Minor Counties Championship 1908

61 MATCH NUMBER 28 : STAFFORDSHIRE V LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 July 1908 Result: Match drawn - Staffordshire won on first innings Points: Staffordshire 3 Toss: Lancashire 2 nd XI Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Staffordshire none; Lancashire 2 nd XI 2 (J A Schofield, H Swift) First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 56 and 25-2 wickets (T Ainscough 2*); Staffordshire 166 Lancashire 2 nd XI V Hope c Page b Mee 6 Heap, J S b Barnes 28 (2) b Barnes 6 J S Cragg b Barnes 0 (4) b Vost 28 Tyldesley, W K c Bayliss b Barnes 0 (5) not out 1 F H Turner b Barnes 0 J A Schofield b Barnes 2 Swift, H b Mee 1 (1) lbw b Barnes 15 Sladen, A R not out 11 * T Ainscough b Mee 0 (3) not out 14 Rowlands, L S c Poole b Mee 1 + Leigh, J c Briggs b Barnes 4 Extras b 3 3 b 3, lb 1 4 Total 56 (3 wickets) 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 27 27 33 35 36 44 45 51 56 Second innings 12 25 66 - - - - - - - Barnes 15 2 36 6 - - (1) 13 5 22 2 - - Mee 14 6 17 4 - - (2) 10 3 30 0 - - Vost (3) 4 2 9 1 - - Bayliss (4) 2 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 29 8 56 10 0 0 29 10 68 3 0 0 Staffordshire Brown, W c Turner b Heap 20 P Briggs b Heap 29 Barnes, S F c Schofield b Hope 43 Vost, E b Hope 6 R C Page b Hope 0 Fereday, J B not out 42 * H D Stratton b Hope 0 J W Johnson b Heap 2 P S Bayliss b Hope 1 Mee, R J b Hope 2 + J Poole b Sladen 11 Extras lb 6, nb 4 10 Total 166 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 64 87 87 116 120 134 137 139 166 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rowlands 11 3 21 0 - - Heap 35 11 61 3 - - Sladen 9 3 29 1 - - Hope 17 4 45 6 - 4 Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 72 21 166 10 0 4 Notes: Rain-affected drawn return match with Staffordshire winning on first innings. On the second day, rain prevented a start until 5.15 pm and then halted play for good at 6.00 pm when the match was abandoned. It was estimated that three to four thousand spectators were present on the first day. The match between the two sides at Blackburn earlier in the month had been won by Staffordshire. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 18 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 13,14 July; The Sportsman 14,15 July; Cricket 16 July, p 285.