minc1289	Staffordshire v Surrey Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (Final)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 30th, 31st August, 1st September 1911 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 334 runs
Umpires	J Atkinson, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Surrey Second XI (1) 77/7 (Myers 0*, Blacklidge 0*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey Second XI (2) 59/1 (Harrison 12*, Sandham 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Knight b Abel	20
A Hollowood	lbw b Abel	45
SF Barnes	c Abel b Myers	6
JE Nichols	lbw b Myers	61
WH Twigg	c Harrison b Abel	14
*B Meakin	not out	50
G Meakin	lbw b Abel	2
E Vost	run out	8
A Bucknell	c Abel b Platt	12
+J Poole	b Blacklidge	3
G Deyes	st Vigar b Harrison	41
Extras	(21 b, 6 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-53, 3-139, 4-147, 5-163, 6-166, 7-205, 8-227, 9-238, 10-289 (95.4 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harrison	11.4	2	28	1	-	-
Myers	30	14	35	2	-	-
Platt	16	2	58	1	-	-
Abel	29	2	99	4	-	-
Blacklidge	9	2	42	1	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Harrison	lbw b Barnes	3
DJ Knight	c Twigg b Nichols	13
A Sandham	c Deyes b Nichols	14
WJ Abel	b Barnes	17
GW Palmer	lbw b Nichols	0
WA Spring	b Deyes	19
+HE Vigar	c Bucknell b Barnes	10
EB Myers	c B Meakin b Barnes	2
HG Blacklidge	b Deyes	4
GJW Platt	run out	0
*AWF Rutty	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-30, 3-33, 4-37, 5-67, 6-77, 7-77, 8-83, 9-83, 10-83 (33.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	14	8	30	4	-	-
Deyes	6.2	1	8	2	-	-
Bucknell	4	2	4	0	-	-
Nichols	6	1	31	3	-	-
G Meakin	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	b Abel	0
A Hollowood	b Abel	0
SF Barnes	c Knight b Myers	36
JE Nichols	c Abel b Harrison	2
WH Twigg	c Blacklidge b Harrison	4
*B Meakin	c Vigar b Abel	133
G Meakin	st Vigar b Spring	3
E Vost	b Spring	48
A Bucknell	not out	9
+J Poole	b Abel	4
G Deyes	lbw b Abel	0
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-18, 4-22, 5-83, 6-86, 7-202, 8-251, 9-255, 10-255 (79.2 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Abel	22.2	8	65	5	-	-
Harrison	22	3	66	2	-	-
Spring	14	1	50	2	-	-
Myers	15	1	38	1	-	-
Blacklidge	6	2	20	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Harrison	run out	15
DJ Knight	lbw b G Meakin	39
A Sandham	b Barnes	0
WJ Abel	c and b Barnes	8
GW Palmer	c G Meakin b Deyes	4
WA Spring	b Barnes	34
+HE Vigar	b Deyes	2
EB Myers	b Barnes	4
HG Blacklidge	b Barnes	11
GJW Platt	not out	0
*AWF Rutty	b Barnes	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-59, 3-67, 4-?, 5-75, 6-90, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-127 (36 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	15	5	43	6	-	-
Deyes	9	1	59	2	-	6
Bucknell	7	6	4	0	-	-
Nichols	3	1	7	0	-	-
G Meakin	2	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> G Meakin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE Vigar made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Hollowood (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 39
--> JE Nichols (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 59
--> G Deyes (1) equalled his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Meakin (2) passed his previous highest score of 122 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJW Platt reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire first innings
--> WJ Abel reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Staffordshire second 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.
Staffordshire completely out-played Surrey 2nd XI to win the Final by 334 runs after an hour's play on the third day and thus became champions for the third time in six years. For Staffordshire B Meakin scored 133 in 3 hours which included 2 sixes and 19 fours and 50 not out; Nichols scored 61 which contained 10 fours. In the first Staffordshire innings B Meakin and Deyes added 51 for the last wicket. B Meakin and Vost added 116 runs for the seventh wicket in the second innings. Barnes took 10 wickets in the match for 73 runs including 6 for 43 in the Surrey second innings. Staffordshire did not enforce the follow-on and Surrey were set 462 in the fourth innings to win. For Surrey Knight was the top scorer with 39. Abel took 9 wickets in the match for 164 runs including 5 for 65 in the Staffordshire second innings.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Staffordshire first innings boundaries in B Meakin's 50 not out; in Staffordshire second innings batting order; in Surrey second innings batting order; precise time completed.]
Sources: Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 2 September; Staffordshire Sentinel 30,31 August; Surrey Year Book p 122.

 

 

 

 

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