minc1465	Essex Second XI v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	The Park, Witham on 24th, 25th June 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Essex Second XI won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex Second XI 5; Cheshire 0
Close of play day 1	Essex Second XI (1) 289/8 (Round ?*, Hills 0*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Wild	c Hills b Smith	47
WT Chambers	c Coleman b Hills	18
DH Coomber	b Hills	3
*V Hope	c Coleman b Smith	2
HG Smoker	c Round b Hills	4
AF Willmer	b Hills	0
LN Jones	c Round b Hills	12
C Hewitt	c Meadowcroft b Hills	10
J Williams	not out	10
WH Harden	b Smith	4
+JD Tipping	b Smith	3
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-123 (48.4 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Round	8	1	15	0	-	-
Hills	24	3	54	6	-	-
Smith	16.4	2	44	4	-	-

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Guy	b Smoker	48
CH Douglas	lbw b Smoker	24
P Campbell	c Coomber b Hope	8
JT Turner	b Hope	10
CS Richardson	b Harden	81
NES Snell	c Tipping b Hope	77
+EC Coleman	c Wild b Hope	31
*CJ Round	b Smoker	2
JL Meadowcroft	c Tipping b Hope	1
HM Hills	not out	0
HW Smith	c Tipping b Smoker	0
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-291 (59.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	23.5	0	118	4	-	-
Williams	12	0	69	0	-	-
Harden	5	1	26	1	-	-
Hope	16	3	52	5	-	-
Jones	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*V Hope	c Coleman b Round	33
FC Wild	c Round b Hills	2
WT Chambers	b Hills	0
DH Coomber	c Coleman b Hills	79
J Williams	b Round	10
AF Willmer	b Smith	55
LN Jones	b Hills	10
C Hewitt	c Richardson b Douglas	41
HG Smoker	c Meadowcroft b Round	2
WH Harden	not out	8
+JD Tipping	b Douglas	2
Extras		25
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-267 (63.4 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Round	11	1	53	3	-	-
Hills	23	3	57	4	-	-
Smith	16	3	74	1	-	-
Douglas	1.4	1	2	2	-	-
Meadowcroft	7	0	40	0	-	-
Snell	5	1	16	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Guy	b Smoker	56
CH Douglas	b Williams	16
P Campbell	not out	12
JT Turner	not out	4
CS Richardson	did not bat
NES Snell	did not bat
+EC Coleman	did not bat
*CJ Round	did not bat
JL Meadowcroft	did not bat
HM Hills	did not bat
HW Smith	did not bat
Extras		14
Total	(2 wickets, 25 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	9	1	31	1	-	-
Williams	9	1	27	1	-	-
Harden	3	0	15	0	-	-
Hope	4	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AF Willmer made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Harden made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JK Guy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CH Douglas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Campbell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JT Turner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CS Richardson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NES Snell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Coleman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CJ Round made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Meadowcroft made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Hills made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Hewitt made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JT Turner made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NES Snell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Coomber (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Hewitt (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Williams (2) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Hills achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire 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.
Essex 2nd XI won their first match in the Minor Counties Championship by 8 wickets on the second day.
For the winners Richardson scored 81 and Snell 77 in their first innings and Keble Guy 56 in the second.
Hills took 10 wickets for 111 runs in the match, including figures of 6 for 54 in Cheshire's first innings, during which he bowled unchanged.
Coleman took 4 catches, 2 in each innings, and Round took 3 in the match.
For the losers Coomber scored 79 and Willmer 55 in Cheshire's second innings.
Hope took 5 wickets for 52 runs in Essex’s first innings.
Tipping took 3 catches in Essex’s first innings.
Harden was making his debut for Cheshire, aged 57. This was the first championship match played at the Witham ground.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; fall of wickets; breakdown of extras; close of play Round's not out score; in Cheshire second innings boundaries in Coomber's 79 and Willmer's 55; in Essex first innings boundaries in Richardson's 81 and Snell's 77; in Essex second innings boundaries in Keble Guy's 56; time completed]
Sources: Essex County Chronicle 26 June; The Sportsman 26 June; The World of Cricket 4 July p 308.

 

 

 

 

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