Minor Counties Championship 1907

20 THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1907 – THE SEASON’S RESULTS AT A GLANCE - CONT N0 DAY DATE MTH VENUE BATTED FIRST BATTED SECOND RESULT 70 F,S 9,10 August Truro Devon 314 & 6-0 Cornwall 102 & 217 Devon 10 wkts 71 F,S 9,10 Norwich Norfolk 304 & 68-6 Bedfordshire 181 & 190 N'folk 4 wkts 72 M,T 12,13 Reading Berkshire 185 & 188 Worcs 2nd XI 84 & 167 Berks 122 runs 73 M,T 12,13 Poole Cornwall 196 Dorset 87 & 69 C'wall inns 40 runs 74 M,T 12,13 Watford Hertfordshire 194 & 76-2 Cambridgeshire 58 & 211 Herts 8 wkts 75 M,T 12,13 Skegness Yorkshire 2nd XI 155 & 163 Lincolnshire 145 & 145 Yorks 28 runs 76 M 12 Stoke-on-Trent Durham 47 & 20 Staffordshire 66 & 3-0 Staffs 10 wkts 77 W,T 14,15 Chesham Buckinghamshire 295 Worcs 2nd XI 91 & 58 Bucks inns 146 runs 78 W,T 14,15 Cambridge Bedfordshire 409 Cambridgeshire 185 & 164 Beds inns 60 runs 79 W,T 14,15 Spalding Lincolnshire 109 & 175-5d Durham 114 & 68 Lincs 102 runs 80 W,T 14,15 Newport Monmouthshire 98 & 20-5 Cornwall 58 Drawn 81 W,[T] 14,[15] Redcar Northumberland 146 Yorkshire 2nd XI 22-0 Drawn 82 F,S 16,17 Wolverton OS Surrey 2nd XI 202 & 290 Buckinghamshire 189 & 46 Surrey 257 runs 83 F,S 16,17 Cambridge Norfolk 325 Cambridgeshire 123 & 95 N'folk inns 107 runs 84 F,S 16,17 Blandford Forum Devon 177 & 305-9d Dorset 70 & 175 Devon 237 runs 85 F,S 16,17 Swansea Glamorgan 186 & 35-6 Cornwall 125 Drawn 86 F,S 16,17 Bury St Edmunds Suffolk 122 & 240 Bedfordshire 118 & 113 Suffolk 131 runs 87 F,S 16,17 Chippenham Worcs 2nd XI 163 & 58 Wiltshire 147 & 75-7 Wilts 3 wkts 88 M,T 19,20 Luton Hertfordshire 109 & 16-3 Bedfordshire 184-9d Drawn 89 M,T 19,20 Reading Berkshire 296 & 190-6d Wiltshire 220 & 63-7 Drawn 90 M,T 19,20 Felixstowe Cambridgeshire 185-6 Suffolk Drawn 91 T,F 22,23 Manchester Lancashire 2nd XI 263 Hertfordshire 85 & 101 Lancs inns 77 runs 92 T,F,S 29,30,31 Cardiff Surrey 2nd XI 198 & 103 Glamorgan 146 & 156-6 Glam 4 wkts 93 M,T,W 9,10,11 Sep Cardiff Lancashire 2nd XI 243 & 121 Glamorgan 74 & 182 Lancs 108 runs Notes: Home teams in bold. Dates in brackets indicate no play possible on that day due to rain. THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1907 Team Played Won Lost Drawn Drawn Drawn Possible Points Percentage Won Lost No Points Obtained 1 st inns 1 st inns Decision NORTH 1 Lancashire 2nd XI 9 5 1 3 0 0 45 34 75.55 2 Staffordshire 9 5 1 1 2 0 45 28 62.22 3 Durham 10 3 3 1 2 1 45 18 40.00 4 Yorkshire 2nd XI 10 2 2 2 3 1 45 16 35.55 5 Lincolnshire 10 3 7 0 0 0 50 15 30.00 6 Northumberland 10 1 5 1 1 2 40 8 20.00 One match, Lancashire 2nd XI v Staffordshire at Blackburn was abandoned on account of rain. MIDLANDS 1 Surrey 2nd XI 8 6 0 1 1 0 40 33 82.50 2 Wiltshire 8 4 2 1 1 0 40 23 57.50 3 Berkshire 8 2 3 3 0 0 40 19 47.50 4 Buckinghamshire 8 2 2 0 4 0 40 10 25.00 5 Worcestershire 2nd XI 8 0 7 1 0 0 40 3 7.50 EAST 1 Hertfordshire 8 6 1 0 1 0 40 30 75.00 2 Norfolk 8 4 2 1 1 0 40 23 57.50 3 Suffolk 8 2 4 1 0 1 35 13 37.14 4 Bedfordshire 8 2 4 1 1 0 40 13 32.50 5 Cambridgeshire 8 2 5 0 0 1 35 10 28.57 WEST 1 Glamorgan 8 6 0 2 0 0 40 36 90.00 2 Devon 8 4 2 0 2 0 40 20 50.00 3 Dorset 8 2 5 1 0 0 40 13 32.50 4 Cornwall 8 1 3 2 2 0 40 11 27.50 5 Monmouthshire 8 1 4 1 2 0 40 8 20.00 Semi-Finals Lancashire 2nd XI beat Hertfordshire by an innings and 77 runs Glamorgan beat Surrey 2nd XI by 4 wickets Final Lancashire 2nd XI beat Glamorgan by 108 runs