minc743	Staffordshire v Surrey Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1906
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 23rd, 24th July 1906 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 3; Surrey Second XI 0
Umpires	A Rudd, J Stevens
Close of play day 1	Surrey Second XI (2) 8/0 (Brocklesby 3*, Cotton 5*)

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Brocklesby	c Brown b Barnes	4
JH Moulder	c Poole b Barnes	0
WE Davis	c Johnson b Barnes	15
+F Stedman	c and b Barnes	1
JW Meads	c Brown b Barnes	14
WA Spring	b Mee	0
A Ducat	c Brown b Mee	14
EHL Nice	lbw b Mee	1
GJW Platt	b Mee	24
EJ Cotton	c Stratton b Barnes	6
*FL Nightingale	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 25.4 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-13, 3-21, 4-24, 5-27, 6-46, 7-53, 8-60, 9-79, 10-86 (25.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	13	2	47	6	-	3
Mee	12.4	5	32	4	-	1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	not out	68
J Pigott	c Spring b Nice	0
SF Barnes	c Stedman b Nice	3
JB Fereday	c and b Moulder	6
A Hollowood	st Stedman b Davis	31
*HD Stratton	c Moulder b Davis	28
A Tinsley	c Stedman b Spring	1
A Bucknell	c and b Davis	3
RJ Mee	b Davis	6
+J Poole	c Cotton b Davis	14
EJ Johnson	st Stedman b Meads	14
Extras	(18 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	28
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-52, 4-124, 5-125, 6-125, 7-134, 8-145, 9-185, 10-202 (78.3 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nice	20	5	37	2	-	1
Spring	23	7	50	1	-	-
Moulder	8	0	27	1	1	-
Platt	3	0	13	0	-	-
Davis	17	5	37	5	-	-
Meads	7.3	2	10	1	2	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Brocklesby	b Barnes	4
EJ Cotton	c Brown b Johnson	43
GJW Platt	c Pigott b Johnson	27
JH Moulder	b Barnes	72
A Ducat	b Johnson	24
WE Davis	c Bucknell b Barnes	56
+F Stedman	b Barnes	4
JW Meads	lbw b Barnes	0
*FL Nightingale	not out	9
WA Spring	c Stratton b Barnes	26
EHL Nice	absent hurt
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-65, 3-81, 4-142, 5-238, 6-244, 7-244, 8-251, 9-284 (65.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	21.1	9	63	6	-	4
Mee	17	1	66	0	-	-
Johnson	13	2	56	3	-	-
Bucknell	9	0	44	0	-	-
Stratton	3	0	15	0	-	-
Pigott	2	0	21	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	b Meads	43
J Pigott	lbw b Davis	5
SF Barnes	b Meads	28
JB Fereday	st Stedman b Davis	27
A Hollowood	not out	46
*HD Stratton	not out	11
A Tinsley	did not bat
A Bucknell	did not bat
RJ Mee	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
EJ Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 62.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-69, 3-104, 4-133

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	20.4	3	51	2	-	3
Spring	11	5	22	0	-	-
Platt	7	2	16	0	-	-
Meads	20	5	56	2	-	-
Moulder	4	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EJ Johnson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Pigott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Tinsley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Brown (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> GJW Platt (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EJ Cotton (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Brown retired hurt in the Staffordshire first innings (team score 60/3) - he returned when the score was 124/4

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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 match by 6 wickets on the second day with 14 minutes to spare. For the winners, Barnes took 12 wickets in the match for 110 runs. Brown's 88 not out contained 8 fours. For the losers, there were 7 fours in Moulder's 72 and 10 fours in Davis's 56. Nice suffered a strain on the first day during the Staffordshire first innings and took no further part in the match.
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Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 28 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 23,24 July ; Birmingham Daily Post 24,25 July; Surrey Year Book 1906, p 113; Sporting Life 24,25 July; The Sportsman 24,25 July; The Cricketer and Football Player (date and page).

 

 

 

 

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