minc14	Cheshire v Worcestershire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 22nd, 23rd July 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 0; Worcestershire 0
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 135/7 (Hollowood 16*, Court 9*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Arnold	c and b Bretherton	8
FL Bowley	b Brown	11
*HK Foster	b Brown	20
GE Bromley-Martin	c Smith b Bromley-Davenport	33
EP Jobson	c Court b Bretherton	53
A Millward	c Court b Brown	12
AW Isaac	b Smith	5
+TB Rhodes	b Smith	4
W Bird	not out	11
S Raynor	b Smith	0
JB Fereday	absent
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-20, 3-51, 4-112, 5-145, 6-151, 7-154, 8-169, 9-169 (72.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bretherton	25	10	51	2	-	-
Brown	26	6	62	3	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	11	2	20	1	-	3
Smith	10.4	2	24	3	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Ravenscroft	run out	5
T Pointon	c Arnold b Raynor	34
G Davenport	b Millward	10
JR Bates	c Bird b Raynor	21
S Brown	c Bowley b Jobson	25
E Smith	b Raynor	5
HR Bromley-Davenport	b Raynor	0
A Hollowood	b Bird	35
M Court	not out	24
+JJ Disney	b Millward	1
J Bretherton	b Millward	0
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 94.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-48, 3-74, 4-95, 5-95, 6-115, 7-115, 8-177, 9-178, 10-178 (94.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millward	33.3	10	48	3	-	-
Arnold	20	10	30	0	-	-
Raynor	27	11	53	4	-	-
Bird	13	3	24	1	-	-
Jobson	1	0	5	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	run out	96
EG Arnold	b Brown	29
*HK Foster	c Disney b Brown	3
GE Bromley-Martin	b Bretherton	1
A Millward	run out	67
EP Jobson	b Brown	20
AW Isaac	lbw b Brown	6
+TB Rhodes	not out	21
JB Fereday	c Disney b Smith	2
W Bird	did not bat
S Raynor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-93, 3-94, 4-156, 5-181, 6-193, 7-222, 8-253 (92 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bretherton	23	5	71	1	-	-
Brown	39	12	89	4	-	-
Smith	19	6	49	1	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	11	2	36	0	1	1

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Ravenscroft	b Arnold	5
T Pointon	not out	76
G Davenport	not out	60
JR Bates	did not bat
S Brown	did not bat
E Smith	did not bat
HR Bromley-Davenport	did not bat
A Hollowood	did not bat
M Court	did not bat
+JJ Disney	did not bat
J Bretherton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 58 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Ravenscroft)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	14	6	17	1	-	-
Millward	10	1	36	0	-	-
Raynor	13	5	32	0	-	-
Bird	12	1	38	0	-	-
Bromley-Martin	9	2	18	0	-	1

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Notes
--> M Court made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Bretherton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Bird made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Court made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Bretherton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EP Jobson (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Hollowood (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Arnold (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FL Bowley (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Millward (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TB Rhodes (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Davenport (2) passed his previous highest score of 57 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Match drawn after the Worcestershire declaration left Cheshire a second innings victory target of 245 runs in two hours.
For the visitors, Bowley's 96 included 16 fours, and Millward's 67 6 fours.
In the Cheshire second innings, Pointon and Davenport had an unbroken stand of 126 for the second wicket.
Pointon's 76 not out was the second highest innings of the season by a batsman in the fourth innings of a match.
The match aggregate of 746 was the third highest of the year.
Berrow's Worcester Journal reported that Fereday did not arrive at the ground in time to bat in the Worcestershire first innings "due to a misunderstanding".
[Missing: Umpires; in Worcestershire 1st inns boundaries in Jobson's 53; in Cheshire 2nd inns boundaries in Pointon's 76 not out and Davenport's 60 not out.]
Sources: Cheshire County News 26 July; Cheshire Evening Echo 23, 24 July; Liverpool Daily Post 24 July; Liverpool Mercury 23,24 July; Berrow's Worcester Journal 27 July; Worcester Herald 27 July; Worcestershire Echo 23,24 July; The Cricket Field 27 July; Sporting Chronicle 23,24 July; Sporting Life 23,24 July; The Sportsman 23,24 July.

 

 

 

 

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