Minor Counties Championship 1908

108 MATCH NUMBER 75 : STAFFORDSHIRE V DURHAM – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1908 Result: Match drawn - Staffordshire won on first innings Points: Staffordshire 3 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: M Myers and H Walmsley Debutants: Staffordshire 2 (F C Johnson, H Matthews); Durham 3 (J W Mole, J Robinson, A E Walker) First day score: Staffordshire 162-5 wickets (H D Stratton 19*, E H Bourne 4*) Staffordshire Brown, W c Turnbull b Morris 62 P Briggs b Adamson 17 Barnes, S F c Stoner b Turnbull 27 * H D Stratton not out 86 Vost, E c Turnbull b Morris 11 E G Baxter c and b Morris 1 E H Bourne b Adamson 64 F C Johnson c Turnbull b Adamson 0 + H Dearing not out 4 H Eardley H Matthews Extras b 31, lb 9 40 Total (7 wickets declared) 312 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 92 120 156 158 300 300 - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 30 5 94 3 - - Turnbull 25 6 51 1 - - Adamson 14 2 29 3 - - Bewick 10 2 28 0 - - Thackeray 13 1 42 0 - - Stoner 7 0 18 0 - - Walker 4 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 40 0 - - Total 103 16 312 7 0 0 Durham C Y Adamson run out 42 Stoner, A H lbw b Barnes 5 H Brooks b Matthews 9 A E Walker c Matthews b Barnes 36 Turnbull, G c Stratton b Eardley 33 + J WMole c Johnson b Barnes 10 J Bewick c Dearing b Barnes 3 J Robinson b Barnes 31 * T Coulson c and b Barnes 11 Morris, A c Dearing b Brown 1 Thackeray, J not out 12 Extras b 15 15 Total 208 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 51 71 110 137 143 156 181 184 208 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barnes 22.1 10 48 5 - - Eardley 21 5 59 1 - - Matthews 12 3 36 1 - - Vost 10 1 34 0 - - Bourne 2 1 5 1 - - Brown 5 2 11 2 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - Total 72.1 22 208 10 0 0 Notes: Drawn return match with Staffordshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Sunderland in July had been won by Durham. Rain delayed the start on the first day until 4.00 pm. For the home team, there were 7 fours in Stratton’s 86 not out, 5 fours in Bourne’s 64, and 4 fours in Brown’s 62. In the Staffordshire innings, Stratton and Bourne put on 142 runs for the sixth wicket. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 15 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 10,11 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August; Cricket 20 August, p 365.