Minor Counties Championship 1909

76 MATCH NUMBER 45 : DURHAM V STAFFORDSHIRE – NORTH DIVISION At The Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland on Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 July 1909 Result: Staffordshire won by eight wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Durham Umpires: M Myers and H Walmsley Debutants: Durham 2 (J Bucknell, R Emmerson); Staffordshire none First day score: Durham 164 and 6-1 wicket (J Thackeray 4*); Staffordshire 223 Durham * T Coulson c Nichols b Barnes 51 (3) c Lane b Barnes 0 J Bucknell b Eardley 6 (4) c Eardley b Barnes 2 T A Bradford b Barnes 11 (5) c Meakin b Barnes 24 A L Scott Owen c Hollowood b Nichols 8 (6) c Winser b Barnes 4 T Kinch c Lane b Barnes 33 (7) c Fereday b Eardley 10 E B Proud not out 35 (8) b Barnes 1 + R Emmerson b Eardley 0 (2) c Lane b Eardley 2 Morris, A b Eardley 6 (9) not out 12 Smith, J T b Eardley 1 (10) c Hollowood b Barnes 0 Thackeray, J b Eardley 2 (1) c Nichols b Barnes 18 Brydon, R Y b Barnes 1 (11) lbw b Eardley 0 Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 4 10 b 3, lb 1 4 Total 164 77 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 39 57 107 128 131 148 151 162 164 Second innings 6 6 10 41 50 61 65 69 69 77 Barnes 16.4 0 72 4 - 4 (1) 15 2 36 7 - - Eardley 12 1 47 5 - - (2) 9.2 1 23 3 - - Nichols 7 2 20 1 - - (3) 5 1 14 0 - - Higgins 4 1 9 0 - - Lane 2 1 6 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 41.4 5 164 10 0 4 29.2 4 77 10 0 0 Staffordshire Fereday, J B b Brydon 27 P Briggs b Morris 2 * B Meakin b Smith 27 Hollowood, A c Proud b Smith 7 Nichols, J E b Smith 70 Barnes, S F b Smith 1 J W Johnson b Smith 0 (3) not out 5 + C L Winser c Thackeray b Bucknell 48 (4) not out 4 Lane, A F c Thackeray b Bucknell 16 (1) b Smith 12 Higgins, J B not out 2 (2) c Emmerson b Brydon 0 H Eardley b Smith 6 Extras b 6, lb 11 17 b 1 1 Total 223 (2 wickets) 22 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 57 68 76 80 88 193 212 216 223 Second innings 8 14 - - - - - - - - Morris 13 5 26 1 - - Thackeray 14 4 43 0 - - Brydon 10 1 41 1 - - (2) 3.5 1 14 1 - - Smith 16 2 63 6 - - (1) 4 2 7 1 - - Bucknell 7 2 17 2 - - Scott Owen 2 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 62 14 223 10 0 0 7.5 3 22 2 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won by eight wickets at 1.15 pm on the second day. For the winners, Barnes took 11 wickets in the match for 108 runs, including 7 for 36 in the Durham second innings. There were 8 fours in Nichols’s 70. In the Staffordshire first innings Nichols and Winser added 105 runs for the seventh wicket. For the losers, Coulson’s 51 included 6 fours. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 22,23 July; Staffordshire Annual Report 1909; Staffordshire Advertiser 24 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 21,22 July; The Sportsman 22,23 July; Cricket 5 August, p 318.