Minor Counties Championship 1895

46 MATCH NUMBER 33 : WORCESTERSHIRE V CHESHIRE At The County Ground, Boughton Park, Worcester on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 August 1895 Result: Worcestershire won by seven wickets Points: Worcestershire 1 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Worcestershire 1 (W E Smithson); Cheshire 1 (J Wright) First day score: Cheshire 61 and 52-5 wickets (T Pointon 27*, G Davenport 6*); Worcestershire 116 Cheshire R F Ould b Bird 0 (1) run out 2 Pointon, T c Latham b Arnold 16 (3) not out 52 Davenport, G c Jobson b Arnold 1 (7) c Millward b Arnold 6 Bates, J R b Bird 1 (4) b Arnold 2 Radcliffe, G b Arnold 10 (2) lbw b Bird 1 Brown, S c and b Bird 17 (5) b Arnold 4 Wright, J b Bird 5 (6) b Bird 9 Smith, E b Arnold 2 (8) lbw b Bird 9 + Disney, J J c Bird b Arnold 0 (9) b Burrows 11 * H R Bromley-Davenport not out 3 (10) b Arnold 3 Smith, A b Bird 0 (11) b Burrows 1 Extras 6 9 Total 61 109 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 4 6 26 61 Second innings 3 5 20 23 39 109 Arnold 19 7 33 5 - - (1) 27 8 49 4 - - Bird 18.1 7 22 5 - - (2) 26 11 38 3 - - Burrows (3) 5.1 3 4 2 - - Smithson (4) 4 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 37.1 14 61 10 - - 62.1 22 109 10 - - Worcestershire Bowley, F L b A Smith 1 (2) not out 24 Millward, A c Radcliffe b A Smith 4 (3) c Bromley-Davenport b A Smith 9 * H K Foster c Bromley-Davenport b A Smith 10 (1) b Brown 10 P H Latham b A Smith 46 (4) b E Smith 10 R E Foster b Brown 3 (5) not out 0 E P Jobson c Pointon b Brown 0 Arnold, E G st Disney b A Smith 11 W E Smithson c Pointon b A Smith 14 Bird, A c Bromley-Davenport b E Smith 20 Burrows, R D c Radcliffe b A Smith 3 + Straw, T not out 2 Extras 2 3 Total 116 (3 wickets) 56 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 61 73 114 116 Second innings 25 53 - - - - - - - Brown 23 6 41 2 - - (1) 15.1 5 26 1 - - Smith, A 30 8 46 7 - - (2) 11 1 22 1 - - Smith, E 13 5 24 1 - - (3) 4 2 5 1 - - Wright 3 2 3 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 69 21 116 10 - - 30.1 8 56 3 - - Notes: Worcestershire won this return match by seven wickets before lunch on the second day. The match between the two teams at Oxton in July had been drawn. For Cheshire, Pointon top-scored with 52 not out. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Cheshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Pointon’s 52 not out; time completed.] Sources: Berrow’s Worcester Journal 24 August; Birmingham Daily Post 20,21 August; Worcester Herald 24 August; Worcestershire Echo 19,20 August; Cheshire County News 23 August; Cheshire Evening Echo 19,20 August; Liverpool Daily Post 20,21 August; Macclesfield Advertiser 23 August; Sporting Chronicle 20,21 August; The Sportsman 19,20,21 August.