MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 83: MONMOUTHSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At Newport Cricket Club Ground, Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: C Marshall and T Holton Debutants: Monmouthshire 1 (- Ewing); Staffordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 321; Monmouthshire 52-6 wickets (F G Phillips 14* Raikes 5*) Staffordshire L F Taylor c E S Phillips b Raikes 103 Nichols, J E c Silverlock b Kentish 43 Barnes, S F c L Phillips b Raikes 22 W H Twigg b Raikes 9 * B Meakin c Geen b F G Phillips 36 Brammer, W b Silverlock 3 Wilson, G A c Kentish b Silverlock 56 Vost, E c Geen b Silverlock 21 Bucknell, A c Kentish b Raikes 6 Deyes, G b Raikes 1 + J Poole not out 2 Extras b 6, lb 7, w 3, nb 3 19 Total (all out) 321 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 97 154 168 198 203 261 303 313 317 321 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 20 2 72 1 - - Raikes 26 0 88 5 3 - Ewing 13 1 43 0 - - Kentish 9 0 43 1 - - Silverlock 14.4 1 56 3 - 3 Extras - - 19 0 - - Total 82.4 4 321 10 3 3 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J b Barnes 0 G C Phillips b Barnes 4 N C Phillips b Barnes 0 * E S Phillips b Barnes 0 Diver, E J b Wilson 1 + W P Geen run out 15 F G Phillips c Vost b Wilson 26 K C Raikes not out 9 L Phillips b Bucknell 0 G H Kentish b Wilson 0 Ewing, - not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 1 8 Total (9 wickets) 63 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 0 6 8 37 61 61 62 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barnes 7 4 11 4 - - Deyes 4 1 4 0 - 1 Wilson 10 7 9 3 - - Brammer 7 2 10 0 - - Bucknell 8.2 2 21 1 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - Total 36.2 16 63 9 0 1 Notes: Due to bad weather on the second day, play did not start until 3.25 pm and was abandoned after only half an hour. It was therefore impossible to reach a decision on the first innings in this return match. The match between the two sides at Stoke- on-Trent in June had been won by Staffordshire. For the visitors Taylor’s innings of 103 lasted for 2¾ hours and included 4 fours, 10 threes and 16 twos whilst Wilson’s 56 contained 1 six and 1 four. The slow outfield had meant that boundaries were hard to come by. After the first over in Monmouthshire’s innings they were 0-3, Barnes getting wickets with his second, fifth and sixth balls. For Monmouthshire Raikes took 5 wickets for 88 runs whilst only Geen and F G Phillips reached double figures. [Missing: Ewings’s initials.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 28,29 August; South Wales Argus 28,29 August; South Wales Daily News 29,30 August; Western Mail 29,30 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 31 August, Staffordshire Annual Report, Staffordshire scorebook, Staffordshire Sentinel 28,29 August; Cricket 7 September, p 492. 114