MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 16: STAFFORDSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 8, Tuesday 9 July 1912 Result: Staffordshire won by 143 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: C E Brown and W Caldow Debutants: Staffordshire none; Northumberland 2 (H E Collins, J E Raine) First day score: Staffordshire 160 and 97-2 wickets (P Briggs 40*, W H Twigg 34*); Northumberland 131 Staffordshire * P Briggs b Milne 11 (1) b Elsey 85 Hollowood, A b Milne 21 (2) c Hunting b Skinner 4 Nichols, J E c Collins b Skinner 46 (3) b Milne 15 W H Twigg c Collins b Milne 15 (4) lbw b Milne 34 V H Robins c Collins b Skinner 8 (6) b Elsey 0 Bucknell, A b Skinner 11 (5) b Milne 47 Brammer, W b Milne 1 (7) b Wingham 3 E Cook c Norbury b Skinner 5 (8) lbw b Wingham 12 Wilson, G A c Raine b Milne 15 (9) c Milne b Wingham 50 + J Poole b Milne 5 (11) not out 5 Deyes, G not out 13 (10) c Raine b Elsey 8 Extras nb 4 9 nb 2 21 Total (all out) 160 (all out) 284 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 35 72 100 107 108 118 133 144 160 Second innings 12 43 102 172 172 193 206 262 279 284 Skinner 13 3 57 4 - 2 (1) 15 3 79 1 - - Milne 31 11 43 6 - - (2) 20 2 69 3 - - Wingham 8 1 26 0 - - (3) 16 2 42 3 - - Norbury 4 0 13 0 - 2 Elsey 5 0 12 0 - - (4) 14.4 2 42 3 - 2 Arkle - - (5) 6 1 31 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 61 15 160 10 0 4 71.4 10 284 10 0 2 Northumberland H Arkle b Wilson 2 (2) b Wilson 5 Norbury, D V c Briggs b Nichols 16 (1) b Deyes 3 * S P Bell b Nichols 10 (3) run out 8 G L Hunting c Poole b Deyes 8 (4) c Brammer b Deyes 25 Richardson, O not out 38 (5) b Deyes 11 Wingham, G C c Nichols b Deyes 12 (6) c Cook b Wilson 20 C M Skinner b Nichols 1 (7) b Wilson 24 Milne, G T c Poole b Nichols 14 (8) b Deyes 6 J E Raine st Poole b Bucknell 24 (9) not out 36 Elsey, G c Cook b Wilson 2 (10 b Bucknell 19 + H E Collins b Wilson 0 (11) b Deyes 3 Extras nb 1 4 nb 3 10 Total (all out) 131 (all out) 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 28 29 40 52 57 81 111 131 131 Second innings 8 14 37 47 68 82 97 111 157 170 Wilson 14.5 0 37 3 - - (1) 20 2 51 3 - - Bucknell 9 1 29 1 - - (4) 6 0 17 1 - - Nichols 10 0 36 4 - - (3) 10 1 36 0 - - Deyes 5 1 25 2 - 1 (2) 22.2 4 56 5 - 3 Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 10 1 - - Total 38.5 2 131 10 0 1 58.2 7 170 10 0 3 Notes: Staffordshire won this return match by 143 runs on the second day, after Northumberland had been set a victory target of 314 runs in four and a half hours. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been drawn. For the winners, Briggs’s 85 contained 5 fours and Wilson’s 50, scored in 35 minutes, included 4 fours. Deyes took 5 wickets for 56 runs in the Northumberland second innings. In the Staffordshire second innings, Cook and Wilson put on 56 runs for the eighth wicket. S F Barnes was absent on Test match duty. For the losers, Milne took 9 wickets in the match for 112 runs. Richardson top scored with 38 not out. [Missing: Extras breakdown; precise time completed.] Sources: Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 13 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 8,9 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 9,10 July; Northumberland Daily Chronicle 9,10 July; Cricket 13 July, p 335. 47