Minor Counties Championship 1909

87 MATCH NUMBER 56 : NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 July 1909 Result: Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI won by five wickets Points: Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: M Myers and H Walmsley Debutants: Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 1 (C H Walker); Staffordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 146; Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 78 Staffordshire P Briggs c Armstrong b Riley 46 (1) b Barnes 6 E H Bourne b Barnes 41 (2) st Stapleton b Riley 2 Fereday, J B b Barnes 0 (3) b Barnes 0 Nichols, J E run out 16 (4) b Barnes 7 Hollowood, A c Clifton b Riley 1 (5) c and b Barnes 4 Vost, E c Whysall b Riley 13 (6) c Whysall b Barnes 4 * R C Page b Riley 3 (7) c Whysall b Riley 5 + H Dearing c Shaw b Armstrong 2 (8) st Stapleton b Riley 3 Bucknell, A b Riley 0 (9) b Barnes 2 Higgins, J B c and b Riley 6 (10) c Clifton b Riley 2 H Eardley not out 13 (11) not out 5 Extras 5 nb 1 4 Total 146 44 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 70 70 96 104 109 116 121 126 127 146 Second innings 11 12 12 23 24 31 35 36 38 44 Riley 34.1 16 35 6 - - (1) 16.4 7 21 4 - 1 Barnes 34 11 58 2 - - (2) 16 7 19 6 - - Armstrong 11 4 18 1 - - Clifton 13 3 30 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 92.1 34 146 10 - - 32.4 14 44 10 0 1 Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI R L Shaw c Vost b Bucknell 2 (1) c Page b Bucknell 23 Armstrong, J b Bucknell 1 (2) b Bucknell 13 James, C C b Nichols 8 (3) b Bucknell 21 Lee, G M b Bucknell 26 (4) b Bucknell 8 + Stapleton, J b Vost 17 (5) not out 29 C H Walker b Vost 2 (6) b Bucknell 0 * Rev H Staunton b Bucknell 0 (7) not out 10 Whysall, W W b Vost 7 Clifton, C C not out 11 Barnes, J W b Bucknell 1 Riley, W c Page b Bucknell 0 Extras b 3 3 b 10 10 Total 78 (5 wickets) 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 3 19 46 56 59 66 68 72 78 Second innings 32 58 59 76 78 - - - - - Bucknell 22 14 16 6 - - (1) 21 10 42 5 - - Nichols 12 3 26 1 - - (2) 3 0 14 0 - - Higgins 3 0 10 0 - - Vost 11 3 23 3 - - (3) 3.1 0 22 0 - - Eardley (4) 14 7 26 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 48 20 78 10 0 0 41.1 17 114 5 0 0 Notes: Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI won this low-scoring fluctuating return match by five wickets at 3.30 pm on the second day. The encounter between the two sides at Stoke in June had been won by Staffordshire. S F Barnes was absent from the visitor’s side because he was playing in the Fourth Test Match at Old Trafford. For the winners, Riley took 10 wickets in the match for 56 runs. The 16 maidens he bowled in the first innings were equal third highest of the season. For the losers, Bucknell took 11 wickets in the match for 58 runs, while Briggs top-scored in the match with 46. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Nottingham Guardian 29,30 July; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 31 July 1909; Staffordshire Sentinel 28,29 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 29,30 July; The Sportsman 29,30 July; Cricket 12 August, p 327.