MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 14: KENT 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Old County Ground, Town Malling on Wednesday 3, Thursday 4 July 1912 Result: Staffordshire won by nine wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Kent 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI 3 (W J Fairservice, R Boosey, A P Freeman); Staffordshire 2 (V H Robins, F W Watson) First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 89; Staffordshire 67-2 wickets (J E Nichols 24*, W H Twigg 1*) Kent 2 nd XI Capt W G M Sarel c and b Barnes 16 (5) b Deyes 20 Dutnall, F c Barnes b Wilson 4 ( ) run out 3 Fairservice, W J c and b Barnes 0 (6) c Watson b Deyes 14 * L H W Troughton b Barnes 0 (1) c Briggs b Barnes 11 Jennings, D W c Hollowood b Wilson 22 (4) c Nichols b Barnes 1 Morfee, P E c and b Barnes 17 (3) b Barnes 48 R Boosey b Wilson 1 ( ) b Barnes 0 + A F Leach-Lewis not out 13 ( ) run out 2 Hickmott, W E c Barnes b Wilson 2 ( ) c Twigg b Barnes 0 E C Cleveland-Stevens b Wilson 4 ( ) not out 0 Freeman, A P b Barnes 5 ( ) c and b Barnes 1 Extras b 4, nb 1 5 ( ) b 12, lb 4, nb 1 17 Total (all out) 89 (all out) 117 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 20 20 20 47 52 71 79 84 89 Second innings 8 30 38 78 102 116 116 116 116 117 Barnes 17.4 6 46 5 - 1 (2) 13.5 4 39 6 - 1 Deyes 4 0 9 0 - - (3) 4 0 7 2 - - Wilson 13 3 29 5 - - (1) 8 0 48 0 - - Nichols (4) 2 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - 17 2 - - Total 34.4 9 89 10 0 1 27.5 4 117 10 0 1 Staffordshire * P Briggs st Leach-Lewis b Jennings 22 ( ) not out 30 Hollowood, A c Hickmott b Morfee 9 ( ) c Sarel b Hickmott 8 Nichols, J E c Leach-Lewis b Morfee 33 ( ) not out 8 W H Twigg c Cleveland-Stevens b Morfee 12 Barnes, S F c Morfee b Jennings 18 V H Robins b Jennings 13 Wilson, G A c Hickmott b Jennings 2 Brammer, W not out 14 F W Watson lbw b Jennings 8 + J Griffith c and b Jennings 0 Deyes, G run out 0 Extras b 19, lb 4, nb 5 28 w 2 2 Total (all out) 159 (1 wicket) 48 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 63 88 88 127 131 143 159 159 159 Second innings 18 - - - - - - - - - Morfee 14 3 26 3 - 5 (1) 5 1 15 0 - - Hickmott 13 0 60 0 - - (2) 3 0 22 1 - - Fairservice 8.4 2 21 0 - - (3) 2.4 0 9 0 2 - Jennings 7 0 24 6 - - Extras - - 28 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 42.4 5 159 10 0 5 10.4 1 48 1 2 0 Notes: This low-scoring match was won by Staffordshire by 9 wickets on the second day. Rain had only permitted about three hours play on the first day. For the winners Barnes on his return to the side took 11 wickets in the match for 85 runs, including 5 for 46 in Kent’s first innings and 6 for 39 in their second. In Kent’s first innings their first 4 wickets fell with the score at 20. For the losers, Jennings took 6 wickets for 24 runs in Staffordshire’s first innings whilst Morfee’s innings of 48 was the highest of the match. In their second innings, Kent’s last 4 wickets fell for the addition of just 1 run. Interestingly, A P (“Tich”) Freeman was not asked to bowl on his debut. [Missing: Umpires; Kent second innings part batting order; Staffordshire second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Kent Year Book 1913, p 220,221; Staffordshire Annual Report; South Eastern Gazette 9 July; Staffordshire Advertiser 6 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 3,4 July; Cricket 13 July, p 333. 45