Minor Counties Championship 1908

189 STAFFORDSHIRE Matches played 101, won 36, lost 24, drawn 41 Grounds used: Stoke-on-Trent - County Ground 42 Birmingham - Aston Lower Grounds 1 Walsall - The Chuckery 3 Wolverhampton - Danescourt 4 Uttoxeter - Oldfields Ground 2 Total 52 Batting Highest innings - For 451-9 dec v Dorset Stoke-on-Trent 1904 total - Against 459-6 dec for Suffolk Felixstowe 1905 Lowest innings - For 23 v Worcestershire Amblecote 1895 - Against 20 for Durham Stoke-on-Trent 1907 Highest individual - For 163* T Grimshaw v Hertfordshire Watford 1898 innings - Against 175 Pollitt, G for Bedfordshire Wolverhampton 1904 Centuries scored - For 14 Most 4 by Brown, W, Hollowood, A - Against 23 Highest Wicket Partnerships For 1st 101 P Briggs and Brown, W Surrey 2nd XI The Oval 1906 2nd 125 Hollowood, A and Brown, W Northumberland Wolverhampton 1900 3rd 160 Barnes, S F and Fereday, J B Lancashire 2nd XI Burnley 1906 4th 127 Hollowood, A and W E Harrison Northumberland Heaton 1896 4th 127 Brown, W and Fereday, J B Suffolk Stoke-on-Trent 1904 5th 148 Brown, W and B Meakin Suffolk Stoke-on-Trent 1906 6th 142 H D Stratton and E H Bourne Durham Stoke-on-Trent 1908 7th 70 Grimshaw, T and Hassall, F H Hertfordshire Watford 1898 8th 64 Hollowood, A and Hassall, F H Yorkshire 2nd XI Walsall 1900 9th 75 Hollowood, A and A Tinsley Cambridgeshire Stoke-on-Trent 1906 10th 106 J Poole and T A Grose Dorset Stoke-on-Trent 1903 Against 1st 179 C Pigg and Wells, F Hertfordshire Stoke-on-Trent 1898 2nd 141 Rudston, H and Grimshaw, C H Yorkshire 2nd XI Stoke-on-Trent 1907 3rd 192 R Gorrell-Barnes and C S Wilson Suffolk Felixstowe 1905 4th 115 Pollitt, G and Wharmby, G E Bedfordshire Wolverhampton 1904 5th 149 W H Kingston and H E Kingston Northamptonshire Northampton 1897 6th 88 unknown and unknown Yorkshire 2nd XI Stoke-on-Trent 1908 7th 97 Thompson, G J and C R Wetherall Northamptonshire Northampton 1901 8th 118 Thompson, G J and R F Knight Northamptonshire Northampton 1901 9th 62 Turnbull, G and T E Parrington Durham Philadelphia 1902 10th 84 C M Skinner and Elsey, G Northumberland Stoke-on-Trent 1908 Bowling Best bowling - For 10-26 Barnes, S F v Yorkshire 2nd XI Wakefield 1907 in innings - Against 9-33 Hayward, D M for Cambridgeshire Cambridge 1903 Five wickets - For 106 Most 52 by Barnes, S F, 13 by T Grimshaw in innings - Against 93 Best bowling - For 15-54 Barnes, S F v Glamorgan Stoke-on-Trent 1908 in match - Against 14-67 Morris, A for Durham Sunderland 1908 Ten wickets - For 29 Most 19 by Barnes, S F, 2 by J A Bourne in match - Against 14 Appearances Most appearances - 98 by Brown, W, 81 by Hollowood, A, 78 by H D Stratton