minc3	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Cale Green, Stockport on 17th, 18th June 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	Booth, A Smith
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 176/9 (Brown 61*, Disney 6*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Mott	b Brown	4
J King	not out	62
W Brown	b Holden	35
TS Fishwick	b Bromley-Davenport	15
G Simmonds	b Bromley-Davenport	6
J Brown	c Disney b Brown	19
H Briscoe	run out	6
FS Sheldon	b Brown	18
*PE Mainwaring	c Pointon b Brown	0
+W Burrows	b Smith	4
JF Darlow	b Smith	0
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-71, 3-91, 4-99, 5-131, 6-146, 7-170, 8-170, 9-178, 10-178 (91 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bromley-Davenport	27	9	52	2	-	-
Brown	36	17	55	4	-	-
Smith	17	7	34	2	-	-
Cookson	4	0	16	0	-	-
Holden	7	1	12	1	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Holden	b Darlow	28
W Hartley	lbw b Darlow	5
G Davenport	c Mott b King	13
T Pointon	b J Brown	27
J Cookson	lbw b King	7
FCL Hamilton	c Briscoe b King	8
S Brown	c Darlow b King	70
E Smith	b Darlow	2
*J Ravenscroft	lbw b Darlow	0
HR Bromley-Davenport	b Darlow	4
+JJ Disney	not out	14
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-48, 3-58, 4-70, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-193 (60.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darlow	27	7	81	5	-	-
Briscoe	8	1	22	0	-	-
King	15.2	4	48	4	-	-
J Brown	10	1	27	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J King	b Bromley-Davenport	20
G Simmonds	c sub (TS Fishwick) b Brown	2
W Brown	b Holden	26
CC Mott	not out	8
TS Fishwick	not out	0
J Brown	did not bat
H Briscoe	did not bat
FS Sheldon	did not bat
*PE Mainwaring	did not bat
+W Burrows	did not bat
JF Darlow	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(3 wickets, 47 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-51, 3-59

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	19	5	22	1	-	-
Smith	17	11	10	0	-	-
Holden	6	1	19	1	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	5	2	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J King made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Briscoe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FS Sheldon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PE Mainwaring made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Burrows made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Holden made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Hartley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Davenport made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Pointon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Cookson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FCL Hamilton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Ravenscroft made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HR Bromley-Davenport made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JJ Disney made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TS Fishwick made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Simmonds made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FS Sheldon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TS Fishwick (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Darlow achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 4-12)
--> JF Darlow achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This match was drawn.
Rain prevented play after lunch on the second day, and the match was abandoned at 3.45 pm.
For Staffordshire, King's 62 not out contained 5 fours and it was one of only two instances during the season of a batsmen carrying his bat throughout an innings.
For Cheshire, there were 10 fours in S Brown's 70.
The substitute catch to dismiss Simmonds in the Staffordshire second innings was held by his team-mate, T S Fishwick.
Cheshire were making their debut in a Minor Counties Championship match, but they did not 'qualify' for the Championship itself, playing home and away games with Durham, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.
[Missing: Umpire Booth's initials; extras breakdown; in Staffordshire 2nd inns for whom Fishwick fielded as substitute; in Cheshire inns fall of 5th to 9th wickets.]
Sources: Cheshire County News 21 June; Cheshire Evening Echo 17 June; Liverpool Daily Post 18,19 June; Stockport Advertiser 21 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 22 June; Staffordshire Chronicle 22 June; Staffordshire Post 17,18 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 17,18 June; Birmingham Daily Post 17,18 June; Sporting Chronicle 18,19 June; The Sportsman 17,18,19 June.