minc2346	Staffordshire v Lancashire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1928
Venue	Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 8th, 9th August 1928 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire Second XI won by 102 runs
Points	Staffordshire 0; Lancashire Second XI 5
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 80/2 (Fitton ?*, Day ?*)

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Halliday	lbw b Lockett	5
FD Beattie	lbw b Sedgwick	2
E Paynter	c Boon b Lockett	5
ML Taylor	b Lockett	47
FS Booth	b Lockett	16
*P Higson	b Boon	3
L Horridge	b White	5
+W Farrimond	not out	57			5	-
F Rushton	c Day b Lockett	1
S Preston	b Boon	21
J Holroyd	run out	0
Extras	(15 b, 12 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-30, 4-53, 5-58, 6-72, 7-112, 8-116, 9-183, 10-189 (83.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lockett	30	6	62	5	-	-
Sedgwick	16	3	25	1	-	-
Boon	18.5	6	38	2	-	-
White	11	4	25	1	-	-
Barnes	8	3	12	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HWF Homer	b Holroyd	16
AA Bickerton	c Rushton b Preston	26
GA Fitton	run out	29
AL Day	st Farrimond b Holroyd	17
SF Barnes	c and b Holroyd	0
A Lockett	lbw b Rushton	10
*JS Heath	c Beattie b Rushton	19
HA Sedgwick	c Beattie b Holroyd	9
+EP Cross	c Rushton b Holroyd	0
J Boon	c Halliday b Holroyd	0
DL White	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-52, 3-85, 4-85, 5-102, 6-119, 7-134, 8-135, 9-135, 10-136 (79.4 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushton	17	5	19	2	-	-
Booth	12	4	22	0	-	1
Holroyd	29.4	9	45	6	-	-
Preston	17	4	33	1	-	1
Horridge	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Halliday	b Barnes	5
FD Beattie	b Boon	12
E Paynter	c Day b Barnes	0
ML Taylor	b Barnes	10
FS Booth	b Barnes	0
F Rushton	b Boon	13
L Horridge	lbw b Barnes	9
*P Higson	lbw b Boon	1
+W Farrimond	lbw b Barnes	10
S Preston	not out	6
J Holroyd	run out	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 32.2 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-20, 3-22, 4-25, 5-32, 6-56, 7-57, 8-68, 9-74, 10-74 (32.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	16.2	6	24	6	-	-
Lockett	7	3	11	0	-	-
Boon	9	1	31	3	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Bickerton	lbw b Rushton	4
GA Fitton	c Paynter b Rushton	5
HWF Homer	not out	10
AL Day	b Rushton	0
SF Barnes	lbw b Rushton	0
A Lockett	c Paynter b Rushton	0
*JS Heath	b Holroyd	0
HA Sedgwick	b Rushton	0
+EP Cross	b Rushton	3
J Boon	b Holroyd	0
DL White	lbw b Holroyd	1
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 28.4 overs)	25
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-12, 4-12, 5-12, 6-17, 7-18, 8-22, 9-23, 10-25 (28.4 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	7	3	9	0	-	-
Rushton	14	8	12	7	-	-
Holroyd	7.4	5	2	3	-	-

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Notes
--> AL Day made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AA Bickerton (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 23
--> HWF Homer (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> F Rushton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 7-38)

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