The Minor Counties Championship 1905

48 MATCH NUMBER 22 : SUFFOLK V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Town Ground, Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 July 1905 Result: Match drawn - Suffolk won on first innings Points: Suffolk 2 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: R Humphrey and G J Rye Debutants: Suffolk none; Staffordshire 1 (R A Heath) First day score: Staffordshire 243; Suffolk 163-2 wickets (R Gorell-Barnes 95*, C S Wilson 39*) Staffordshire Brown, W b Penfold 25 (2) lbw b Cobbold 21 Hollowood, A b Cobbold 38 (1) c Gorell-Barnes b Cobbold 2 W J Beddows b Penfold 1 (4) lbw b Cobbold 24 * H D Stratton b Penfold 11 (3) c Gorell-Barnes b Penfold 10 E H Bourne c C S Wilson b Cobbold 18 (5) c Dewing b Penfold 34 Tinsley, A c C S Wilson b Cobbold 41 (6) not out 0 Mee, R J b Cobbold 62 (7) not out 7 R A Heath run out 2 + H Dearing c Goldsmith b Cobbold 24 A W M Boneham b Cobbold 7 P S Bayliss not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 5 14 b 15, lb 2 17 Total 243 (5 wickets) 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 60 61 74 83 121 194 212 243 243 Second innings 4 23 43 104 104 - - - - - Cobbold 38.4 11 87 6 - - (1) 30 16 34 3 - - Trudgett 5 0 30 0 - - (3) 8 3 12 0 - - Penfold 28 5 98 3 - - (2) 20 5 45 2 - - Goldsmith 5 2 7 0 - - (4) 1 1 0 0 - - C S Wilson 1 0 7 0 - - Fox (5) 2 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 77.4 18 243 10 0 0 61 25 115 5 0 0 Suffolk + R Gorell-Barnes c Stratton b Tinsley 136 Quaife, W run out 8 * H F Fox lbw b Tinsley 11 C S Wilson c Mee b Boneham 93 Maj R H Dewing not out 88 H L Wilson b Mee 68 P W Cobbold st Dearing b Bourne 14 Penfold, W not out 20 J N Goldsmith H W Lake Trudgett, F G Extras b 15, lb 5, nb 1 21 Total (6 wickets declared) 459 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 53 245 289 413 434 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Mee 31 7 83 1 - 1 Boneham 18 0 81 1 - - Tinsley 18 5 68 2 - - Bayliss 25 4 77 0 - - Bourne 7 0 48 1 - - Brown 7 1 27 0 - - Stratton 6 0 33 0 - - Hollowood 2 0 12 0 - - Beddows 1 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 21 1 - - Total 115 17 459 6 0 1 Notes: This return match was drawn with Suffolk taking 2 points for gaining first innings lead. The Suffolk declaration left Staffordshire 2½ hours to bat to save the match, but bad light ended play early at 6.00 pm. Staffordshire had won the match between the two teams at Stoke in June. For the home team, Gorell-Barnes scored the first century for Suffolk in the competition. His 136 contained 11 fours, 10 threes and 15 twos. There were 8 fours in C S Wilson’s 93, scored in 3 hours, 9 fours in Dewin g’s 88 not out, and 10 fours in H L Wilson’s 68. In the Suffolk innings, Gorell -Barnes and C S Wilson added 192 runs for the third wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season and Dewing and H L Wilson 124 for the fifth, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Cobbold took 9 wickets in the match for 121 runs. His 68.4 overs were the most bowled in a match during the season, and 27 maidens the third most bowled in a match. Mee’s 62 for Staffo rdshire included 6 fours. The Suffolk total of 459 for 6 wickets declared was the third highest of the season. [Missing: In Staffordshire first innings fall of eighth wicket; in Suffolk innings duration of Gorell- Barnes’s 136.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; East Anglian Daily Times 13,14 July; Staffordshire Advertiser 15 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 12,13,15 July; Birmingham Daily Post 13,14 July; The Sportsman 13,14 July.