minc2086	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1926
Venue	The Oval, Wallasey on 7th, 8th July 1926 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Staffordshire won by 11 runs
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 5
Umpires	A Dawson, W Fletcher
Close of play day 1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HWF Homer	lbw b Hopwood	11
C Howl	st Bratby b Hopwood	29
SF Barnes	b Wilson	8
FD Perks	c Hopwood b Steventon	16
H Goodwin	b Dennis	2
HA Sedgwick	b Wilson	7
DPF Lutter	st Bratby b Hopwood	0
P Lockett	st Bratby b Hopwood	0
A Lockett	c Wilson b Hopwood	0
GJW Platt	b Wilson	0
*+JB Russell	not out	11
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-31, 3-56, 4-61, 5-78, 6-78, 7-78, 8-78, 9-78, 10-89 (76.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	31.3	14	33	3	-	-
Hopwood	30	18	33	5	-	-
Dennis	8	2	11	1	-	-
Steventon	7	4	7	1	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Boumphrey	lbw b A Lockett	10
AW Midgley	b Barnes	4
DP McEntyre	b A Lockett	6
JL Hopwood	b A Lockett	9
H Wilson	st Russell b Barnes	14
H Eyre	b A Lockett	6
CW Tiplady	b A Lockett	0
EM Frosch	lbw b Barnes	0
EH Steventon	not out	1
+AE Bratby	b Barnes	2
W Dennis	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 36.2 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-19, 3-26, 4-41, 5-51, 6-52, 7-53, 8-54, 9-59 (36.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	18.2	8	19	4	-	-
A Lockett	18	6	33	5	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Howl	c Hopwood b Wilson	7
FD Perks	b Wilson	0
HA Sedgwick	b Wilson	1
DPF Lutter	b Wilson	0
P Lockett	b Wilson	1
GJW Platt	b Wilson	0
A Lockett	b Hopwood	22
HWF Homer	lbw b Wilson	1
SF Barnes	b Wilson	0
H Goodwin	not out	7
*+JB Russell	b Wilson	9
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 40.4 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-4, 5-4, 6-33, 7-35, 8-35, 9-41, 10-57 (40.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	20.4	10	25	9	-	-
Hopwood	20	12	23	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Boumphrey	c Sedgwick b A Lockett	4
AW Midgley	c Platt b Barnes	9
DP McEntyre	b Barnes	1
JL Hopwood	c Perks b Barnes	2
H Wilson	c Sedgwick b Barnes	22
W Dennis	b A Lockett	17
H Eyre	not out	5
EM Frosch	st Russell b Barnes	0
CW Tiplady	c Homer b Barnes	4
EH Steventon	c Russell b Barnes	1
+AE Bratby	b A Lockett	1
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 27.3 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-10, 3-12, 4-25, 5-53, 6-61, 7-62, 8-70, 9-75, 10-76 (27.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	14	4	18	7	-	-
A Lockett	12.3	2	34	3	-	-
Platt	1	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FD Perks made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Lockett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CW Tiplady made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EM Frosch made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Hopwood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-10)
--> JL Hopwood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> H Wilson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 6-6)
--> SF Barnes reached 950 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cheshire second innings

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