minc392	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1902
Venue	Danescourt, Wolverhampton on 25th, 26th June 1902 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 3; Northumberland 0
Umpires	A Stockwin, J Yeadon
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 180/8 (Bourne 36*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FGH Clayton	b Brown	16
RGE Mortimer	b Bourne	15
J Hansell	c Clapham b Bourne	0
SP Bell	b Ellams	14
FW Gillespie	b Ellams	53
E Mortimer	b Ellams	0
JH Marshall	c Grimshaw b Ellams	12
+C Page	b Brown	6
E Lowes	c Brown b Ellams	8
G Elsey	not out	1
A Lowings	c Poole b Ellams	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-32, 3-35, 4-82, 5-88, 6-109, 7-118, 8-127, 9-132, 10-132 (61.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	2	0	9	0	-	-
Clapham	8	0	22	0	-	-
Brown	19	8	33	2	-	-
Bourne	16	7	29	2	-	-
Page	2	0	11	0	-	-
Ellams	14.2	4	21	6	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	b Elsey	35
W Brown	lbw b Lowes	1
WB Burns	c E Mortimer b Clayton	43
*HD Stratton	c E Mortimer b Lowes	26
RC Page	c Elsey b Clayton	6
JA Bourne	c Lowings b Elsey	37
F Ellams	st Page b Clayton	5
FH Wynne	lbw b Lowings	14
T Grimshaw	lbw b Elsey	1
+J Poole	not out	4
JR Clapham	b Lowings	3
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-61, 3-97, 4-112, 5-140, 6-156, 7-177, 8-180, 9-181, 10-188 (65 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lowes	10	2	44	2	2	-
Lowings	12	1	37	2	-	-
Elsey	19	6	44	3	-	-
Marshall	10	1	19	0	-	-
Clayton	14	3	31	3	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FGH Clayton	c Poole b Ellams	15
RGE Mortimer	b Brown	2
J Hansell	b Ellams	0
SP Bell	c Poole b Ellams	11
FW Gillespie	c Poole b Burns	54
E Mortimer	b Clapham	0
JH Marshall	c Grimshaw b Brown	1
+C Page	run out	23
E Lowes	b Ellams	5
G Elsey	not out	20
A Lowings	b Bourne	8
Extras	(14 b)	14
Total	(all out, 55.5 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-20, 4-45, 5-46, 6-69, 7-102, 8-122, 9-125, 10-153 (55.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ellams	25	7	49	4	-	-
Brown	17	2	41	2	-	-
Clapham	8	4	22	1	-	-
Burns	4	0	20	1	-	-
Bourne	1.5	0	7	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Burns	not out	52
RC Page	not out	34
A Hollowood	did not bat
W Brown	did not bat
*HD Stratton	did not bat
JA Bourne	did not bat
F Ellams	did not bat
FH Wynne	did not bat
T Grimshaw	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
JR Clapham	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(no wicket, 29.3 overs)	98

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	9.3	2	37	0	-	-
Lowes	4	0	12	0	-	-
Clayton	5	1	10	0	-	-
Lowings	3	1	8	0	-	-
Marshall	6	1	12	0	-	-
RGE Mortimer	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> E Lowes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Gillespie (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Bourne (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Gillespie (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WB Burns (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Page (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Ellams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 1-35)
--> F Ellams achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first 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 ten wickets at 4.45 pm on the second day. Ellams took 10 wickets in the match for the winners for 70 runs. There were 2 fours in Burns's 52 not out. For Northumberland, there were 5 fours and 7 fours respectively in Gillespie's two innings of 53 and 54. [An alternative version of this score found in Northumberland sources gives in the Staffordshire first innings Stratton caught Elsey not E Mortimer.]
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 28 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 25, 26 June; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25,26,27 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 26,27 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 25,26,27 June; Birmingham Daily Post 27 June; The Sportsman 26,27 June.