minc2950	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1934
Venue	Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 18th, 19th July 1934 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Cheshire 3
Close of play day 1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JTW Neville	b Bartley	15
EH Perry	b Jones	5
E Mayer	c Worthington b Bartley	4
LE Gale	b Dutton	41
*HWF Homer	c Cooke b Bartley	2
S Crump	b Bartley	0
WM Tonkinson	c Jones b Stockton	5
A Lockett	b Bartley	13
EN Backhouse	c Stockton b Jones	10
+CC Goodway	c Shreeve b Dutton	1
JS Welch	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-22, 3-25, 4-35, 5-35, 6-57, 7-79, 8-98, 9-103, 10-107 (48.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bartley	19	4	40	5	-	-
Jones	16	4	31	2	-	-
Stockton	5	2	15	1	-	-
Dutton	8.3	2	12	2	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Dartnell	c Lockett b Backhouse	21
WE Bates	b Lockett	13
EH Hawkins	b Lockett	4
FC Shreeve	b Lockett	2
JD Worthington	c Crump b Backhouse	19
RM Dutton	c Homer b Lockett	24
*LN Jones	b Crump	28
JK Edmundson	c Lockett b Crump	2
+WG Cooke	c Lockett b Crump	0
RJ Stockton	c Crump b Lockett	0
TJ Bartley	not out	3
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-38, 3-42, 4-52, 5-84, 6-92, 7-112, 8-112, 9-117, 10-121 (52.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tonkinson	4	0	24	0		-
Welch	6	2	6	0		-
Lockett	23	11	40	5		-
Crump	8.4	1	15	3		-
Backhouse	11	2	31	2		-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JTW Neville	b Dutton	41
EH Perry	b Stockton	157
EN Backhouse	b Edmundson	24
E Mayer	c Bates b Edmundson	75
LE Gale	not out	14
A Lockett	not out	3
*HWF Homer	did not bat
S Crump	did not bat
WM Tonkinson	did not bat
+CC Goodway	did not bat
JS Welch	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-154, 3-279, 4-321

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bartley	22	5	85	0		-
Jones	20	1	86	0		-
Dutton	15	2	63	1		-
Stockton	14	2	40	1		-
Edmundson	12	0	40	2		-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Dartnell	lbw b Backhouse	15
WE Bates	c Gale b Lockett	35
JD Worthington	b Backhouse	13
FC Shreeve	c Perry b Backhouse	8
RM Dutton	c Homer b Backhouse	5
*LN Jones	not out	45
EH Hawkins	b Gale	17
JK Edmundson	not out	29
+WG Cooke	did not bat
RJ Stockton	did not bat
TJ Bartley	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 76 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-68, 3-80, 4-87, 5-94, 6-139

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tonkinson	6	1	16	0	-
Welch	3	0	7	0	-
Crump	11	4	15	0	-
Lockett	21	9	53	1	-
Backhouse	28	15	56	4	-
Gale	4	0	12	1	-
Perry	3	1	8	0	-

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Notes
--> JTW Neville made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WM Tonkinson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Cooke made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Stockton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LE Gale (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Dartnell (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM Dutton (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 18
--> EH Perry (2) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EH Perry (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EH Perry (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 86

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