Minor Counties Championship 1907

84 MATCH NUMBER 52 : LINCOLNSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At the Lincoln Lindum Ground, Wragby Road, Lincoln on Wednesday 31 July, Thursday 1 August 1907 Result: Staffordshire won by six wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Lincolnshire Umpires: T Attewell and W Copeland Debutants: Lincolnshire 2 (A E Gibson, R E Williams); Staffordshire 1 (A C Finnis) First day score: Lincolnshire 140 and 0-0 wicket (W E Thompson 0*, A E Gibson 0*); Staffordshire 122 Lincolnshire * W E Thompson b Barnes 4 (1) b Mee 11 Hibbert, W J run out (Barnes) 22 (4) c Winser b Mee 5 Geeson, F c and b Barnes 5 (7) c Hollowood b Barnes 2 Rev C G Ward b Barnes 5 (5) b Barnes 3 R E Williams c Pike b Barnes 8 (8) b Bucknell 5 L S Harrisson b Barnes 40 (6) not out 59 J Haworth c Bucknell b Barnes 6 (9) b Bucknell 0 T Hedworth c Winser b Mee 5 (3) b Mee 4 A E Gibson run out 8 (2) b Barnes 8 Holsinger, A not out 13 (10) c Bucknell b Barnes 4 + Allen, G J c Bucknell b Mee 7 (11) c Winser b Mee 3 Extras b 12, lb 4, nb 1 17 b 6, lb 7, nb 1 14 Total 140 118 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 36 37 49 56 62 107 109 125 140 Second innings 25 27 30 41 45 49 92 92 108 118 Barnes 24 10 61 6 - - (1) 23 8 42 4 - - Mee 24 9 49 2 - 1 (2) 19.2 8 30 4 - - Bucknell 2 0 13 0 - - (4) 6 2 12 2 - - Brown (3) 3 0 20 0 - 1 Extras - - 17 2 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 50 19 140 10 0 1 51.2 18 118 10 0 1 Staffordshire Brown, W b Holsinger 4 (1) b Geeson 26 Pike, S not out 67 (2) b Geeson 3 * H D Stratton b Holsinger 2 (4) b Harrisson 10 Hollowood, A lbw b Holsinger 3 (5) not out 40 Barnes, S F b Haworth 12 (3) b Geeson 22 E H Bourne b Geeson 19 (6) not out 30 J W Johnson b Geeson 1 A C Finnis c and b Geeson 1 + C L Winser b Geeson 6 Mee, R J lbw b Haworth 0 Bucknell, A c and b Geeson 0 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 4, w 2 6 Total 122 (4 wickets) 137 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 16 20 61 100 102 108 114 115 122 Second innings 14 51 54 80 - - - - - - Holsinger 20 5 41 3 - - (1) 17.3 8 23 0 - - Geeson 22 10 33 5 - - (2) 32 11 57 3 - - Haworth 15 5 41 2 - - (3) 7 3 14 0 - - Harrisson (4) 6 0 12 1 2 - Hibbert (5) 6 0 25 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 57 20 122 10 0 0 68.3 22 137 4 2 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this return match by six wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Stoke-on-Trent at the beginning of July had also been won by Staffordshire. For the winners, Barnes took 10 wickets in the match for 103 runs. Pike carried his bat through the Staffordshire first innings for 67 not out. For the losers, Harrisson scored 59 not out in the Lincolnshire second innings. This was the first time that a championship match was played on the ground. [Missing: Precise time completed; in Staffordshire first innings bou ndaries in Pike’s 67 not out; in Lincolnshire second innings boundaries in Harrisson’s 59 not out.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Lincolnshire Chronicle 2 August; Lincolnshire Echo 31 July,1 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 3 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 31 July, 1 August; Birmingham Daily Post 1,2 August; The Sportsman 1,2 August.