minc1488	Staffordshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 20th, 21st July 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 3; Norfolk 1
Umpires	S Doughty, M Myers:
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 44/5 (Nichols 3*, Smith 2*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Awty	b Falconer	7
+H Dearing	b Falcon	6
WH Twigg	c Thurgar b Falconer	5
SF Barnes	b Falconer	9
JE Nichols	b Falconer	6
*B Meakin	c Popham b Watson	1
A Smith	b Falconer	15
J Ankers	c Stevens b Gibson	8
WT Newton	c Stevens b Falconer	4
GA Wilson	run out	3
BF Morgan	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-19, 3-23, 4-38, 5-41, 6-53, 7-66, 8-72, 9-76, 10-84 (48.5 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Falcon	12	2	23	1	-	4
Falconer	23.5	13	35	6	-	-
Watson	7	3	6	1	-	-
Gibson	6	2	7	1	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Falcon	lbw b Barnes	16
RF Popham	b Wilson	17
GRR Colman	c Wilson b Barnes	15
GA Stevens	lbw b Wilson	1
+RW Thurgar	b Wilson	0
EJ Fulcher	b Wilson	0
AR Hudson	not out	6
FW Hale	c Morgan b Barnes	0
H Watson	b Barnes	0
R Falconer	b Wilson	2
E Gibson	b Wilson	2
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-46, 3-50, 4-50, 5-50, 6-62, 7-62, 8-62, 9-65, 10-67 (45.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	23	11	20	4	-	-
Morgan	8	3	17	0	-	-
Wilson	14.5	5	22	6	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Awty	c Falcon b Gibson	38
WT Newton	c Thurgar b Gibson	13
A Smith	b Gibson	3
WH Twigg	c Watson b Gibson	0
J Ankers	c Thurgar b Falconer	7
JE Nichols	b Falconer	1
+H Dearing	not out	3
BF Morgan	c Gibson b Falconer	10
*B Meakin	not out	0
SF Barnes	did not bat
GA Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, 29 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-40, 3-48, 4-59, 5-65, 6-65, 7-80

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Falconer	15	3	35	3	-	-
Falcon	4	0	16	0	-	1
Gibson	10	2	24	4	-	-

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Notes
--> WT Newton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes completed a hat-trick in the Norfolk first innings (Colman, Hale, and Watson)
--> E Gibson reached 300 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Staffordshire second innings

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Only 75 minutes of play were possible on the first day due to rain and the match was left drawn, with Staffordshire winning on first innings
The umpires were not present at the start of play, not arriving until 12.20pm. Staffordshire had made 80 for 7 wickets when stumps were drawn early with no possibility of a definite result, to enable the visitors to catch a convenient train home.