The Minor Counties Championship 1902

87 MATCH NUMBER 64 : STAFFORDSHIRE V DURHAM At The Walsall Cricket Club Ground, The Chuckery, Walsall on Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 August 1902 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 99 runs Points: Staffordshire 3 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: S Wrigley and J Yeadon Debutants: Staffordshire none; Durham none First day score: Staffordshire 196; Durham 6-1 wicket (J F Whitwell 5*, A Burn 0*) Staffordshire Hollowood, A st Kirtley b Butler 23 R C Page c and b Burn 19 W B Burns hit wicket b Butler 5 * H D Stratton c Cumberlege b Turnbull 28 Brown, W c Turnbull b Butler 43 J A Bourne b W F Whitwell 1 Fereday, J B b Butler 18 W H Twigg not out 24 Grimshaw, T b Butler 6 + J Poole b Burn 11 Barton, J c W F Whitwell b Burn 0 Extras b 12, lb 6 18 Total 196 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 42 44 50 118 119 140 161 179 196 196 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - W F Whitwell 12 2 39 1 - - Turnbull 29 9 48 1 - - Butler 25 8 51 5 - - Burn 9 0 40 3 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 75 19 196 10 0 0 Durham (Followed on) R Bousfield b Bourne 1 (2) b Bourne 6 * J F Whitwell b Brown 8 (1) c Poole b Brown 0 A Burn c and b Bourne 0 (3) lbw b Bourne 11 C Y Adamson c Twigg b Bourne 5 (4) c Brown b Grimshaw 26 L V Lodge b Bourne 2 (5) st Poole b Barton 5 Turnbull, G b Brown 2 (6) st Poole b Barton 0 T Coulson b Brown 0 (7) not out 6 R C Cumberlege c and b Bourne 4 (8) b Grimshaw 1 W F Whitwell st Poole b Bourne 0 (9) st Poole b Bourne 7 Butler, J b Bourne 2 (10) st Poole b Bourne 0 + J Kirtley not out 3 (11) b Brown 0 Extras b 4, lb 3 7 lb 1 1 Total 34 63 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 6 14 22 25 25 25 25 31 34 Second innings 6 6 34 49 49 49 50 62 62 63 Bourne 12.3 5 17 7 - - (2) 8 1 30 4 - - Barton 2 2 0 0 - - (3) 3 1 6 2 - - Brown 10 3 10 3 - - (1) 7.3 3 22 2 - - Grimshaw (4) 2 1 4 2 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 24.3 10 34 10 0 0 20.3 6 63 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this return match by an innings shortly before 3.00 pm on the second day, thus reversing the outcome of the encounter between the two teams at Philadelphia in July. For the winners, Bourne took 11 wickets in the match for 47 runs. Brown top-scored in the match with 43, which included five fours. The Durham first innings total of 34 was the second lowest of the season. The 4 stumpings by Poole in the Durham second innings was a new Championship record, exceeding the 3 achieved previously on 13 occasions. Poole’s 5 stumpings in the match equalled the previous record by C Page, who achieved the feat for Northumberland v Durham at Jesmond in 1901. Poole’s 5 dismissals in an innings were the most during the season, as were his 6 dismissals in a match . [An alternative version of this score found only in the Staffordshire scorebook and not the Staffordshire newspapers, gives in the Staffordshire innings W F Whitwell conceding 37 runs, Turnbull 51 runs and Butler 50 runs. The Staffordshire Scorebook gives in the Durham second innings the seventh wicket falling at 58 not 50. The Durham scorebook gives in the Durham second innings Turnbull caught Poole, while the Staffordshire scorebook, and the Staffordshire newspaper scores and accounts all give stumped Poole and this version has been preferred.] [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire scorebook; Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 23 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 20,22,23 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20,21,22 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 21,22 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 20,21,22 August.