minc1400	Cheshire v Monmouthshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1913
Venue	Boughton Hall Avenue, Chester on 21st, 22nd July 1913 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cheshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Cheshire 5; Monmouthshire 0
Close of play day 1	Monmouthshire (1) 111/6 (ES Phillips 13*, Francis 0*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Maltby	st Tipping b Smoker	11
AJ Silverlock	c Wilson b Chambers	49
WR Lewis	c Tipping b Fairbank	24
+EJ Diver	c Jones b Smoker	2
*ES Phillips	c and b Barrell	28
FG Phillips	b Fairbank	4
GW Smith	b Smoker	0
EH Francis	b Smoker	2
KC Raikes	c Barrell b Chambers	33
JH Evans	not out	0
LF Stedman	c Edge b Barrell	3
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-80, 3-89, 4-99, 5-105, 6-105, 7-123, 8-?, 9-163, 10-168 (47 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	19	2	73	4	-	-
Fairbank	14	4	45	2	-	1
Barrell	9	1	19	2	-	-
Chambers	5	0	19	2	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Edge	c Lewis b Silverlock	9
J Holland	c Maltby b Silverlock	3
B Barrell	c Lewis b Raikes	11
RR Wilson	c Lewis b FG Phillips	4
LN Jones	st Diver b Silverlock	22
WT Chambers	c ES Phillips b FG Phillips	13
*F Fairbank	st Diver b Silverlock	13
WAV Churton	b Raikes	64
L Hales	c and b Raikes	51
HG Smoker	not out	13
+JD Tipping	hit wkt b Silverlock	4
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-27, 4-34, 5-57, 6-60, 7-109, 8-197, 9-208, 10-228 (80.5 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
FG Phillips	17.5	6	34	2	-	-
Silverlock	37	3	93	5	-	5
Raikes	22	3	58	3	-	-
Stedman	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Maltby	b Smoker	4
AJ Silverlock	b Smoker	19
WR Lewis	c and b Smoker	0
+EJ Diver	b Barrell	2
*ES Phillips	b Smoker	13
FG Phillips	c Tipping b Barrell	3
GW Smith	c and b Barrell	1
EH Francis	b Smoker	0
KC Raikes	not out	1
JH Evans	c Hales b Barrell	10
LF Stedman	c Fairbank b Smoker	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 29.4 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-66 (29.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	14.4	3	25	6	-	-
Fairbank	9	0	24	0	-	-
Barrell	4	2	3	4	-	-
Churton	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Holland	not out	4
L Hales	not out	2
HC Edge	did not bat
B Barrell	did not bat
RR Wilson	did not bat
LN Jones	did not bat
WT Chambers	did not bat
*F Fairbank	did not bat
WAV Churton	did not bat
HG Smoker	did not bat
+JD Tipping	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(no wicket, 2 overs)	8

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
FG Phillips	1	0	4	0	-	-
Francis	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EH Francis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LF Stedman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HC Edge made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WAV Churton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KC Raikes (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WAV Churton (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Hales (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Barrell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Monmouthshire second innings (previous best was 2-19)

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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.
Cheshire won this match by 10 wickets, thereby securing their first win since 1911.
They scored the 7 runs required for victory in just 5 minutes, winning with 15 minutes to spare.
This was despite there being no play after lunch on the first day due to rain.
For the winners Churton scored 64 and there were 3 sixes in Hales' 51; they added 88 runs for the eighth wicket.
Smoker took 10 wickets for 98 runs in the match, including figures of 6 for 25 in Monmouthshire's second innings.
Barrell took 6 wickets in the match for just 22 runs in only 13 overs, contributing significantly to Cheshire's win.
Tipping made 3 dismissals in the match and Barrell took 3 catches.
For the losers Silverlock top-scored in both innings with 49 and 19 and also had figures of 5 wickets for 93 runs in Cheshire's first innings.
Lewis took 3 catches.
[Missing: Umpires; breakdown of extras; part fall of wickets; Smith's initials; batting order in Monmouthshire's second innings; in Cheshire innings boundaries in Churton's 64 and Hales'51]
Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 21,22,25 July; South Wales Argus 21,22,23 July; South Wales Daily News 22,23 July; Western Mail 22,23 July; Cheshire Observer 26 July; Chester Chronicle 26 July; Macclesfield Courier 26 July; Cricket 2 August p 469.

 

 

 

 

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