minc1260	Cheshire v Lincolnshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (North and East Division)
Venue	Winnington Park, Northwich on 9th, 10th August 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Lincolnshire won on first innings)
Points	Cheshire 1; Lincolnshire 3
Umpires	R Brown, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Lincolnshire (1) 216/9 (Wells-Cole 6*, Bavin 11*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Jones	b Worman	0
W Montgomery	c Rose b Worman	18
LN Jones	run out	4
HG Smoker	c Nevile b Day	12
CP Woods	c Wells-Cole b Day	9
AS Turner	b Riley	36
JM Swift	c and b Day	44
*L Hales	c Nevile b Day	13
P Rigby	run out	3
HP Rigby	b Riley	5
+JD Tipping	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-23, 3-23, 4-40, 5-50, 6-91, 7-124, 8-130, 9-150, 10-150 (51 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	18	5	40	4	-	-
Worman	11	2	27	2	-	-
Riley	9	2	29	2	-	-
Broughton	12	3	47	0	-	-
Bavin	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WE Thompson	b Smoker	28
EF Long	b Smoker	27
JJ Broughton	lbw b Swift	43
+W Rose	b Smoker	16
BP Nevile	b Smoker	35
JW Day	b LN Jones	3
EE Riley	c HP Rigby b Swift	21
TH Bowman	b Smoker	11
JN Worman	c Turner b LN Jones	9
NW Wells-Cole	b Smoker	20
A Bavin	not out	21
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 72.5 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-75, 3-116, 4-118, 5-146, 6-183, 7-194, 8-195, 9-197, 10-240 (72.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	36.5	0	106	6	-	-
Swift	14	1	40	2	-	2
LN Jones	14	1	57	2	-	-
Montgomery	8	2	31	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Jones	b Broughton	2
W Montgomery	c Bavin b Day	26
LN Jones	c Rose b Riley	45
HP Rigby	c Rose b Riley	14
JM Swift	c Day b Riley	5
CP Woods	c Thompson b Worman	44
AS Turner	b Riley	9
HG Smoker	c Wells-Cole b Broughton	61
*L Hales	c Day b Broughton	35
P Rigby	c Rose b Broughton	9
+JD Tipping	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-74, 3-74, 4-94, 5-96, 6-125, 7-173, 8-236, 9-268, 10-269 (70.5 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worman	5	0	20	1	-	-
Day	8	1	34	1	-	-
Broughton	11.5	3	32	4	-	-
Riley	27	6	100	4	-	5
Long	19	3	64	0	-	-

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Lincolnshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WE Thompson	c Tipping b LN Jones	34
EF Long	run out	17
JJ Broughton	b Smoker	5
+W Rose	b Smoker	6
BP Nevile	b Smoker	2
JW Day	b Smoker	5
EE Riley	not out	32
TH Bowman	run out	3
JN Worman	not out	25
NW Wells-Cole	did not bat
A Bavin	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, 55 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-49, 3-59, 4-67, 5-77, 6-84, 7-89

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	27	9	51	4	-	-
Swift	11	2	24	0	-	-
LN Jones	14	3	34	1	-	-
Montgomery	2	0	11	0	-	-
Hales	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> P Rigby made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EF Long made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Rigby made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HP Rigby made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Thompson (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> BP Nevile (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Bowman (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Bavin (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LN Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Smoker (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Smoker reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Lincolnshire 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.
Drawn return match with Lincolnshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Skegness in July had been won by Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire required 180 runs to win in their second innings. For the home side, Smoker scored 61. He also took 10 wickets in the match for 157 runs, including 6 wickets for 106 runs in the first innings For the visitors, Broughton top scored with
43. The
Chester Chronicle reported poor attendance and suggested more may attend "if liquor sales were supplemented with refreshment sales".
[Missing: Umpire Brown's initials; in Cheshire first innings who bowled 2 no balls; in Cheshire second innings boundaries in Smoker's 61.]
Sources: Chester Chronicle; Northwich Chronicle 12 August; Nottingham Daily Guardian 10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August; Cricket 2 September, p 496.

 

 

 

 

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