minc1231	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (North and East Division)
Venue	Boughton Hall Avenue, Chester on 24th, 25th July 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 38 runs
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 5
Umpires	B Brown, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 275/8 (Meakin 79*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LN Jones	b Deyes	5
F Moorhouse	c Briggs b Barnes	40
P Mason	c Poole b Deyes	22
*+FA Jones	run out	19
SE Rigg	b Barnes	4
JH Wright	b Barnes	4
JM Swift	c Meakin b Barnes	0
L Hales	c Vost b Barnes	0
A Ashworth	c Meakin b Barnes	0
JA Harrison	c Briggs b Bucknell	4
AH Fyffe	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-61, 3-79, 4-89, 5-93, 6-93, 7-99, 8-103, 9-105, 10-105 (44.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	18	9	21	6	-	-
Deyes	18	3	54	2	-	-
Bucknell	6.3	0	19	1	-	-
Vost	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bourne	c Wright b Fyffe	20
A Hollowood	run out	47
P Briggs	c and b Moorhouse	34
LF Taylor	c FA Jones b Moorhouse	5
SF Barnes	c LN Jones b Moorhouse	8
JE Nichols	c LN Jones b Mason	47
E Vost	c Mason b Harrison	0
*B Meakin	not out	79
A Bucknell	b Fyffe	17
+J Poole	c FA Jones b Fyffe	2
G Deyes	c Hales b Mason	5
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 64.4 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-71, 3-86, 4-102, 5-146, 6-146, 7-221, 8-275, 9-277, 10-282 (64.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mason	17.4	1	59	2	-	1
Fyffe	15	0	88	3	-	2
Moorhouse	16	0	53	3	-	-
Ashworth	8	0	22	0	-	-
Harrison	4	0	21	1	-	-
LN Jones	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LN Jones	c Barnes b Bucknell	15
F Moorhouse	retired hurt	8
P Mason	st Poole b Barnes	12
*+FA Jones	c Bucknell b Barnes	6
SE Rigg	c Vost b Barnes	0
JH Wright	b Barnes	1
JM Swift	c Bucknell b Barnes	0
JA Harrison	c Briggs b Bucknell	0
L Hales	c Briggs b Barnes	40
A Ashworth	not out	30
AH Fyffe	c Meakin b Bucknell	16
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-37, 3-37, 4-42, 5-42, 6-44, 7-48, 8-112, 9-139 (44 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	18	8	29	6	-	-
Deyes	9	0	38	0	-	-
Bucknell	10	0	34	3	-	-
Vost	3	0	15	0	-	-
Nichols	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Swift made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Fyffe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Fyffe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Moorhouse (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 20
--> FA Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> B Meakin (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 66
--> L Hales (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Ashworth (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cheshire second innings
--> F Moorhouse retired hurt in the Cheshire second innings having scored 8 (team score 12/0)

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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 this match by an innings and 38 runs twenty minutes after lunch on the second day. The match between the two sides at Stoke-on-Trent in June had also been won by Staffordshire. For the winners Meakin scored 79 not out. Barnes, returning from international duties, took 12 wickets in the match for 50 runs. In Cheshire's first innings he took 3 wickets in his second over after lunch and 7 wickets fell in 30 minutes. A total of 13 catches were taken by Staffordshire in the match. 75 runs were added for the seventh wicket by Nichols and Meakin. For Cheshire Moorhouse was hit on the thumb by a ball from Barnes. This match was part of Cheshire's cricket week that featured the opening of the ground's new pavilion.
[Missing: In Staffordshire innings boundaries in Meakin's 79 not out.]
Sources: Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 29 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 24,25 July; Cricket 5 August, p 407.

 

 

 

 

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