minc1217	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (North and East Division)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 12th, 13th July 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 5; Durham 0
Umpires	B Brown, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 114/4 (Nichols 18*, Meakin 17*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Curry	st Poole b Heath	5			-	-
D Hendren	c Poole b Heath	17			1	-
HL Dales	b Heath	56			5	-
R Harrison	b Bucknell	32			3	-
AJ Graham	b Deyes	14			1	-
J Turnbull	c Fereday b Vost	14			1	-
+FW Burgoyne-Johnson	not out	43			5	-
J Bewick	c Poole b Bucknell	24			1	-
*T Coulson	c Nichols b Bucknell	1			-	-
A Morris	c Hollowood b Bucknell	4			-	-
T Smith	c Poole b Bucknell	17			1	-
Extras	(19 b, 4 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 218 minutes, 74.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-33, 3-84, 4-112, 5-152, 6-158, 7-215, 8-217, 9-230, 10-250 (74.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deyes	20	3	65	1	-	-
Heath	27	1	85	3	-	-
Bucknell	14.4	1	41	5	-	-
Nichols	10	2	29	0	-	-
Vost	3	1	7	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LF Taylor	c Burgoyne-Johnson b Morris	24			1	-
A Hollowood	b Morris	18			2	-
JB Fereday	c Graham b Morris	12			1	-
P Briggs	b Hendren	19			4	-
JE Nichols	b Morris	22			1	-
*B Meakin	lbw b Morris	74			4	-
E Vost	b Morris	0			-	-
JS Heath	b Morris	13			1	-
A Bucknell	not out	43			2	-
+J Poole	b Morris	31			5	-
G Deyes	b Bewick	9			1	-
Extras	(18 b, 6 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 241 minutes, 79.2 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-46, 3-77, 4-79, 5-130, 6-130, 7-168, 8-219, 9-275, 10-289 (79.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morris	36	4	124	8	-	-
Harrison	14	2	46	0	-	-
Hendren	18	1	58	1	-	-
Bewick	9.2	0	31	1	-	-
Dales	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Curry	b Deyes	24			3	-
D Hendren	c Hollowood b Deyes	12			2	-
R Harrison	lbw b Bucknell	11			1	-
HL Dales	run out	48			6	-
AJ Graham	c Hollowood b Deyes	8			2	-
J Turnbull	c Poole b Bucknell	3			-	-
+FW Burgoyne-Johnson	b Bucknell	2			-	-
J Bewick	b Deyes	1			-	-
*T Coulson	c Meakin b Vost	22			3	-
A Morris	not out	7			-	-
T Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 132 minutes, 44.1 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-36, 3-58, 4-74, 5-77, 6-83, 7-84, 8-122, 9-145 (44.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deyes	15	2	58	4	-	1
Heath	8	1	29	0	-	-
Bucknell	17	2	41	3	-	-
Vost	4.1	1	10	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Graham b Morris	18			2	-
A Hollowood	not out	38			6	-
LF Taylor	b Morris	12			2	-
JB Fereday	not out	28			2	-
JE Nichols	did not bat
*B Meakin	did not bat
E Vost	did not bat
JS Heath	did not bat
A Bucknell	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
G Deyes	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 23.5 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-46

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morris	8	2	30	2	-	-
Hendren	2	0	11	0	-	-
Harrison	4	0	16	0	-	-
Bewick	4	0	8	0	-	-
Turnbull	2	0	6	0	-	-
Graham	2	0	15	0	-	-
Dales	1	0	4	0	-	-
Coulson	0.5	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HL Dales (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Burgoyne-Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Curry (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Morris reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Staffordshire first innings
--> A Morris reached 400 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Staffordshire won this return match by 8 wickets on the second day with 22 minutes to spare having been set 107 runs to win in 1½ hours. The match at South Shields in June had also been won by Staffordshire. For the winners Meakin scored 74 which included 4 fours and 56 runs were added for the ninth wicket by Bucknell and Poole. For Durham Dales scored 56 which included 5 fours. Morris took 10 wickets in the match for 154 runs including 8 for 124 in the first innings.
[Missing: In Durham second innings part batting order and why T Smith was absent; precise time completed.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 15 July.

 

 

 

 

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