minc953	Staffordshire v Yorkshire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (North Division)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 5th, 6th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Staffordshire won on first innings)
Points	Staffordshire 3; Yorkshire Second XI 0
Umpires	J Gregory, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 137/3 (Brown 44*, Barnes 10*)

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Yorkshire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Rudston	c Eardley b Barnes	34		80
A Turner	c Vost b Barnes	43		115
A Bell	c and b Mee	15
D Roebuck	b Mee	1
WH Micklethwait	b Barnes	7
A Broadbent	b Barnes	15
AL Richardson	c Stratton b Barnes	9
A Drake	c Dearing b Barnes	6
+B Emmett	c Vost b Eardley	1
H Harrison	b Bourne	14
HE Hartington	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-92, 3-98, 4-106, 5-106, 6-117, 7-127, 8-137, 9-148, 10-163 (76.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	33	13	54	6	-	1
Eardley	11	2	34	1	-	-
Mee	24	9	42	2	-	-
Brown	5	2	18	0	-	-
Vost	3	1	3	0	-	-
Bourne	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	b Broadbent	0
W Brown	c Emmett b Hartington	45
*HD Stratton	b Hartington	18
JB Fereday	c Rudston b Broadbent	40
SF Barnes	c Richardson b Harrison	79
E Vost	b Harrison	51			5	-
EG Baxter	not out	21
EH Bourne	b Hartington	17
+H Dearing	did not bat
RJ Mee	did not bat
H Eardley	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	33
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 92.5 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-30, 3-120, 4-139, 5-256, 6-273, 7-304 (92.5 ov)

Yorkshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Broadbent	27	5	79	2	-	-
Hartington	28.5	5	84	3	-	-
Drake	7	3	12	0	-	-
Richardson	13	1	49	0	-	-
Harrison	17	4	47	2	2	1

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Yorkshire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Rudston	b Barnes	8
A Turner	c Baxter b Bourne	55
A Bell	b Barnes	0
D Roebuck	c Vost b Eardley	17
WH Micklethwait	b Eardley	7
A Broadbent	c Baxter b Barnes	5
AL Richardson	b Brown	51			5	-
A Drake	not out	16
+B Emmett	did not bat
H Harrison	did not bat
HE Hartington	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 77 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-40, 4-48, 5-53, 6-141, 7-166 (77 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	22	11	37	3	-	-
Mee	18	9	27	0	-	1
Eardley	18	6	40	2	-	-
Bourne	7	1	25	1	-	-
Vost	8	1	18	0	-	-
Fereday	2	0	8	0	1	-
Brown	2	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> B Emmett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Baxter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Roebuck made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Emmett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> AL Richardson (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 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.
There was 1 five and 6 fours in Barnes's 79. For the visitors, Turner's 55 included 1 five and 4 fours. The 24 maidens bowled by Barnes in the match was equal highest in a match of the season.
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 8 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 5,6,7 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August; Cricket 13 August, p 350.

 

 

 

 

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