Minor Counties Championship 1909

57 MATCH NUMBER 26 : CHESHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE – NORTH DIVISION At Crewe Alexandra Athletic Grounds, Gresty Road, Crewe on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 July 1909 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 23 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: J Gregory and W Copeland Debutants: Cheshire 4 (R M Chadwick, W T Chambers, G B Price, H G Smoker); Staffordshire none First day score: Cheshire 134; Staffordshire 165-6 wickets (Briggs 90*, J E Nichols 5*) Cheshire J C Fallows b Nichols 0 (1) c Winser b Barnes 7 R M Chadwick run out 17 (2) b Bucknell 12 G B Price c Winser b Nichols 8 (3) c Briggs b Nichols 0 K D R Morrice c Nichols b Barnes 32 (4) b Bucknell 17 W E Jones b Barnes 24 (5) b Bucknell 5 H P Rigby c Page b Barnes 14 (6) c Meakin b Barnes 0 * Rev F C L Hamilton b Nichols 4 (7) st Winser b Barnes 0 A S Turner st Winser b Barnes 9 (9) b Bucknell 0 Smoker, H G c Hollowood b Bucknell 11 (10) not out 0 Chambers, W T not out 10 (8) b Bucknell 0 + J L Jones b Nichols 1 (11) b Bucknell 0 Extras b 2, nb 2 4 b 3, lb 1 4 Total 134 45 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 17 42 66 94 99 112 113 127 134 Second innings 12 17 30 39 44 44 44 44 45 45 Barnes 28 13 54 4 - 2 (1) 13 7 22 3 - - Nichols 21.4 4 55 4 - - (2) 7 1 17 1 - - Lane 3 0 6 0 - - Bucknell 9 3 11 1 - - (3) 5.5 4 2 6 - - Page 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 62.4 20 134 10 0 2 25.5 12 45 10 0 0 Staffordshire P Briggs c Chadwick b Chambers 101 E H Bourne c Turner b Smoker 8 R C Page b Morrice 10 * H D Stratton c J L Jones b Turner 0 Nichols, J E not out 17 B Meakin b Chambers 1 Barnes, S F b Smoker 22 Bucknell, A c Fallows b Chambers 7 Hollowood, A b Smoker 21 + C L Winser b Chambers 6 Lane, A F b Chambers 0 Extras b 7, lb 1, w 1 9 Total 202 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 42 43 98 99 140 176 192 198 202 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Smoker 25 7 64 3 1 - Chambers 20.3 10 35 5 - - Turner 7 0 35 1 - - Morrice 11 1 36 1 - - Price 6 1 23 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - Total 69.3 19 202 10 1 0 Notes: Staffordshire won by an innings and 23 runs at 2.45 pm on the second day. Cheshire needed 68 runs in their second innings to make Staffordshire bat again, and the last seven wickets fell for just 7 runs in 25 minutes, Bucknell taking 6 wickets for just 2 runs and for once over-shadowing Barnes. For the winners, there were 12 fours, 3 threes and 10 twos in Briggs’s 101, an innings of 2½ hours. Morrice top-scored for Cheshire with 32. Fallows hurt a toe while batting and did not field at the start of the Staffordshire innings and J Jones of Crewe Alexandra acted as his substitute. Fallows came on the field later and caught Bucknell. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Crewe Chronicle 10 July; Crewe Guardian 10 July; Staffordshire Annual Report 1909; Staffordshire Advertiser 10 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 7,8 July; Yorkshire Post 8,9 July; the Sportsman 8,9 July; Cricket 22 July, p 287.