Minor Counties Championship 1907

42 MATCH NUMBER 10 : STAFFORDSHIRE V LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 17, Tuesday 18 June 1907 Result: Match drawn – Lancashire 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Lancashire 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: R Barber and J Stevens Debutants: Staffordshire none; Lancashire 2 nd XI none First day score: Staffordshire 69 and 21-2 wickets (P Briggs 6*, J Poole 0*); Lancashire 2 nd XI 108 Staffordshire Fereday, J B b Hope 12 (2) b Heap 4 Brown, W not out 37 (5) not out 38 P Briggs b Heap 0 (3) b Williams 27 Barnes, S F b Hope 0 (6) c and b Harrison 53 Mee, R J b Hope 4 B Meakin c Blomley b Hope 1 Hollowood, A b Hope 4 (7) not out 3 * H D Stratton b Hope 2 (1) c Harrison b Heap 5 J B Russell c Harrison b Heap 5 Bucknell, A b Hope 0 + J Poole c Heap b Hope 0 (4) b Gregson 4 Extras b 1, nb 3 4 b 4, lb 2, nb 7 13 Total 69 (5 wickets) 147 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 35 38 43 52 54 56 60 67 67 69 Second innings 8 21 33 58 141 - - - - - Gregson 6 3 5 0 - 2 (3) 16 5 40 1 - 4 Williams 7 3 8 0 - - (4) 6 1 14 1 - - Hope 21 11 25 8 - 1 (2) 16 2 28 0 - 2 Heap 19 7 27 2 - - (1) 20 10 30 2 - - Harrison (5) 14 5 22 1 - 1 Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 53 24 69 10 0 3 72 23 147 5 0 7 Lancashire 2 nd XI A Hartley b Barnes 25 Heap, J S b Barnes 37 Tyldesley, G E b Bucknell 0 V Hope run out 3 J W Hedley b Mee 0 Harrison, R not out 20 J Thwaites b Barnes 0 Williams, A b Barnes 0 * T Ainscough b Barnes 11 Gregson, W R c Bucknell b Barnes 4 + Blomley, B b Barnes 0 Extras b 6, lb 1, nb 1 8 Total 108 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 44 49 63 69 69 70 70 104 108 108 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barnes 22.4 8 37 7 - 1 Mee 17 9 20 1 - - Bucknell 9 1 33 1 - - Brown 4 2 10 0 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - Total 52.4 20 108 10 0 1 Notes: Match drawn with Lancashire 2 nd XI winning on first innings. For the visitors, Hope took 8 wickets for 25 runs in the Staffordshire first innings. Statistically, it was the third best innings bowling performance of the season. For Staffordshire, there were no boundaries in Barnes’s 53. He also took 7 wickets for 37 runs in the Lancashire 2 nd XI innings. Brown carried his bat through the first Staffordshire innings. The start of play was delayed by half an hour on the second day. Heavy rain at 3.30 pm stopped play and, as the rain showed no sign of halting, the match was abandoned at 4.30 pm. 3,000 spectators were reported to have been present on the first day when, in contrast to the second, the weather was fine. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 22 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 17,18,22 June; Manchester Guardian 18,19 June; Birmingham Daily Post 18,19 June; The Sportsman 18,19 June.