Minor Counties Championship 1907

60 MATCH NUMBER 28 : STAFFORDSHIRE V LINCOLNSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday 3, Thursday 4 July 1907 Result: Staffordshire won by ten wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Lincolnshire Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (S Pike); Lincolnshire none First day score: Lincolnshire 68; Staffordshire 86-3 wickets (W Brown 27*, A Hollowood 38*) Lincolnshire Rev C G Ward b Mee 4 (1) c Winser b Barnes 4 * W E Thompson lbw b Barnes 1 (7) c Hollowood b Barnes 0 Hibbert, W J c and b Barnes 3 (3) c Stratton b Mee 0 Riley, E E b Barnes 10 (4) c Pike b Barnes 22 Geeson, F b Mee 0 (5) lbw b Mee 13 J Redwood c Page b Nichols 23 (8) c Meakin b Mee 0 Broughton, J J b Barnes 2 (6) b Mee 0 G H Nevile c Meakin b Barnes 12 (9) c Brown b Barnes 3 J A Brooke c Bourne b Barnes 1 (2) lbw b Barnes 16 W R Rose b Nichols 0 (10) c Brown b Pike 2 + Allen, G J not out 0 (11) not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 4 12 lb 1, nb 3 4 Total 68 64 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 13 14 18 35 37 66 66 67 68 Second innings 9 14 27 49 49 50 51 59 64 Barnes 16 8 21 6 - 4 (1) 11 2 37 5 - 3 Mee 12 5 23 2 - - (2) 8 1 19 4 - - Nichols 3.3 0 12 2 - - Pike (3) 2 1 4 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 31.3 13 68 10 0 4 21 4 64 10 0 3 Staffordshire Brown, W c Riley b Hibbert 28 E W Page c Redwood b Riley 13 Barnes, S F c Ward b Riley 0 E H Bourne b Geeson 4 Hollowood, A c Broughton b Riley 39 * H D Stratton c Ward b Hibbert 21 Pike, S b Geeson 3 (1) not out 0 B Meakin c and b Geeson 10 Nichols, J E b Geeson 0 + C L Winser c Riley b Geeson 3 Mee, R J not out 0 (2) not out 8 Extras b 4 4 b 1 1 Total 125 (no wicket) 9 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 30 35 88 96 97 116 116 124 125 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Geeson 23 7 37 5 - - (1) 1 0 4 0 - - Broughton 10 1 33 0 - - Nevile 4 0 17 0 - - (2) 0.4 0 4 0 - - Riley 7 3 15 3 - - Hibbert 9.4 1 19 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 53.4 12 125 10 0 0 1.4 0 9 0 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this match by ten wickets on the second day. For the winners, Barnes took 11 wickets in the match for 58 runs. Hollowood top-scored in the match with 39. No play was possible on the first day before 3.00 pm because of rain. Immediately after Mee hit the winning run for Staffordshire, a thunderstorm broke over the ground which would have ruled out any further play in the match. [Missing: In Lincolnshire second innings fall of ninth wicket;precise time completed.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 6 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 3,4 July; Grantham Journal 6 July; Birmingham Daily Post 4,5 July; The Sportsman 4,5 July.