minc914	Yorkshire Second XI v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (North Division)
Venue	Clifton Lane Sports Ground, Rotherham on 6th, 7th July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 101 runs
Points	Yorkshire Second XI 0; Staffordshire 5
Umpires	W Copeland, J Gregory
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire Second XI (1) 72/6 (Booth 23*, Harrison 8*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Booth b Brown	77
W Brown	c Brown b Booth	8
SF Barnes	b Brown	1
JB Fereday	b Brown	1
A Hollowood	c Rudston b Brown	19
*HD Stratton	b Drake	22
EH Bourne	c Rudston b Brown	17
JW Johnson	b Booth	14
A Bucknell	c Brown b Booth	22
+J Poole	b Booth	9
RJ Mee	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-27, 4-123, 5-127, 6-146, 7-168, 8-183, 9-196, 10-201 (63 ov)

Yorkshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	27	8	84	5	-	-
Booth	23	2	66	4	-	-
Harrison	6	1	16	0	-	-
Drake	7	0	30	1	-	-

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Yorkshire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Frank	c Briggs b Barnes	0
H Rudston	c Poole b Barnes	1
BB Wilson	b Mee	15
CH Grimshaw	b Barnes	5
A Turner	run out	14
WH Micklethwait	b Barnes	8
MW Booth	not out	39
H Harrison	b Bucknell	15
A Drake	c Brown b Barnes	0
+A Dolphin	run out	4
W Brown	c Bucknell b Barnes	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-19, 4-35, 5-38, 6-50, 7-96, 8-97, 9-105, 10-111 (50.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	25.2	8	46	6	-	1
Mee	17	6	44	1	-	-
Bucknell	8	5	11	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Rudston b Booth	10
SF Barnes	b Brown	4
*HD Stratton	b Brown	10
JB Fereday	c Grimshaw b Brown	5
EH Bourne	b Brown	41
W Brown	b Brown	8
A Hollowood	b Booth	3
JW Johnson	c Wilson b Booth	3
A Bucknell	c Micklethwait b Booth	7
+J Poole	not out	1
RJ Mee	b Brown	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 32.5 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-26, 3-32, 4-37, 5-61, 6-70, 7-80, 8-100, 9-101, 10-101 (32.5 ov)

Yorkshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	16.5	2	41	6	-	-
Booth	16	1	51	4	1	-

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Yorkshire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BB Wilson	b Barnes	5
H Rudston	c Poole b Mee	0
A Turner	c Poole b Barnes	8
CH Grimshaw	c Barnes b Bucknell	14
MW Booth	b Mee	9
WH Micklethwait	b Barnes	0
A Drake	c Johnson b Barnes	26
*RW Frank	c Poole b Mee	1
H Harrison	not out	18
+A Dolphin	b Mee	3
W Brown	b Barnes	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-24, 4-36, 5-37, 6-53, 7-54, 8-79, 9-89, 10-90 (42.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	17.4	7	28	5	-	1
Mee	18	5	37	4	-	2
Bucknell	7	1	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WH Micklethwait made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Drake made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Bucknell (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Harrison (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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 won by 102 runs on the second day. For the winners, Barnes took 11 wickets in the match for 74 runs. There were 10 fours in Briggs's 77. For Yorkshire 2nd XI, Brown took 11 wickets in the match for 125 runs. 2,400 spectators were present on the first day with gate receipts of £63. This was the first championship match played at this venue.
[Missing: Precise time completed.]
Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1909, p 106; Yorkshire Post 7,8 July; Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 11 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 6,7 July; The Sportsman 7,8 July; Cricket 16 July, p 279.

 

 

 

 

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