MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 51: CHESHIRE V LINCOLNSHIRE At The Crewe Alexandra Cricket Club Ground, Earle Street, Crewe on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1912 Result: Lincolnshire won by 101 runs Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cheshire 2 (J G Hares, H Latham); Lincolnshire 1 (G E Hemingway) First day score: Lincolnshire 35-1 wicket (W R Rose 12*, J W Day 17*) Lincolnshire + W R Rose c Jones b Smoker 12 (2) lbw b Fairbank 16 E Pullein c Jones b Smoker 6 (8) c and b Brearley 0 Day, J W c Fairbank b Taylor 53 (3) c Hunter b Fairbank 5 L W Gwyn b Brearley 0 (4) b Brearley 7 G E Hemingway lbw b Taylor 23 (6) c Smoker b Fairbank 48 Broughton, J J c Latham b Taylor 2 (5) b Fairbank 1 C L Prior b Brearley 24 (7) b Fairbank 0 Riley, E E b Fairbank 5 (1) not out 6 J N Worman run out 14 (9) not out 4 * W E Thompson not out 1 A Bavin b Brearley 0 Extras 8 6 Total (all out) 148 (7 wickets declared) 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 36 43 87 101 102 114 148 Second innings 60 67 82 - - - Brearley 17.4 4 51 3 - - (2) 9 0 29 2 - - Smoker 21 7 41 2 - - (1) 2 0 20 0 - - Taylor 11 2 30 3 - - Fairbank 7 2 18 1 - - (3) 9 1 37 5 - - Hunter (4) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - 6 0 - - Total 56.4 15 148 10 - - 21 1 93 7 - - Cheshire L N Jones b Day 29 (5) b Day 17 Holland, J c Prior b Broughton 3 (3) lbw b Day 3 F S Church b Broughton 8 (9) lbw b Day 0 Smoker, H G b Day 0 (2) c Broughton b Day 28 H Latham st Rose b Broughton 0 (8) b Day 0 F C Hunter c Rose b Broughton 4 (4) c Gwyn b Broughton 5 Taylor, C H b Day 5 (7) run out 0 V Hope c Prior b Broughton 3 (6) b Day 4 * F Fairbank c Hemingway b Broughton 0 (10) not out 0 W Brearley not out 15 (1) c Pullein b Day 11 + J G Hares b Day 0 (11) b Day 0 Extras 3 2 Total (all out) 70 (all out) 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 41 41 41 51 53 53 61 70 Second innings 12 21 41 59 70 70 70 70 70 70 Day 15 4 35 4 - - (1) 11.1 2 36 8 - - Broughton 8 3 18 6 - - (2) 11 3 32 1 - - Riley 6 2 14 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 29 9 70 10 - - 22.1 5 70 10 - - Notes: Lincolnshire won this match by 101 runs on the second day. The Lincolnshire declaration left Cheshire 172 runs to win in 90 minutes. In the Cheshire first innings 4 wickets fell at the score of 41 and in the second innings the last 6 wickets fell at the same score of 70. Rain delayed the start on the first day until 2.00 pm. Five runs had been scored when a shower fell, and a restart was made at 3.00 pm. When the score had reached 35-1 wicket, further rain fell and play was abandoned for the day. For the winners, Day took 12 wickets in the match for 71 runs, including 8 for 36 in the Cheshire second innings. He also scored 53. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Lincolnshire first innings boundaries in Day’s 53; precise time completed.] Sources: Chester Chronicle 10 August; Lincolnshire Echo 7,8,9 August; Lincolnshire Leader 10 August; Nottingham Guardian 8,9 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August. 82