Minor Counties Championship 1909

51 MATCH NUMBER 20 : STAFFORDSHIRE V NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 June 1909 Result: Staffordshire won by 176 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: M Myers and J Gregory Debutants: Staffordshire none; Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 1 (C H Woods) First day score: Staffordshire 130; Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 78-7 wickets (H Staunton 3*, WWWhysall 0*) Staffordshire P Briggs b Armstrong 22 (1) lbw b Barnes 21 E H Bourne st Stapleton b Armstrong 57 (2) c Morris b Barnes 81 * H D Stratton c and b Armstrong 0 Barnes, S F b Barnes 1 (4) b Barnes 9 Fereday, J B b Armstrong 1 (5) c Iremonger b Armstrong 7 Nichols, J E b Barnes 10 (6) not out 18 Hollowood, A c and b Armstrong 1 B Meakin not out 13 (3) c Stapleton b Barnes 32 + C L Winser b Barnes 0 Bucknell, A c Clifton b Barnes 17 Mee, R J b Barnes 0 Extras 8 nb 1 10 Total 130 (5 wickets declared) 178 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 73 75 79 81 81 88 94 94 130 130 Second innings 37 91 113 138 178 - - - - - Iremonger 8 1 23 0 - - (1) 10 1 30 0 - 1 Barnes, J W 23 8 38 5 - - (2) 25.2 7 70 4 - - Armstrong 19 7 41 5 - - (3) 19 3 57 1 - - Woods 3 0 20 0 - - Clifton (4) 4 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 53 16 130 10 0 0 58.2 11 178 5 0 1 Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI C Cursham b Barnes 30 (1) run out 0 Lee, G M b Barnes 14 (2) b Bucknell 0 C R Morris b Barnes 0 (3) b Barnes 3 Iremonger, A c Bucknell b Nichols 5 (4) lbw b Barnes 1 + Stapleton, J b Mee 6 (5) b Barnes 9 Woods, C H c and b Barnes 2 (6) c and b Barnes 0 * Rev H Staunton st Winser b Barnes 17 (7) b Bucknell 5 Armstrong, J c and b Barnes 0 (8) b Barnes 4 Whysall, W W b Barnes 2 (9) b Bucknell 3 Clifton, C C c Nichols b Barnes 0 ( ) not out 0 Barnes, J W not out 0 ( ) b Bucknell 0 Extras nb 6 22 9 Total 98 34 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 25 36 47 59 78 78 81 81 98 Second innings 0 0 5 8 8 19 19 33 33 34 Barnes, S F 20.1 8 34 8 - - (1) 10 4 14 5 - - Nichols 13 5 34 1 - - Mee 8 5 8 1 - - Bucknell 1 1 0 0 - - (2) 9.1 2 11 4 - - Extras - - 22 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 42.1 19 98 10 0 6 19.1 6 34 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won by 176 runs at 4.30 pm on the second day. The Staffordshire declaration left Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 3 hours and 5 minutes to score the 211 runs required to win. On the first day, rain delayed play for 1½ hours after lunch and bad light stopped play 15 minutes early. A drying sun and wind made the wicket very difficult for batsmen on the afternoon of the second day. For the winners, S F Barnes took 13 wickets in the match for 48 runs, including 8 for 34 in the Nottinghamshire first innings. Bourne’s two innings of 57 and 81 each contained 5 fours. Cursham top-scored for Nottinghamshire with 30, and J W Barnes took 9 wickets in the match for 108 runs. 3000 spectators were estimated to have been present on the first day. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Nottinghamshire second innings part batting order.] Sources: Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 3 July 1909; Staffordshire Sentinel 28,29 June; Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel 2 July; Nottingham Guardian 29,30 June; The Sportsman 29,30 June; Cricket 22 July, p 288.