MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 6: STAFFORDSHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 17, Tuesday 18 June 1912 Result: Staffordshire won by ten wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: C Marshall and S Wrigley Debutants: Staffordshire 3 (W Brammer, J Griffith, G A Wilson); Monmouthshire 2 (H A James, G H Kentish) First day score: Monmouthshire 39 and 55-5 wickets (A J Silverlock 30*); Staffordshire 55 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J b Barnes 4 (1) b Barnes 30 H A James b Barnes 0 (5) b Wilson 0 N C Phillips b Wilson 1 (3) b Wilson 7 T B Williams b Wilson 1 (4) b Barnes 0 * E S Phillips b Barnes 10 (2) b Barnes 5 F G Phillips b Barnes 8 (6) b Barnes 7 G C Phillips b Barnes 0 (7) b Barnes 10 W A Williams b Barnes 0 (9) c Twigg b Barnes 2 G H Kentish b Wilson 3 (10) b Wilson 4 + J R Williams not out 0 (11) not out 0 J H Evans absent (8) b Barnes 4 Extras 12 18 Total (all out) 39 (all out) 87 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 8 10 12 22 26 30 37 39 - Second innings 9 32 35 38 55 58 62 79 84 87 Barnes 8.4 4 17 6 - - (1) 21 9 34 7 - - Wilson 8 2 10 3 - - (2) 20.2 8 35 3 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - 18 0 - - Total 16.4 6 39 9 - - 41.2 17 87 10 - - Staffordshire P Briggs c Silverlock b W A Williams 0 ( ) not out 37 Hollowood, A b W A Williams 7 ( ) not out 33 Nichols, J E b W A Williams 2 H Ratcliff b F G Phillips 7 Barnes, S F b F G Phillips 2 W H Twigg c substitute b W A Williams 2 * B Meakin b F G Phillips 0 Brammer, W not out 13 Wilson, G A b W A Williams 1 + J Griffith b W A Williams 10 Deyes, G c E S Phillips b W A Williams 2 Extras 9 2 Total (all out) 55 (no wicket) 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 6 11 18 25 25 25 27 51 55 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 14 3 32 3 - - (1) 4 0 15 0 - - W A Williams 15.3 9 11 7 - - (2) 9 1 26 0 - - Kentish 2 1 3 0 - - (3) 6.1 0 20 0 - - G C Phillips (4) 5 2 9 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 31.3 13 55 10 - - 24.1 3 72 0 - - Notes: Staffordshire won this match by 10 wickets at 4.45 pm on the second day. There was a delayed start on the first day, as the visitors’ train from Crewe did not reach Stoke until 11.46 am. The match was considerably interfered with by rain, which saw a late start also on the second day when play did not start until 2.30 pm. Just over one hour into Tuesday’s play and Staffordshire were left with 72 to get for victory, which they got without losing a wicket in exactly an hour’s play. In their first innings Monmouthshire were bowled out for 39 in exactly one hour with the last man J H Evans absent as he had not yet reached the ground. Staffordshire were also struggling at 27 for 8 wickets, with Williams at the time having figures of 11-8-3- 5. Brammer and Griffith then added an invaluable 24 runs for the ninth wicket to give Staffordshire a first innings lead. For the winners Barnes took 13 wickets in the match for 51 runs, including 6 wickets for 17 runs in Monmouthshire’s first innings and 7 wickets for 34 runs in their second; Barnes and Wilson bowled unchanged throughout the match, with 18 of their 19 wickets being bowled. For the losers W A Williams took 7 wickets for 11 runs in Staffordshire’s first innings. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Staffordshire first innings name of substitute fielder who caught Twigg; in Staffordshire second innings batting order.] Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 22 June; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Sentinel 17,18,22 June; Monmouthshire Evening Post 17,18 June; South Wales Argus 17,18,19 June; South Wales Daily News 18,19 June; Western Mail 18,19 June; Cricket 22 June, p 270. 37