minc138	Staffordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 13th, 14th July 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Hertfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 163/4 (Harrison 44*, Fernie 4*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	b Brown	0
F Wells	c Brown b Turner	0
HM Harford	c Turner b Brown	10
AJ Golding	b Brown	52
WE Coleman	st Poole b Turner	11
F Field	b Brown	3
G Lance	c Harrison b Turner	6
*C Pigg	c Brown b Hollowood	79
WH Marsh	b Turner	5
GE Marten	c Stratton b Turner	6
G Wilders	not out	20
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-3, 3-28, 4-43, 5-50, 6-80, 7-110, 8-141, 9-157, 10-207 (83.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	26	9	62	4	-	-
Turner	37	13	64	5	-	-
Grimshaw	14	2	39	0	-	-
Hollowood	1.3	0	10	1	-	-
Fernie	3	1	2	0	-	-
Walker	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Grimshaw	c and b Golding	39
W Brown	b Wells	41
A Hollowood	c Marsh b Wilders	39
DH Brownfield	b Golding	17
WE Harrison	c White b Pigg	44
AE Fernie	not out	63
HD Stratton	b White	20
*PE Mainwaring	run out	1
WH Turner	c and b Field	13
WE Walker	b Field	4
+J Poole	b Field	10
Extras	(31 b, 6 lb)	37
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-88, 3-125, 4-152, 5-225, 6-264, 7-265, 8-288, 9-292, 10-328 (106 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	18	2	45	1	-	-
Pigg	7	1	21	1	-	-
Wilders	16	5	48	1	-	-
Field	5	1	10	3	-	-
Wells	20	4	54	1	-	-
Golding	24	3	78	2	-	-
Coleman	16	5	35	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*C Pigg	c and b Turner	100
F Wells	c Brown b Turner	84
HM Harford	c Poole b Brown	57
AJ Golding	b Brown	26
WE Coleman	c Turner b Hollowood	33
HE White	c Brown b Fernie	9
F Field	not out	37
WH Marsh	c and b Brown	1
G Lance	did not bat
GE Marten	did not bat
G Wilders	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, 88.2 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-179, 2-202, 3-266, 4-282, 5-291, 6-359, 7-364 (88.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	23	4	80	2	-	1
Mainwaring	2	0	8	0	-	-
Brown	22.2	4	94	3	-	-
Harrison	3	0	8	0	-	-
Grimshaw	16	1	71	0	-	-
Walker	4	0	21	0	-	-
Fernie	11	2	29	1	-	2
Hollowood	4	0	13	1	-	-
Stratton	3	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HM Harford made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Marten made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Fernie made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Walker made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Lance made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Marten made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Golding (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pigg (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Brown (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 27
--> HD Stratton (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Wells (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pigg (2) passed his previous highest score of 79 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pigg (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pigg (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 99
--> WH Turner reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Hertfordshire first innings
--> W Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-40)
--> F Field achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-77)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match was drawn, with Hertfordshire putting in a strong batting performance in their second effort after Staffordshire had gained a lead of 121 runs on first innings. The match at Watford the week before had been won by Staffordshire by an innings. For Hertfordshire, Pigg's 100 included 10 fours, 6 threes and 7 twos, and his 79 contained 5 fours.
His match aggregate of 179 runs was the highest of the season. Wells's 84 included 9 fours, Harford's 57 contained 9 fours, and Golding's 52 included 4 fours. In the visitors' second innings Pigg and Wells put on 179 runs for the first wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season and, for a short while, it was a new record for the Championship, exceeding the 165 put on by R H Mallett and J W Welford for Durham against Staffordshire at Stoke in 1895. It was itself beaten later in the season when L G A Collins and M J Dauglish put on 224 for the first wicket for Berkshire v Oxfordshire at Reading in August. In the first innings Pigg and Wilders added 50 for the last wicket.
For Staffordshire, there were 4 fours in Fernie's 63 not out. The match aggregate of 899 runs was the second highest of the season
[Missing: Umpires; Hertfordshire wicket-keeper; in Hertfordshire 2nd inns duration of Pigg's 100.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 16 July; Hertfordshire Standard 15 July; The Sportsman 14,15 July.

 

 

 

 

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