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| Venue | County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 17th, 18th June 1907 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Staffordshire 0; Lancashire Second XI 3 |
| Umpires | R Barber, J Stevens |
| Close of play day 1 | Staffordshire (2) 21/2 (Briggs 6*, Poole 0*) |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JB Fereday | b Hope | 12 | |||||
| W Brown | not out | 37 | |||||
| P Briggs | b Heap | 0 | |||||
| SF Barnes | b Hope | 0 | |||||
| RJ Mee | b Hope | 4 | |||||
| B Meakin | c Blomley b Hope | 1 | |||||
| A Hollowood | b Hope | 4 | |||||
| *HD Stratton | b Hope | 2 | |||||
| JB Russell | c Harrison b Heap | 5 | |||||
| A Bucknell | b Hope | 0 | |||||
| +J Poole | c Heap b Hope | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53 overs) | 69 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Fereday), 2-38 (Briggs), 3-43 (Barnes), 4-52, 5-54, 6-56, 7-60, 8-67, 9-67, 10-69 (53 ov) | |||||||
| Lancashire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gregson | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Williams | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hope | 21 | 11 | 25 | 8 | - | 1 | |
| Heap | 19 | 7 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lancashire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Hartley | b Barnes | 25 | |||||
| JS Heap | b Barnes | 37 | |||||
| GE Tyldesley | b Bucknell | 0 | |||||
| V Hope | run out | 3 | |||||
| JW Hedley | b Mee | 0 | |||||
| R Harrison | not out | 20 | |||||
| J Thwaites | b Barnes | 0 | |||||
| A Williams | b Barnes | 0 | |||||
| *T Ainscough | b Barnes | 11 | |||||
| WR Gregson | c Bucknell b Barnes | 4 | |||||
| +B Blomley | b Barnes | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.4 overs) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-49, 3-63, 4-69, 5-69, 6-70, 7-70, 8-104, 9-108, 10-108 (52.4 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnes | 22.4 | 8 | 37 | 7 | - | 1 | |
| Mee | 17 | 9 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bucknell | 9 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HD Stratton | c Harrison b Heap | 5 | |||||
| JB Fereday | b Heap | 4 | |||||
| P Briggs | b Williams | 27 | |||||
| +J Poole | b Gregson | 4 | |||||
| W Brown | not out | 38 | |||||
| SF Barnes | c and b Harrison | 53 | |||||
| A Hollowood | not out | 3 | |||||
| RJ Mee | did not bat | ||||||
| B Meakin | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Russell | did not bat | ||||||
| A Bucknell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 72 overs) | 147 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-21, 3-33, 4-58, 5-141 | |||||||
| Lancashire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Heap | 20 | 10 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hope | 16 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Gregson | 16 | 5 | 40 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Williams | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harrison | 14 | 5 | 22 | 1 | - | 1 | |
Notes
--> JW Hedley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Thwaites made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> V Hope achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-13)
--> V Hope achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> RJ Mee reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire Second XI first innings
--> SF Barnes reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire Second XI first innings
This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Match drawn with Lancashire 2nd XI winning on first innings. For the visitors, Hope took 8 wickets for 25 runs in the Staffordshire first innings. Statistically, it was the third best innings bowling performance of the season. For Staffordshire, there were no boundaries in Barnes's 53. He also took 7 wickets for 37 runs in the Lancashire 2nd XI innings. Brown carried his bat through the first Staffordshire innings. The start of play was delayed by half an hour on the second day. Heavy rain at 3.30 pm stopped play and, as the rain showed no sign of halting, the match was abandoned at 4.30 pm. 3,000 spectators were reported to have been present on the first day when, in contrast to the second, the weather was fine.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 22 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 17,18,22 June; Manchester Guardian 18,19 June; Birmingham Daily Post 18,19 June; The Sportsman 18,19 June.
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