Minor Counties Championship 1907

37 MATCH NUMBER 5 : NORTHUMBERLAND V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 June 1907 Result: Staffordshire won by 165 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: W Copeland and O Firth Debutants: Northumberland none; Staffordshire 2 (J E Nichols, J B Russell) First day score: Staffordshire 122; Northumberland 63 Staffordshire Brown, W b Veitch 44 (1) st Ullathorne b Milne 5 Barnes, S F st Ullathorne b Milne 0 (3) b Veitch 40 Fereday, J B c Veitch b Marshall 21 (2) c Ullathorne b Milne 0 * H D Stratton c Simpson b Marshall 0 (4) lbw b Gilman 14 Hollowood, A st Ullathorne b Gilman 17 (5) b Elsey 31 Nichols, J E b Milne 1 (6) c Ullathorne b Veitch 2 E H Bourne c Gilman b Milne 5 (7) b Milne 12 J B Russell c and b Milne 8 (8) b Milne 9 + C L Winser b Veitch 2 (9) hit wicket b Milne 5 Mee, R J not out 8 (10) not out 17 Bucknell, A c Gillespie b Milne 10 (11) b Milne 1 Extras b 3, nb 3 6 b 13, nb 3 16 Total 122 152 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 50 52 81 87 87 97 102 106 122 Second innings 1 9 63 72 80 115 119 129 140 152 Milne 23 9 39 5 - - (1) 20.2 3 43 6 - - Veitch 20 3 44 2 - - (2) 8 3 13 2 - - Elsey 7 2 10 0 - 3 (3) 23 6 51 1 - 3 Marshall 10 3 23 2 - - Gilman 1 1 0 1 - - (4) 3 0 11 1 - - Nicholls, E (5) 7 1 18 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 61 18 122 10 0 3 61.2 13 152 10 0 3 Northumberland * F W Gillespie c Russell b Barnes 39 (1) b Mee 3 J Gilman lbw b Barnes 3 (2) b Barnes 7 Marshall, J b Mee 0 (3) b Barnes 1 J S Nesbit b Mee 2 (4) b Mee 7 A Simpson b Barnes 1 (5) b Barnes 7 + T Ullathorne c Winser b Barnes 0 (6) b Barnes 0 G T Milne b Mee 10 (7) b Barnes 4 W G Brown b Barnes 0 (8) c Bourne b Barnes 13 Elsey, G run out 0 (9) b Barnes 0 Nicholls, E not out 5 (10) not out 0 W Veitch b Barnes 1 (11) b Mee 0 Extras nb 2 2 nb 4 4 Total 63 46 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 16 25 26 26 43 46 53 60 63 Second innings 11 11 13 26 28 32 32 32 45 46 Barnes 17.1 4 35 6 - 1 (1) 9 3 26 7 - 3 Mee 17 6 26 3 - 1 (2) 8.3 2 16 3 - 1 Extras - - 2 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 34.1 10 63 10 0 2 17.3 5 46 10 0 4 Notes: Staffordshire won by 165 runs at 3.50 pm on the second day. For the winners, Barnes and Mee bowled unchanged through both innings. Barnes took 13 wickets in the match for 61 runs, including 7 for 26 in the Staffordshire second innings, and Mee 6 for 42. Barnes’s 13 wickets for 61 was statistically the third best match bowling performance of the season. W Brown top -scored for Staffordshire with 44. On the first day, rain prevented play between 3.20 and 4.05 pm, and stopped play half an hour early, thus preventing Staffordshire from starting their second innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 15 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 10,11,15 June; Birmingham Daily Post 11,12 June; The Sportsman 11,12 June.