minc1207	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (North and East Division)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 3rd, 4th July 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 52 runs
Points	Staffordshire 5; Northumberland 0
Umpires	J Gregory, C Marshall
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 59/4 (Cumberlege 3*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Gillespie b Milne	32
A Hollowood	run out	1
SF Barnes	c Gillespie b Skinner	37
*B Meakin	lbw b Elsey	2
JB Fereday	c Gillespie b Marshall	91
JE Nichols	b Elsey	118
H Hawley	b Marshall	7
E Vost	not out	30
JS Heath	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
G Deyes	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 104.5 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-42, 3-45, 4-98, 5-240, 6-274, 7-340 (104.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	28	4	97	1	-	-
Milne	23	6	47	1	-	-
Elsey	30.5	8	78	2	-	1
Richardson	2	0	20	0	-	-
Arkwright	5	0	19	0	-	-
Marshall	13	3	36	2	1	-
Barber	3	0	21	0	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Gillespie	b Heath	12
JH Marshall	b Vost	22
O Richardson	b Barnes	10
BS Cumberlege	b Deyes	14
CG Arkwright	b Barnes	0
NE Barber	b Deyes	2
NRE Wilkinson	b Deyes	0
CM Skinner	b Barnes	6
GT Milne	b Deyes	12
+T Ullathorne	not out	16
G Elsey	b Heath	6
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-51, 3-59, 4-59, 5-72, 6-72, 7-83, 8-85, 9-107, 10-124 (51.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	19	6	39	3	-	-
Deyes	18	8	29	4	1	2
Heath	9.1	3	29	2	-	-
Vost	5	2	3	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Gillespie	c Poole b Heath	5
JH Marshall	b Barnes	8
O Richardson	b Barnes	0
BS Cumberlege	c and b Heath	28
CG Arkwright	c Poole b Heath	14
NE Barber	c Hawley b Heath	3
NRE Wilkinson	b Heath	13
CM Skinner	run out	27
GT Milne	b Nichols	18
+T Ullathorne	st Poole b Heath	16
G Elsey	not out	15
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-19, 4-41, 5-63, 6-77, 7-98, 8-132, 9-132, 10-164 (38.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heath	15.5	1	56	6	-	-
Barnes	5	1	13	2	-	-
Deyes	8	1	29	0	-	-
Vost	7	0	31	0	-	-
Nichols	3	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> H Hawley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Heath made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Arkwright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Hawley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Nichols (1) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Nichols (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BS Cumberlege (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Heath achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings
--> SF Barnes reached 600 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northumberland second 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 match by an innings and 52 runs. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been won by Durham. For Staffordshire Nichols scored 118, his first century for the county, which contained 12 fours. Fereday hit 6 fours in his 91 and these two added 142 for the fifth wicket, a county record against Northumberland. Nichols and Vost added 66 runs for the seventh wicket.
The Staffordshire innings lasted 4½ hours. Heath took 6 wickets for 56 runs in Northumberland's second innings on his debut. For Northumberland Cumberlege was the top scorer with 28.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Staffordshire innings duration of Nichols's 118; precise time completed.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 8 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 3,4 July; Newcastle Daily Journal DATE ?????.

 

 

 

 

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