Minor Counties Championship 1907

108 MATCH NUMBER 76 : STAFFORDSHIRE V DURHAM At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 12 August 1907 Result: Staffordshire won by ten wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Durham Umpires: H Baldwin and C E Brown Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (D Houseman); Durham none First day score: As match – match completed on first day Durham H Brooks b Mee 16 (1) c Houseman b Barnes 1 Turnbull, G b Barnes 5 (2) c Johnson b Mee 1 Stoner, A lbw b Barnes 0 (3) b Barnes 1 A L Scott Owen b Barnes 0 (4) b Mee 5 * T Coulson b Barnes 0 (5) b Barnes 0 R C Harrison b Barnes 3 (6) b Barnes 0 J Thackeray c Barnes b Mee 9 (7) b Barnes 2 + J Kirtley c Barnes b Mee 0 (8) b Mee 0 Parkin, C H b Mee 5 (9) c Houseman b Mee 4 R Y Brydon not out 1 (10) lbw b Barnes 2 Morris, A c Hollowood b Barnes 5 (11) not out 1 Extras nb 3 3 b 1, nb 2 3 Total 47 20 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 5 5 5 17 29 29 38 42 47 Second innings 2 4 10 10 10 11 12 12 18 20 Barnes 7.5 2 23 6 - 3 (1) 6 2 7 6 - 1 Mee 7 1 21 4 - - (2) 5 1 10 4 - 1 Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 14.5 3 47 10 0 3 11 3 20 10 0 2 Staffordshire Brown, W b Morris 6 Hollowood, A c Brooks b Brydon 19 + C L Winser b Morris 7 Barnes, S F b Brydon 14 * H D Stratton b Stoner 0 E H Bourne b Morris 2 Pike, S c Coulson b Morris 0 J W Johnson b Morris 8 (1) not out 3 P Briggs not out 1 Mee, R J b Morris 1 D Houseman b Morris 2 (2) not out 0 Extras b 6 6 0 Total 66 (no wicket) 3 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 25 41 41 45 45 61 61 62 66 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Turnbull 4 0 12 0 - - Morris 13.4 5 22 7 - - Brydon 14 5 15 2 - - Stoner 4 1 11 1 - - Coulson (1) 0.3 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 35.4 11 66 10 0 0 0.3 0 3 0 0 0 Notes: This return match was won by Staffordshire by 10 wickets at 4.30 pm on the first day, with just 3½ hours play needed to complete the match. For Staffordshire, Barnes and Mee bowled unchanged throughout both Durham innings, Barnes taking 12 wickets for 30 runs and Mee 8 for 31. In the Durham first innings, Barnes in his second over took four wickets with his first four balls. His victims were Turnbull, Stoner, Scott Owen and Coulson. Hollowood top-scored in the match with 19. For Durham, Morris took 7 wickets for 22 runs in the Staffordshire first innings. The match aggregate of 136 runs was the lowest in the Championship during the season for a completed match. Similarly, the Durham second innings total of 20 was the lowest of the season. Newspaper reports describe the drying pitch as being ‘treacherous’ and ‘difficult’. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 17 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 12,17 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 13 August; Birmingham Daily Post 13 August; The Sportsman 13 August.