MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 7: DURHAM V STAFFORDSHIRE At Blackfyne Ground, Blackhill, Consett on Monday 24, Tuesday 25 June 1912 Result: Match drawn - no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Durham Umpires: C Marshall and M Myers Debutants: Durham none; Staffordshire 2 (E Cook, J S Scott) First day score: Durham 256; Staffordshire 156-6 wickets (A Bucknell 14*, W Brammer 9*) Durham * C Y Adamson c Cook b Deyes 54 T A Bradford lbw b Deyes 60 Hendren, D c Cook b Deyes 11 H Brooks not out 38 G W Breed c Cook b Deyes 4 H L Dales c Scott b Brammer 0 E L Squance c Bucknell b Brammer 6 + J J Common b Wilson 10 J Turnbull c Bucknell b Deyes 12 Parkin, C H b Bucknell 13 Morris, A b Nichols 16 Extras b 25, lb 6, nb 1 32 Total (all out) 256 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 85 125 147 155 156 174 191 213 230 256 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wilson 10 0 42 1 - - Bucknell 20 4 73 1 - - Brammer 13 3 42 2 - - Deyes 23 2 60 5 - 1 Nichols 0.5 0 7 1 - - Extras - - 32 0 - - Total 66.5 9 256 10 0 1 Staffordshire P Briggs b Hendren 36 Hollowood, A b Morris 48 Nichols, J E b Morris 3 W H Twigg c Bradford b Morris 33 H Ratcliff b Parkin 0 E Cook b Hendren 2 Bucknell, A lbw b Morris 40 Brammer, W c and b Parkin 14 Wilson, G A not out 0 * + J S Scott not out 0 Deyes, G Extras b 11, lb 6 17 Total (8 wickets) 193 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 66 69 131 131 131 138 183 193 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 28 4 84 4 - - Parkin 21 3 76 2 - - Hendren 8 1 16 2 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 57 8 193 8 0 0 Notes: The match was drawn with no decision on the first innings. There was no play until 3.15 pm on the second day owing to rain. Play ended at 3.45 pm following a thunderstorm. For Durham there were 3 sixes and 7 fours in Adamson’s 54 and Bradford’s 60 included 1 six and 6 fours. For Staffordshire, Hollowood top-scored with 48. Deyes took 5 wickets for 60 runs whilst Cook took 3 catches. The Staffordshire captaincy devolved upon Scott by desire of Briggs, who preferred to be relieved of the responsibility. Barnes was absent due to playing in a Test match. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Consett Chronicle 28 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 25,26 June; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 29 June; Cricket 29 June, p 290. 38