The Minor Counties Championship 1903

96 MATCH NUMBER 73 : STAFFORDSHIRE V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26 August 1903 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Staffordshire none; Cambridgeshire 1 (W Coote) First day score: Staffordshire 131; Cambridgeshire 70-5 wickets (G H Watts 0*) Staffordshire Brown,W lbw b Coote 12 A Hollowood c and b Gray 1 Fereday, J B c Swann-Mason b Coote 22 * H D Stratton b Gray 1 P Briggs c substitute (H D Stratton) b Morgan 44 F H Wynne b Gray 0 W J Beddows c Watts b Gray 11 T A Grose lbw b Coote 23 Grimshaw, T b Coote 11 + H Dearing b Morgan 3 W S White not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 1 3 Total 131 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 36 37 39 39 65 90 128 128 131 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hayward 15 4 41 0 - - Gray 24 11 46 4 - - Coote 15 3 29 4 - - Morgan 5.3 2 12 2 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - Total 59.3 20 131 10 0 0 Cambridgeshire E D Gilbert b Grimshaw 5 Bacon, J run out 28 Rev R S Swann-Mason c and b Brown 15 Hayward, D M c Wynne b Fereday 11 F E Morgan b Grimshaw 4 + Watts, G H c Brown b Fereday 0 H C Tebbutt not out 2 T S W Thomas not out 2 W Coote L A Gilbert * Rev H Gray Extras b 6, lb 1 7 Total (6 wickets) 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 28 64 67 70 70 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Grimshaw 13 5 19 2 - - Fereday 12 4 21 2 - - White 6 2 19 0 - - Brown 5 2 8 1 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - Total 36 13 74 6 0 0 Notes: This return match was drawn, with rain limiting play on the second day to 4 runs being added and 1 wicket being taken. The game at Cambridge between the two teams earlier in the month had been won by Cambridgeshire. Briggs top-scored for Staffordshire with 44. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 29 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 25,26 August; Birmingham Daily Post 26,27 August; Cambridge Independent Press 28 August; The Sportsman 26,27 August.