minc1417	Staffordshire v Kent Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1913
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 4th, 5th August 1913 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 5; Kent Second XI 0
Umpires	J Gregory, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Kent Second XI (1) 88/5 (Douglas 9*, Leach-Lewis 26*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	c Hamilton b Hickmott	3
EH Bourne	c and b Preston	35
JE Nichols	c Freeman b Snowden	128
SF Barnes	b Freeman	9
LF Taylor	b Preston	60
WH Twigg	c and b Freeman	3
*B Meakin	c Collins b Freeman	48
JS Heath	c Leach-Lewis b Snowden	2
BF Morgan	b Freeman	15
G Deyes	st Leach-Lewis b Snowden	16
+J Poole	not out	7
Extras	(15 b, 8 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-59, 3-80, 4-182, 5-185, 6-280, 7-300, 8-321, 9-323, 10-349 (89.4 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hickmott	17	3	57	1	-	-
Douglas	7	1	39	0	-	-
Freeman	27	3	90	4	-	-
Preston	18	2	61	2	-	-
Collins	8	0	37	0	-	-
Snowden	12.4	1	42	3	-	-

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LHW Troughton	c Nichols b Deyes	4
GC Collins	c Meakin b Heath	22
FL Hamilton	b Barnes	0
AO Snowden	c Nichols b Deyes	21
CK Douglas	c Poole b Deyes	9
F Dutnall	b Heath	2
+AF Leach-Lewis	b Deyes	43
RG Draper	b Heath	29
WE Hickmott	b Deyes	22
HJ Preston	lbw b Heath	11
AP Freeman	not out	7
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-51, 4-55, 5-58, 6-89, 7-130, 8-144, 9-172, 10-182 (52.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	18	3	47	1	-	-
Deyes	16.4	0	62	5	1	1
Heath	15	1	50	4	-	-
Nichols	2	0	7	0	-	-
Morgan	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Kent Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Hamilton	c Bourne b Barnes	0
CK Douglas	c Meakin b Barnes	6
AO Snowden	c Barnes b Deyes	34
*LHW Troughton	lbw b Heath	15
GC Collins	c Bourne b Barnes	67
+AF Leach-Lewis	c Nichols b Heath	1
F Dutnall	c Twigg b Barnes	32
RG Draper	c and b Barnes	0
WE Hickmott	c Poole b Barnes	1
HJ Preston	c Taylor b Heath	0
AP Freeman	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-12, 3-55, 4-67, 5-69, 6-151, 7-159, 8-166, 9-166, 10-169 (46.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	14.3	5	39	6	-	-
Morgan	10	0	44	0	-	-
Deyes	10	0	33	1	-	1
Heath	9	2	27	3	-	-
Nichols	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Twigg	not out	4
*B Meakin	not out	0
P Briggs	did not bat
EH Bourne	did not bat
JE Nichols	did not bat
SF Barnes	did not bat
LF Taylor	did not bat
JS Heath	did not bat
BF Morgan	did not bat
G Deyes	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.1 overs)	4

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leach-Lewis	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FL Hamilton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EH Bourne (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26
--> JE Nichols (1) passed his previous highest score of 118 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Draper (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes reached 750 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent Second XI second innings

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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 10 wickets on the second day, a single ball securing victory in their second innings.
The match earlier in the season had been drawn with Kent winning on first innings. For the winners Nichols scored 128, an innings taking 3¾ hours, with 13 fours and Taylor 60 with 1 six, 1 five and 4 fours. The pair added 102 for the fourth wicket.
In the Kent first innings Deyes took 5 for 62 and in the second Barnes took 6 for 39. For the losers the tail wagged in their first innings to total 182 from a position of 58 for 5 wickets. When Kent followed on, Collins scored 67 with 1 six and 8 fours, and Snowdon with 34 and Dutnall with 32 made useful contributions.
[Missing: Time completed]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook;
Staffordshire Annual Report;
Kent Yearbook; Staffordshire Advertiser 9 August;
Staffordshire Sentinel 4,5 August; Cricket 9 August p494.

 

 

 

 

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