minc1011	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (North Division)
Venue	Alexandra Athletic Ground, Crewe on 7th, 8th July 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 23 runs
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 5
Umpires	W Copeland, J Gregory
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 165/6 (Briggs 90*, Nichols 5*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Fallows	b Nichols	0
RM Chadwick	run out	17
GB Price	c Winser b Nichols	8
KDR Morrice	c Nichols b Barnes	32
WE Jones	b Barnes	24
HP Rigby	c Page b Barnes	14
*FCL Hamilton	b Nichols	4
AS Turner	st Winser b Barnes	9
HG Smoker	c Hollowood b Bucknell	11
WT Chambers	not out	10
+JL Jones	b Nichols	1
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-42, 4-66, 5-94, 6-99, 7-112, 8-113, 9-127, 10-134 (62.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	28	13	54	4	-	2
Nichols	21.4	4	55	4	-	-
Lane	3	0	6	0	-	-
Bucknell	9	3	11	1	-	-
Page	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Chadwick b Chambers	101
EH Bourne	c Turner b Smoker	8
RC Page	b Morrice	10
*HD Stratton	c JL Jones b Turner	0
JE Nichols	not out	17
B Meakin	b Chambers	1
SF Barnes	b Smoker	22
A Bucknell	c Fallows b Chambers	7
A Hollowood	b Smoker	21
+CL Winser	b Chambers	6
AF Lane	b Chambers	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-42, 3-43, 4-98, 5-99, 6-140, 7-176, 8-192, 9-198, 10-202 (69.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	25	7	64	3	1	-
Chambers	20.3	10	35	5	-	-
Turner	7	0	35	1	-	-
Morrice	11	1	36	1	-	-
Price	6	1	23	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Fallows	c Winser b Barnes	7
RM Chadwick	b Bucknell	12
GB Price	c Briggs b Nichols	0
KDR Morrice	b Bucknell	17
WE Jones	b Bucknell	5
HP Rigby	c Meakin b Barnes	0
*FCL Hamilton	st Winser b Barnes	0
WT Chambers	b Bucknell	0
AS Turner	b Bucknell	0
HG Smoker	not out	0
+JL Jones	b Bucknell	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 25.5 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-17, 3-30, 4-39, 5-44, 6-44, 7-44, 8-44, 9-45, 10-45 (25.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	13	7	22	3	-	-
Nichols	7	1	17	1	-	-
Bucknell	5.5	4	2	6	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Chadwick made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Smoker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WT Chambers made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GB Price made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Page (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> GB Price made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Nichols achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 3-75)
--> WT Chambers achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> A Bucknell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 6-14)

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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 by an innings and 23 runs at 2.45 pm on the second day. Cheshire needed 68 runs in their second innings to make Staffordshire bat again, and the last seven wickets fell for just 7 runs in 25 minutes, Bucknell taking 6 wickets for just 2 runs and for once over-shadowing Barnes. For the winners, there were 12 fours, 3 threes and 10 twos in Briggs's 101, an innings of 2½ hours. Morrice tip-scored for Cheshire with 32. Fallows hurt a toe while batting and did not field at the start of the Staffordshire innings and J Jones of Crewe Alexandra acted as his substitute. Fallows came on the field later and caught Bucknell.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Crewe Chronicle 10 July; Crewe Guardian 10 July; Staffordshire Annual Report 1909; Staffordshire Advertiser 10 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 7,8 July; Yorkshire Post 8,9 July; the Sportsman 8,9 July; Cricket 22 July, 287.

 

 

 

 

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