minc522	Staffordshire v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 25th, 26th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Cambridgeshire 0
Close of play day 1	Cambridgeshire (1) 70/5 (Watts 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	lbw b Coote	12
A Hollowood	c and b Gray	1
JB Fereday	c Swann-Mason b Coote	22
*HD Stratton	b Gray	1
P Briggs	c sub (HD Stratton) b Morgan	44
FH Wynne	b Gray	0
WJ Beddows	c Watts b Gray	11
TA Grose	lbw b Coote	23
T Grimshaw	b Coote	11
+H Dearing	b Morgan	3
WS White	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-36, 3-37, 4-39, 5-39, 6-65, 7-90, 8-128, 9-128, 10-131 (59.3 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	15	4	41	0	-	-
Gray	24	11	46	4	-	-
Coote	15	3	29	4	-	-
Morgan	5.3	2	12	2	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ED Gilbert	b Grimshaw	5
J Bacon	run out	28
RS Swann-Mason	c and b Brown	15
DM Hayward	c Wynne b Fereday	11
FE Morgan	b Grimshaw	4
+GH Watts	c Brown b Fereday	0
HC Tebbutt	not out	2
TSW Thomas	not out	2
W Coote	did not bat
LA Gilbert	did not bat
*H Gray	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 36 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-28, 3-64, 4-67, 5-70, 6-70

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	13	5	19	2	-	-
Fereday	12	4	21	2	-	-
White	6	2	19	0	-	-
Brown	5	2	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> W Coote made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FH Wynne made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Grimshaw made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS White made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
This return match was drawn, with rain limiting play on the second day to 4 runs being added and 1 wicket being taken. The game at Cambridge between the two teams earlier in the month had been won by Cambridgeshire. Briggs top-scored for Staffordshire with 44.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 29 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 25,26 August; Birmingham Daily Post 26,27 August; Cambridge Independent Press 28 August; The Sportsman 26,27 August.

 

 

 

 

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