minc10	Staffordshire v Worcestershire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 8th, 9th July 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire -1; Worcestershire 1
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 87/9 (Harrison 7*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EP Jobson	c W Brown b Darlow	17
EG Arnold	b Darlow	13
FL Bowley	lbw b King	9
GE Bromley-Martin	b Darlow	106
A Millward	b Darlow	7
JB Fereday	c J Brown b Darlow	4
+T Straw	b W Brown	5
FW Romney	b Spencer	34
S Raynor	b J Brown	7
*PH Foley	not out	4
W Bird	absent
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 3 nb, ? w)	33
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-32, 3-49, 4-65, 5-72, 6-132, 7-220, 8-?, 9-239 (81.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darlow	32	7	82	5	-	2
Spencer	11.3	7	27	1	-	-
King	10	1	40	1	-	1
J Brown	15	8	25	1	-	-
Gilbert	6	1	15	0	-	-
W Brown	7	2	17	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	c Straw b Raynor	20
J King	b Raynor	0
W Brown	b Raynor	2
J Brown	c Bowley b Millward	10
JH Copestake	b Raynor	1
WE Harrison	not out	7
CAW Gilbert	c Straw b Millward	13
FR Twemlow	b Millward	12
+CE Booth	b Millward	1
H Spencer	b Arnold	15
JF Darlow	b Arnold	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 44.1 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-12, 3-?, 4-34, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-87, 10-87 (44.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millward	21	6	40	4	-	-
Raynor	22	6	41	4	-	-
Arnold	1.1	1	0	2	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	st Straw b Raynor	38
WE Harrison	c Romney b Bird	11
J King	b Bird	5
W Brown	not out	41
JH Copestake	b Arnold	18
J Brown	b Raynor	9
CAW Gilbert	c Foley b Raynor	1
FR Twemlow	b Raynor	15
H Spencer	b Raynor	5
+CE Booth	b Raynor	3
JF Darlow	b Raynor	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	14
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-62, 3-69, 4-104, 5-118, 6-126, 7-142, 8-156, 9-160, 10-160 (86.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millward	20	12	18	0	-	-
Raynor	25.3	6	75	7	-	1
Arnold	17	9	22	1	-	1
Bird	24	13	31	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Arnold	not out	9
FL Bowley	not out	0
EP Jobson	did not bat
GE Bromley-Martin	did not bat
A Millward	did not bat
JB Fereday	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
FW Romney	did not bat
S Raynor	did not bat
*PH Foley	did not bat
W Bird	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.1 overs)	9

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darlow	1	0	5	0	-	-
Spencer	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EP Jobson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FL Bowley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Straw made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Romney made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PH Foley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Bird made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Copestake made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Harrison made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CAW Gilbert made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Twemlow made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Booth made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Spencer made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Twemlow made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Spencer made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Bromley-Martin (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Bromley-Martin (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CC Mott (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CC Mott (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Millward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-36)
--> S Raynor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-79)
--> S Raynor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> S Raynor achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won by ten wickets at 3.35 pm on the second day, after Staffordshire followed-on 152 runs behind.
For the visitors, there were 17 fours and 5 threes in G E Bromley-Martin's 106, scored in 2¼ hours.
Raynor took 11 wickets in the match for 116 runs, including 7 for 75 in the Staffordshire second innings.
In the Worcestershire first innings Bromley-Martin and Romney added 88 runs for the seventh wicket.
Bird was absent in the Worcestershire first innings having missed the train according to Berrow's Worcester Journal, his Club having refused leave according to The Staffordshire Post, and having sprained a wrist according to The Staffordshire Sentinel.
On the second morning, Darlow, the remaining Staffordshire batsman, arrived 15 minutes late, and play was held up to await his arrival.
He was bowled by the first ball he received.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets]
Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 13 July; Staffordshire Chronicle 13 July; Staffordshire Post 9,10 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 8,9 July; Berrow's Worcester Journal 13 July; Worcester Herald 13 July; Worcestershire Echo 9,10 July; Birmingham Daily Post 9,10 July; Sporting Chronicle 10 July; The Sportsman 9,10 July.

 

 

 

 

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