minc1026	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (North Division)
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 19th, 20th July 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 138 runs
Points	Northumberland 0; Staffordshire 5
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 101 all out

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	b Marshall	54
JB Fereday	c Carr b Skinner	73
SF Barnes	c Marshall b Skinner	20
*B Meakin	c Marshall b Skinner	122
A Hollowood	c Wilkinson b Carr	39
JW Johnson	b Foster	0
JE Nichols	not out	44
+CL Winser	b Elsey	27
AF Lane	not out	0
JB Higgins	did not bat
H Eardley	did not bat
Extras		24
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-136, 3-186, 4-289, 5-290, 6-336, 7-391

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	26	4	116	3	-	-
Elsey	29	6	86	1	-	-
Foster	15	1	71	1	-	-
Carr	9	0	57	1	-	-
Marshall	10	0	49	1	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Gillespie	b Barnes	0
SW Anderson	c Meakin b Barnes	4
JH Marshall	c Briggs b Eardley	10
JT Carr	c Fereday b Barnes	36
NRE Wilkinson	b Eardley	13
H Cooper	b Barnes	0
CM Skinner	b Barnes	0
GH Watson	run out	2
+T Ullathorne	c Lane b Barnes	7
R Foster	c Briggs b Lane	19
G Elsey	not out	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	10
Total	(all out, 26.1 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-17, 4-48, 5-57, 6-63, 7-65, 8-69, 9-99, 10-101 (26.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	13.1	2	51	6	-	1
Eardley	12	1	38	2	-	-
Lane	1	0	2	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Gillespie	b Barnes	48
SW Anderson	c Barnes b Nichols	39
JH Marshall	b Nichols	0
JT Carr	c Meakin b Barnes	28
NRE Wilkinson	c Briggs b Barnes	7
H Cooper	c Nichols b Barnes	6
CM Skinner	b Nichols	2
GH Watson	run out	1
+T Ullathorne	c Barnes b Nichols	9
R Foster	c Meakin b Barnes	0
G Elsey	not out	3
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 5 nb, 0 w)	21
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-76, 3-118, 4-131, 5-136, 6-141, 7-152, 8-152, 9-152, 10-164 (41.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	15	1	60	5	-	5
Eardley	4	0	17	0	-	-
Lane	3	0	11	0	-	-
Nichols	13.4	2	34	4	-	-
Higgins	6	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GH Watson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Cooper made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Meakin (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Meakin (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Nichols (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SW Anderson (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 35
--> JE Nichols achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 4-55)

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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 this return match by an innings and 138 runs at 1.20 pm on the second day after Northumberland followed-on 302 runs behind. The match between the two sides at Stoke earlier in the month had also been won by Staffordshire. For the winners, there were 21 fours, 1 three and 5 twos in Meakin's 122, an innings of two hours.
Fereday's 74 included 10 fours and Briggs's 54 contained 6 fours. In the Staffordshire innings, Meakin and Hollowood put on 103 in an hour for the fourth wicket, and Nichols and Winser 55 for the seventh. For the losers, Gillespie top-scored with 48 including 6 fours.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.]
Sources: Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20,21 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 20,21 July; Staffordshire Annual Report 1909; Staffordshire Advertiser 24 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 19,20; Yorkshire Post 20,21 July; The Sportsman 20,21 July; Cricket 5 August, p 310.

 

 

 

 

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