MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 68: LINCOLNSHIRE V CHESHIRE At The Grimsby Rovers Ground, Clee Lane, Old Clee, Grimsby on Thursday 15, Friday 16 August 1912 Result: Lincolnshire won by four wickets Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire 1 (H Horn); Cheshire 4 (A G Baker, S Brown, jun, J B Lister, O Pendlebury) First day score: Cheshire 141 and 38-6 wickets (H G Smoker 12*); Lincolnshire 134 Cheshire F B Scholfield c Worman b Day 8 (5) c Worman b Riley 0 A G Baker c Worman b Broughton 2 (7) c Worman b Day 0 Holland, J lbw b Day 15 (2) b Broughton 18 F S Church c Worman b Broughton 31 (4) b Riley 0 J B Lister b Day 0 (10) not out 18 Brown, S, jun b Broughton 0 (8) b Brooke 19 Smoker, H G c Thompson b Hemingway 70 (6) b Brooke 27 O Pendlebury not out 3 (9) b Brooke 4 * F Fairbank c Hemingway b Broughton 2 (1) b Day 0 Buxton, N b Broughton 1 (3) b Riley 4 + J L Jones b Broughton 1 (11) b Day 19 Extras 8 11 Total (all out) 141 (all out) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 14 32 32 33 128 134 137 139 141 Second innings 6 16 16 18 35 38 68 88 120 Day 20 6 48 3 - - (2) 23 13 33 3 - - Broughton 16.1 5 34 6 - - (3) 8 2 17 1 - - Riley 5 1 9 0 - - (1) 23 10 42 3 - - Brooke 5 1 20 0 - - (4) 7 2 16 3 - - Hemingway 7 1 22 1 - - Worman (5) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 53.1 14 141 10 - - 62 27 120 10 - - Lincolnshire * W E Thompson c Baker b Fairbank 13 (1) b Smoker 35 C L Prior b Buxton 5 (4) c Church b Fairbank 2 Day, J W c and b Buxton 4 (3) c Smoker b Fairbank 23 G E Hemingway b Smoker 17 (2) c Brown b Fairbank 25 Broughton, J J c Church b Buxton 41 (5) c Fairbank b Smoker 5 + W R Rose c Jones b Fairbank 10 (6) c Buxton b Fairbank 3 Riley, E E b Smoker 26 (7) not out 22 B P Nevile b Smoker 0 J N Worman b Fairbank 5 (8) not out 5 J A Brooke not out 1 H Horn b Smoker 4 Extras 8 11 Total (all out) 134 (6 wickets) 131 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 12 50 68 75 105 106 129 129 134 Second innings 60 90 96 101 105 105 - - - - Smoker 15.2 2 39 4 - - (3) 13.4 3 44 2 - - Buxton 14 2 57 3 - - (1) 12 3 26 0 - - Fairbank 6 0 30 3 - - (2) 13 2 50 4 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 35.2 4 134 10 - - 38.4 8 131 6 - - Notes: Lincolnshire won this return match by four wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Crewe the previous week had also been won by Lincolnshire. For the winners, Broughton played the highest innings with 41, including 1 six and 4 fours. He also took 6 wickets for 34 runs in the Cheshire first innings. For the losers, Smoker scored 70. When he had scored 16 in the Lincolnshire first innings, Hemingway mis-timed a slow ball from Buxton and hurt his jaw. He retired to receive attention in the pavilion, but bandaged he returned to bat at the fall of the fourth wicket. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Cheshire first innings boundaries in Smoker’s 70; in Cheshire second innings fall of eighth wicket; precise time completed.] Sources: Grimsby Advertiser 16 August; Grimsby and County Times 16 August; Lincoln Leader 17 August; Lincolnshire Chronicle 19 August; Lincolnshire Echo 15,16 August; Nottingham Guardian 17 August; Crewe Observer 24 August; Sporting Life 16,17 August; Cricket 7 September, p 492. 99