minc17	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 29th, 30th July 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cheshire won by 105 runs
Points	Staffordshire -1; Cheshire 1
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 89/4 (Davenport 37*, Radcliffe 25*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Pointon	run out	19
*J Ravenscroft	c Mott b Darlow	16
G Davenport	c and b Turner	5
J Cookson	b Turner	11
S Brown	b Turner	16
A Hollowood	b Darlow	3
E Smith	lbw b Darlow	0
G Radcliffe	c J Brown b Turner	2
+JJ Disney	b Darlow	0
A Smith	not out	1
EC Ryland	b Turner	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-39, 3-51, 4-67, 5-68, 6-70, 7-73, 8-73, 9-77, 10-77 (44.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	22.4	7	41	5	-	-
Darlow	22	9	32	4	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	b Brown	26
J King	run out	1
W Brown	c Davenport b A Smith	10
JH Copestake	c Ravenscroft b A Smith	0
WE Walker	b Brown	4
WH Calkin	c Davenport b Brown	2
J Brown	lbw b A Smith	3
PE Mainwaring	b Brown	1
WH Turner	not out	10
JF Darlow	b Brown	0
+G McHarg	run out	2
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-21, 3-21, 4-30, 5-34, 6-39, 7-46, 8-51, 9-51, 10-60 (40.1 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	20.1	11	13	5	-	-
Ryland	7	0	14	0	-	-
A Smith	13	1	32	3	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Pointon	b Turner	7
*J Ravenscroft	b Turner	4
G Davenport	b Turner	37
J Cookson	b Calkin	10
S Brown	b Turner	2
G Radcliffe	b Darlow	25
E Smith	b Turner	16
A Smith	b Walker	0
A Hollowood	c Copestake b Turner	25
+JJ Disney	not out	1
EC Ryland	b Turner	4
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-20, 3-?, 4-45, 5-89, 6-89, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-136 (69.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darlow	15	2	38	1	-	-
Turner	32.4	16	50	7	-	-
J Brown	7	2	12	0	-	-
Calkin	7	3	6	1	-	-
W Brown	3	0	10	0	-	-
Walker	5	0	15	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	b Ryland	5
J King	c Hollowood b A Smith	1
W Brown	c Davenport b Ryland	0
JH Copestake	c Pointon b Ryland	0
WE Walker	b Brown	22
WH Calkin	c Ravenscroft b Ryland	3
J Brown	run out	0
WH Turner	not out	12
PE Mainwaring	b Brown	0
JF Darlow	lbw b Ryland	1
+G McHarg	c Brown b Ryland	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 29.3 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-16, 5-20, 6-20, 7-39, 8-39, 9-48, 10-48 (29.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Smith	11	3	25	1	-	-
Ryland	14.3	3	19	6	-	-
Brown	4	4	0	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Radcliffe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Walker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Calkin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G McHarg made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Ravenscroft made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Cookson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Ryland made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Copestake made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Turner (1) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Turner (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 2-4)
--> WH Turner achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings
--> S Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-46)
--> S Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> WH Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 5-41)
--> EC Ryland achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 2-26)
--> EC Ryland achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Cheshire won this return match at 1.40 pm on the second day.
The encounter between the two sides at Stockport in June had been drawn.
The highest individual batsman's score was Davenport's second innings 37.
Newspaper reports indicate that the wicket favoured the bowlers throughout the game.
For the losers, Turner took 12 wickets in the match for 91 runs, including 7 for 50 in the Cheshire second innings.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Cheshire 2nd inns fall of 3rd, and 7th to 9th wickets.]
Sources: Staffordshire Post 29,30 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 26,29,30 July; Birmingham Daily Post 30,31 July; Cheshire County News 2 August; Cheshire Evening Echo 30 July; Liverpool Daily Post 31 July; Stockport Advertiser 2 August; Sporting Chronicle 30,31 July; The Sportsman 29,30,31 July.

 

 

 

 

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