minc1050	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (North Division)
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 2nd August 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 108 runs
Points	Staffordshire 5; Cheshire 0
Umpires	W Copeland, J Gregory

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	run out	54
EH Bourne	c Comberbach b Chambers	16
*HD Stratton	b Turner	0
SF Barnes	st JL Jones b Comberbach	18
JE Nichols	lbw b Comberbach	3
A Hollowood	b Sidebotham	1
E Vost	b Buckley	7
A Bucknell	c Turner b Comberbach	12
JW Johnson	not out	22
+H Dearing	b Buckley	1
H Eardley	b Buckley	14
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-35, 3-65, 4-74, 5-75, 6-101, 7-110, 8-119, 9-121, 10-151 (60.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chambers	12	2	28	1	-	-
Buckley	22.3	4	53	3	-	-
Turner	1	0	7	1	-	-
Comberbach	18	2	53	3	-	-
Sidebotham	7	2	7	1	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RZH Voss	c Eardley b Barnes	0
WE Jones	b Bucknell	2
WT Chambers	c Hollowood b Barnes	0
HP Rigby	b Barnes	7
*FCL Hamilton	b Barnes	0
H Comberbach	b Bucknell	14
JW Slate	b Barnes	0
AS Turner	b Barnes	0
GA Buckley	lbw b Barnes	2
+JL Jones	not out	1
J Sidebotham	b Barnes	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 22.5 overs)	29
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-23, 6-23, 7-25, 8-25, 9-29, 10-29 (22.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	11.5	6	6	8	-	2
Bucknell	9	0	18	2	-	-
Eardley	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Jones	b Barnes	5
RZH Voss	b Bucknell	0
WT Chambers	lbw b Barnes	1
HP Rigby	b Barnes	0
*FCL Hamilton	c and b Bucknell	2
H Comberbach	lbw b Bucknell	0
JW Slate	c Bucknell b Barnes	0
AS Turner	b Bucknell	1
GA Buckley	not out	4
+JL Jones	b Barnes	0
J Sidebotham	b Barnes	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 16.4 overs)	14
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-9, 5-9, 6-9, 7-10, 8-10, 9-14, 10-14 (16.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	8.4	5	7	6	-	1
Bucknell	8	5	6	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.
--> H Comberbach made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Slate made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Buckley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Slate made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Sidebotham made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EH Bourne (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> H Eardley (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 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 an innings and 108 runs at 6.15 pm on the first day after Cheshire followed on 122 runs behind. Recent rain had rendered the turf very soft and Barnes was virtually unplayable, taking 14 wickets in the match for 13 runs, including 8 for 6 in the Cheshire first innings. It was the only instance of a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match to date conceding fewer runs than wickets taken, and was statistically the third best match bowling performance of the season. Briggs was the only batsman to reach fifty, his 54 taking 2 hours and containing just 1 four. For Cheshire, Comberbach with 14 was the only batsman to reach double figures. The match aggregate of 194 runs for a completed match was the lowest of the season [and a new record low for the Championship -- check.] The Cheshire second innings total of 14 was the lowest of the season [and a new record for the competition -- check.]
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Source: Staffordshire Advertiser 7 August 1909, Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 7 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 3 August; Cheshire Newspapers; Macclesfield Advertiser 6 August; Birmingham Daily Post 3 August; The Sportsman 3 August; Cricket 12 August, p 336.

 

 

 

 

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