The Minor Counties Championship 1905

74 MATCH NUMBER 48 : STAFFORDSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 7, Tuesday 8 August 1905 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 88 runs Points: Staffordshire 3 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: W Griffiths and M Myers Debutants: Staffordshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Staffordshire 187-6 wickets (J B Fereday 23*, A Tinsley 11*) Staffordshire Brown, W c and b Nightingale 43 Hollowood, A c Bale b Spring 21 Barnes, S F c Bale b Spring 53 E W Page c and b Nightingale 6 * H D Stratton b Nightingale 12 Fereday, J B run out 35 E H Bourne b Spring 4 Tinsley, A c Bale b Spring 14 Holden, T st Bale b Meads 21 Mee, R J not out 3 + H Dearing c Nightingale b Spring 0 Extras b 7, lb 6, nb 1 14 Total 226 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 43 106 120 146 152 163 190 221 226 226 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gooder 16 5 32 0 - - Meads 14 3 32 1 - - Spring 26.4 6 63 5 - - Rushby 9 2 22 0 - 1 Stedman 4 1 13 0 - - Nightingale 19 2 50 3 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - Total 88.4 19 226 10 0 1 Surrey 2 nd XI (Followed on) T Bowring c Dearing b Holden 16 (1) b Barnes 3 Goatly, E G c Dearing b Mee 7 (2) st Dearing b Barnes 2 Stedman, F b Mee 1 (3) b Mee 0 F L Nightingale b Mee 0 (4) b Barnes 0 Moulder, J H c Stratton b Mee 17 (5) c Barnes b Mee 1 Meads, J W not out 28 (6) c Brown b Mee 2 Gooder, L M H lbw b Barnes 8 (7) c Stratton b Barnes 14 * W T Garrett b Barnes 0 (8) run out 5 Spring, W A c Tinsley b Barnes 4 (9) c Bourne b Barnes 2 + Bale, E W c Bourne b Barnes 7 (10) c Brown b Barnes 2 Rushby, T st Dearing b Barnes 0 (11) not out 8 Extras b 11 11 0 Total 99 39 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 22 30 36 62 74 84 88 99 99 Second innings 2 5 5 6 8 22 23 26 31 39 Barnes 20 9 34 5 - - (1) 8.1 2 13 6 - - Mee 22 5 54 4 - - (2) 8 2 26 3 - - Holden 3 3 0 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 45 17 99 10 0 0 16.1 4 39 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this rain-interrupted return match by an innings and 88 runs at 4.50 pm on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. Rain delayed the start of play on the first day until 3.00 pm. The match between the two sides at The Oval in July had been drawn. For the winners, Barnes took 11 wickets in the match for 47 runs, and there were 5 fours in his 53. The Surrey second innings total of 39 was the third lowest of the season. When dismissing Bale in the Surrey second innings, Barnes reached the career milestone of one hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 12 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 8,12 August; Birmingham Daily Post 8,9 August; Surrey Year Book 1905, p 115; The Sportsman 8,9 August.