Minor Counties Championship 1907

39 MATCH NUMBER 7 : DURHAM V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 June 1907 Result: Match drawn – Durham won on first innings Points: Durham 3 Toss: Durham Umpires: O Firth and T Attewell Debutants: Durham 3 (J E Fairley, F G Messervy, C H Parkin); Staffordshire none First day score: Durham 74; Staffordshire 36-9 wickets (E H Bourne 11*, A Bucknell 0*) Durham C Y Adamson b Mee 24 J E Fairley b Mee 3 * T Coulson c Bucknell b Barnes 0 E B Proud st Winser b Mee 1 Turnbull, G c Bucknell b Mee 2 F G Messervy b Barnes 1 Tolson, W not out 18 Parkin, C H lbw b Barnes 5 J Thackeray b Barnes 0 + J Kirtley b Mee 16 Morris, A c Bourne b Barnes 1 Extras b 3 3 Total 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 13 18 20 23 41 52 52 71 74 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barnes 14.2 2 29 5 - - Mee 14 4 42 5 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - Total 28.2 6 74 10 0 0 Staffordshire Brown, W b Morris 1 Hollowood, A b Morris 0 Fereday, J B c Morris b Turnbull 0 Barnes, S F b Morris 2 Mee, R J b Morris 11 * H D Stratton b Morris 3 Nichols, J E lbw b Turnbull 0 E H Bourne not out 11 J B Russell b Morris 0 + C L Winser c Thackeray b Turnbull 4 Bucknell, A b Morris 0 Extras b 4 4 Total 36 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 1 1 6 18 19 21 27 32 36 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Turnbull 10 1 15 3 - - Morris 9.3 3 17 7 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - Total 19.3 4 36 10 0 0 Notes: Match drawn with Durham winning on first innings. The match was dominated by the weather, with a start not being possible before 3.30 pm on the first day and only 3 balls being bowled on the second day before rain prevented further play. The match was abandoned at 2.15 pm on the second day. In both innings the respective bowlers bowled unchanged. For Durham, Morris took 7 wickets for 17 runs. The Staffordshire score of 36 was the second lowest of the season. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 13,14 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 15 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 12,15 June; Birmingham Daily Post 13,14 June; Yorkshire Post 14 June; The Sportsman 12,13,14 June.