Minor Counties Championship 1895

34 MATCH NUMBER 21 : WORCESTERSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Stourbridge Cricket Club Ground, Amblecote, Stourbridge on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1895 Result: Worcestershire won by an innings and 95 runs Points: Worcestershire 1, Staffordshire –1 Toss: Worcestershire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Worcestershire 1 (P H Latham); Staffordshire 2 (P Briggs, A J Mott) First day score: Worcestershire 192; Staffordshire 4-1 wicket (W Brown 4*, J King 0*) Worcestershire Arnold, E G c W Brown b Darlow 6 Bowley, F L b Turner 19 * H K Foster c and b Darlow 2 P H Latham b Darlow 0 G E Bromley-Martin b Turner 11 Millward, A lbw b Turner 0 E G Bromley-Martin b J Brown 50 E P Jobson not out 88 Bird, A b J Brown 6 + Straw, T b J Brown 1 Raynor, S run out 4 Extras b 1, lb 4 5 Total 192 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 19 19 31 33 50 127 137 161 192 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Darlow 22 0 91 3 - - Turner 18 5 55 3 - - Briggs 5.2 2 18 0 - - Brown, J 9 2 23 3 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - Total 54.2 9 192 10 0 0 Staffordshire (Followed on) * C C Mott c Millward b Raynor 0 (1) b Arnold 0 Brown, W c Foster b Raynor 6 (2) b Arnold 1 King, J c and b Bird 14 (4) c and b Raynor 2 C A W Gilbert c Latham b Arnold 1 (3) c Foster b Raynor 3 Brown, J b Raynor 9 (5) b Raynor 5 W E Harrison c Straw b Raynor 0 (6) b Arnold 0 P Briggs b Bird 20 (7) c Bird b Raynor 9 Turner, W H not out 7 (8) c Foster b Raynor 0 A J Mott b Bird 0 (9) c Latham b Arnold 1 + G McHarg c G E Bromley-Martin b Arnold 6 (10) b Arnold 0 Darlow, J F c Arnold b Bird 5 (11) not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 lb 2 2 Total 74 23 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 7 8 23 23 47 60 60 67 74 Second innings 0 2 4 4 7 10 14 23 23 23 Raynor 16 10 18 4 - - (1) 14.1 9 12 5 - - Arnold 17 9 22 2 - - (2) 14 9 9 5 - - Bird 16 9 15 4 - - E G Bromley-Martin 13 8 13 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 62 36 74 10 0 0 28.1 18 23 10 0 0 Notes: Worcestershire won this return match by an innings shortly before 4.00 pm on the second day, after Staffordshire followed on 118 runs behind. Worcestershire had also won when the two teams met at Stoke-on-Trent in July. On the first day, play did not start until just before 1.00 pm due to the late arrival of the Staffordshire team. There was a rain-interruption of an hour towards the end of the Worcestershire innings, and rain ended play early at 6.00 pm. For the winners, there was 1 six and 12 fours in Jobson’s 88 not out, and 1 five and 8 fours in E G Bromley-Martin’s 50, their partnership adding 77 runs for the seventh wicket in the Worcestershire innings. The Staffordshire second innings total of 23 and the match aggregate of 289 runs for a completed match were both the lowest of the season. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Berrow’s Worcester Journal 10 August; Stourbridge County Express 10 August; Worcester Herald 10 August; Worcestershire Echo 6, 7 August; Staffordshire Post 6,7 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 6,7 August; Birmingham Daily Post 6,7 August; Sporting Chronicle 6,7 August; Sporting Life 6,7 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August.