minc1106	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1910 (North and East Division)
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 28th, 29th June 1910 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 3; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	M Myers, A Rudd
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 56/4 (Church ?*, Smoker ?*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Wild	b Barnes	0
P Mason	c Barnes b Gill	4
RM Chadwick	b Barnes	10
FC Hunter	c Briggs b Barnes	6
HG Smoker	c Bourne b Gill	1
F Moorhouse	c Deyes b Barnes	7
*HP Rigby	lbw b Barnes	13
C Danson	b Barnes	13
FS Church	not out	4
+FA Jones	run out	0
WAV Churton	c and b Barnes	12
Extras	(5 b, 7 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-15, 4-25, 5-25, 6-35, 7-59, 8-64, 9-64, 10-82 (44.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	22.5	8	32	7	-	4
Gill	17	5	32	2	-	3
Nichols	1	0	1	0	-	-
Deyes	4	1	5	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c and b Smoker	5
EW Page	b Smoker	1
JE Nichols	c Moorhouse b Smoker	10
E Vost	b Mason	2
*HD Stratton	c Rigby b Smoker	0
SF Barnes	c Churton b Mason	0
GC Gill	c Churton b Smoker	33
HE Bourne	b Smoker	1
JW Johnson	b Mason	2
+H Dearing	not out	2
G Deyes	c Smoker b Mason	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 25.5 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-22, 4-22, 5-22, 6-45, 7-51, 8-62, 9-62, 10-65 (25.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	13	7	14	6	-	-
Mason	12.5	3	43	4	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Wild	b Deyes	17
+FA Jones	b Deyes	13
RM Chadwick	b Deyes	20
C Danson	b Deyes	0
FS Church	not out	15
HG Smoker	c and b Barnes	7
P Mason	not out	4
FC Hunter	did not bat
F Moorhouse	did not bat
*HP Rigby	did not bat
WAV Churton	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 40 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-45, 3-55, 4-56, 5-67

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	16	5	29	1	-	1
Gill	2	0	8	0	-	-
Nichols	9	4	14	0	-	-
Deyes	13	1	25	4	-	-

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Notes
--> C Danson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE Bourne made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Gill (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM Chadwick (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FA Jones (2) equalled his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Mason achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> HG Smoker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-64)
--> HG Smoker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire 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.
This match was drawn. The start on the second day was delayed by rain until 12.40 and rain during the lunch interval prevented any further play with the match being abandoned at 4.00 pm. For Cheshire, Smoker took 6 wickets for 14 in the Staffordshire innings. Chadwick top-scored with 20 which contained 2 fours. For Staffordshire, Gill top-scored with 33 containing 1 six and 5 fours.
[Missing: Batsmen first day close of play score.]
Source: Staffordshire Scorebook; Birkenhead News 2 July; Chester Chronicle 2 July; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 2 July 1910; Staffordshire Sentinel 28,29 June; Yorkshire Post 30 June; Cricket 7 July, p 242.

 

 

 

 

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