minc1458	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	Gorse Hall Road, Dukinfield on 17th, 18th June 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 34 runs
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 5
Umpires	B Brown, WH Harden
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 97/7 (Hewitt 1*, Harrison 13*)

---

Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Heath	c Eaton b Chambers	0
HE Bourne	c Wyatt b Hope	29
SF Barnes	b Hope	67
LF Taylor	c sub b Hope	4
JE Nichols	c Wyatt b Hope	43
J Ankers	b Hope	40
*B Meakin	c Barker b Hope	9
JB Russell	c Coomber b Hope	6
+H Dearing	not out	8
HA Sedgwick	b Harrison	0
BF Morgan	c Lancaster b Hope	0
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-68, 3-80, 4-116, 5-194, 6-197, 7-205, 8-219, 9-220, 10-221 (59 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	15	1	54	0	-	-
Chambers	15	0	55	1	-	-
Hope	17	3	48	8	-	-
Coomber	3	0	19	0	-	-
Harrison	9	1	30	1	-	-

---

Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Wyatt	b Sedgwick	4
FC Wild	b Barnes	8
C Hewitt	c Heath b Barnes	5
DH Coomber	b Barnes	14
*FL Eaton	c Morgan b Sedgwick	0
V Hope	c Bourne b Sedgwick	19
P Lancaster	b Barnes	0
WT Chambers	b Sedgwick	6
JA Harrison	c Taylor b Barnes	9
+E Gammond	not out	6
F Barker	b Barnes	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 22.1 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-21, 3-24, 4-30, 5-56, 6-56, 7-60, 8-69, 9-73, 10-80 (22.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	11.1	4	25	6	-	-
Sedgwick	11	1	47	4	-	-

---

Cheshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Wild	b Heath	3
*FL Eaton	b Morgan	0
WT Chambers	b Morgan	26
DH Coomber	b Morgan	30
V Hope	c Dearing b Morgan	0
L Wyatt	b Morgan	8
C Hewitt	not out	5
P Lancaster	b Morgan	0
JA Harrison	b Sedgwick	13
+E Gammond	b Sedgwick	1
F Barker	b Sedgwick	1
Extras	(20 b)	20
Total	(all out, 27.3 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19, 3-47, 4-47, 5-59, 6-80, 7-80, 8-97, 9-101, 10-107 (27.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	14	2	44	6	-	-
Heath	11	3	40	1	-	-
Sedgwick	2.3	1	3	3	-	-

---

Notes
--> J Ankers made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Wyatt made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Hewitt made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Lancaster made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Gammond made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Lancaster made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Harrison made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Barker made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE Bourne (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Coomber (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Coomber (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches

---

This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
: Staffordshire won their opening match of the 1914 season by an innings and 34 runs at 11.40 on the second day. In the Staffordshire innings Barnes scored 67 which included 1 six and 8 fours.
He took 6 wickets for 25 runs in the Cheshire first innings but did not bowl in the second. Morgan took 6 wickets for 44 runs in the Cheshire second innings. For Cheshire, the debutant Coomber top scored with 30 and Hope took eight wickets for 48 runs in the Staffordshire innings. The Cheshire first innings lasted an hour and a quarter after which they followed on. In the forty minutes remaining for play on the first day they lost 7 wickets for 97 runs. On the second morning they were all out after ten minutes play during which 10 runs were scored as Sedgwick took the final three wickets.
[Missing: complete]
Sources: Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Scorebook; Ashton Herald 20 June; Cheshire Daily Echo 17,18 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 20 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 17,18 June; World of Cricket 27 June p 285.

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles