
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-72, 3-81, 4-124, 5-132, 6-166, 7-187, 8-222, 9-230, 10-336 (80.3 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greenhill	20	5	69	3	-	-
Burney	15	1	62	0	-	-
Crimmins	6	0	34	0	-	-
James	4	2	10	1	-	-
Battrick	7	1	27	1	-	-
Daniell	3	0	18	0	-	-
Lee	14.3	6	54	3	-	-
Hunt	11	1	45	2	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Daniell	b Grimshaw	14
P Crimmins	b Grimshaw	0
HJD Hunt	b Grimshaw	24
AK Gibson	c Hollowood b Fereday	17
G Battrick	c and b Grose	21
AB Burney	b Grimshaw	1
RC James	b Grimshaw	12
HM Greenhill	b Briggs	14
*WH Manfield	run out	0
EBT Lee	not out	8
+W Vine	b Briggs	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-51, 4-78, 5-79, 6-80, 7-105, 8-105, 9-110, 10-113 (38 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	16	3	39	5	-	-
Brown	4	1	14	0	-	-
Briggs	5	2	8	2	-	-
Grose	8	0	35	1	-	-
Crane	2	0	8	0	-	-
Fereday	3	1	7	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Crane	not out	15
JN Burns	not out	12
RC Page	did not bat
A Hollowood	did not bat
P Briggs	did not bat
*HD Stratton	did not bat
W Brown	did not bat
JB Fereday	did not bat
T Grimshaw	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
TA Grose	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 5.4 overs)	27

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greenhill	3	0	11	0	-	-
Lee	2.4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AK Gibson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Daniell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC James made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Vine made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Greenhill made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Grose made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Burney made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Vine made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Crimmins (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Crimmins (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Battrick (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JN Burns (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Poole (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EBT Lee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches 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 by ten wickets at 3.30 pm on the second day. For the losers, Crimmins's 105 contained 13 fours, 4 threes and 6 twos, an innings of just short of three hours. Daniell's 52 contained 2 fours. In the Dorset first innings, Crimmins and Battrick added 103 runs for the fourth wicket. For the winners, there were 7 fours in Stratton's 67 and 12 fours in Grose's 63. In the Staffordshire first innings, Poole and Grose put on 106 runs for the last wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 27 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 24,25 June; Birmingham Daily Post 25,26 June; Dorset County Chronicle 2 July; The Sportsman 25,26 June.

 

 

 

 

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