Minor Counties Championship 1908

124 MATCH NUMBER 91 : STAFFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE – SEMI-FINAL At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 24, Tuesday 25 August 1908 Result: Staffordshire won by 229 runs Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: B W Mason and H Walmsley Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (G H Smith); Hertfordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 231; Hertfordshire 39-9 wickets (W H Marsh 0*, C D Fastnedge 0*) Staffordshire Barnes, S F b Marsh 13 (2) b Marsh 16 P Briggs b White 46 (1) c Fastnedge b Dumbelton 3 * H D Stratton c Butcher b White 5 (3) c Butcher b Marsh 16 Fereday, J B c Titchmarsh b Mason 15 (4) c Titchmarsh b White 8 Brown, W c Golding b Coleman 42 (8) not out 5 Vost, E b Marsh 17 (6) c Mason b Marsh 0 + C L Winser b Mason 53 (7) c Titchmarsh b White 10 Bucknell, A b Coleman 26 (5) c Mason b White 19 Nichols, J E b White 0 (9) c Coleman b Marsh 0 G H Smith c and b White 0 (10) lbw b White 0 H Eardley not out 0 (11) c and b Marsh 2 Extras b 6, lb 5, nb 3 14 b 3 3 Total 231 82 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 52 79 80 127 194 213 214 222 231 Second innings 6 29 38 52 56 69 75 79 79 82 White 40 7 97 4 - - (1) 23 5 49 4 - - Coleman 21.2 7 38 2 - - Marsh 19 10 30 2 - - (3) 15.1 9 17 5 - - Mason 13 4 41 2 - - Dumbelton 10 5 11 0 - 3 (2) 7 4 13 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 103.2 33 231 10 0 3 45.1 18 82 10 0 0 Hertfordshire Golding, A J b Bucknell 11 (2) lbw b Barnes 9 A Butcher b Bucknell 2 (1) b Barnes 5 G G Dumbelton b Barnes 0 (3) b Barnes 4 C H Titchmarsh b Bucknell 0 (4) b Bucknell 1 White, H E c Bucknell b Barnes 11 (5) b Bucknell 4 H S Mason b Bucknell 1 (6) b Bucknell 0 C T Rudd b Bucknell 0 (7) st Winser b Bucknell 11 Coleman, W E b Bucknell 0 (8) b Bucknell 6 * H M Harford b Barnes 1 (9) c Smith b Barnes 3 W H Marsh b Barnes 0 (10) c and b Barnes 0 + C D Fastnedge not out 2 (11) not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 5, nb 1 13 0 Total 41 43 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 4 15 27 28 30 30 37 39 41 Second innings 5 14 15 23 23 23 30 33 43 43 Barnes 9.1 3 14 4 - - (1) 10.2 6 11 5 - - Bucknell 9 3 14 6 - - (2) 10 1 32 5 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 18.1 6 41 10 0 1 20.2 7 43 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this semi-final match by 229 runs at 4.45 pm on the second day with a day to spare. For the winners, Bucknell and Barnes bowled unchanged through both Hertfordshire innings taking 11 wickets for 46 runs and 9 for 25 runs respectively. There were 7 fours in Winser’s 53. The Hertfordshire first innings total of 41 was the equal second lowest of the season. Newspaper reports indicate the visitors, who were reputed to be a strong batting side, had the worst of the wicket, but they were unable to muster 100 runs in the match. Rain delayed the start on both days half an hour on the first day and an hour and 10 minutes on the second. [Missing: In Hertfordshire first innings bowler of no ball.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 29 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 24,29 August; Herts Advertiser 29 August; Watford Observer 29 August; The Sportsman 25,26 August; Cricket 27 August, p 381.