MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 48: STAFFORDSHIRE V CHESHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 [no play] August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Staffordshire won on first innings Points: Staffordshire 3, Cheshire 1 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Staffordshire none; Cheshire 2 (C H Taylor, T A Higson, sen) First day score: As scorecard – rain prevented any play on the second day Cheshire V Hope c Bourne b Barnes 0 (3) st Dearing b Barnes 5 Holland, J run out 0 F C Hunter b Barnes 1 Smoker, H G c Wilson b Barnes 4 Taylor, C H c and b Barnes 8 (4) not out 0 T A Higson, sen c Taylor b Wilson 3 L N Jones not out 14 (2) not out 9 W E Jones b Barnes 0 * F Fairbank b Barnes 1 (1) b Barnes 1 + J L Jones b Wilson 3 W Brearley b Barnes 0 Extras 7 0 Total (all out) 41 (2 wickets) 15 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 5 6 23 23 23 33 40 41 Second innings 3 15 - - - - - - - - Barnes 15.4 8 13 7 - - (1) 4 2 5 2 - - Wilson 13 7 17 2 - - (2) 4 2 10 0 - - Bucknell 2 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 30.4 15 41 10 - - 8 4 15 2 0 0 Staffordshire * P Briggs c Hope b Brearley 7 Hollowood, A b Fairbank 38 E H Bourne c Hope b Fairbank 54 Barnes, S F c and b Hunter 42 Nichols, J E c Hope b Hunter 37 L F Taylor c W E Jones b Smoker 39 A Smith b Smoker 2 Bucknell, A c Higson b Fairbank 4 Wilson, G A c L N Jones b Smoker 10 + H Dearing b Smoker 3 Deyes, G not out 3 Extras 10 Total (all out) 249 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 84 111 174 195 208 229 237 237 249 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Brearley 11 0 51 1 - - Hope 7 3 13 0 - - Smoker 15 5 43 4 - - Fairbank 12 0 67 3 - - Taylor 3 0 21 0 - - Higson 2 0 16 0 - - Hunter 4 0 28 2 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 54 8 249 10 - - Notes: The match was drawn with Staffordshire winning on first innings and no play possible on the second day. Cheshire were bowled out for just 41 in their first innings with Barnes taking 7-13. In Staffordshire’s reply Bourne top-scored with 54 including 5 fours. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 10 August; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Sentinel 5,6 August; Chester Chronicle 10 August. 79