Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 31 : CHESHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Filkins Lane, Chester, on Monday 21, Tuesday 22 July 1913 Result: Cheshire won by ten wickets Points: Cheshire 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: S Doughty and W H Harden Debutants: Cheshire none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 111-6 wickets (E H Francis 0*, E S Phillips 13*) Monmouthshire A M Maltby st Tipping b Smoker 11 (1) b Smoker 4 Silverlock, A J c Wilson b Chambers 49 (2) b Smoker 19 W R Lewis c Tipping b Fairbank 24 (3) c and b Smoker 0 + Diver, E J c Jones b Smoker 2 (4) b Barrell 2 * E S Phillips c and b Barrell 28 (5) b Smoker 13 F G Phillips b Fairbank 4 (6) c Tipping b Barrell 3 Smith, - b Smoker 0 (7) c and b Barrell 1 E H Francis b Smoker 2 (8) b Smoker 0 K C Raikes c Barrell b Chambers 33 (9) not out 1 J H Evans not out 0 (10) c Hales b Barrell 10 L F Stedman c Edge b Barrell 3 (11) c Fairbank b Smoker 0 Extras nb 1 12 13 Total (all out) 168 (all out) 66 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 80 89 99 105 105 123 163 168 Second innings 66 Smoker 19 2 73 4 - - (1) 14.4 3 25 6 - - Fairbank 14 4 45 2 - 1 (2) 9 0 24 0 - - Barrell 9 1 19 2 - - (3) 4 2 3 4 - - Chambers 5 0 19 2 - - Churton (4) 2 1 1 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 47 7 168 10 0 1 29.4 6 66 10 - - Cheshire H C Edge c Lewis b Silverlock 9 Holland, J c Maltby b Silverlock 3 (1) not out 4 Barrell, B c Lewis b Raikes 11 R R Wilson c Lewis b F G Phillips 4 L N Jones st Diver b Silverlock 22 Chambers, W T c E S Phillips b F G Phillips 13 * F Fairbank st Diver b Silverlock 13 W A V Churton b Raikes 64 L Hales c and b Raikes 51 (2) not out 2 Smoker, H G not out 13 + J D Tipping, sen hit wicket b Silverlock 4 Extras nb 5 21 2 Total (all out) 228 (no wicket) 8 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 34 57 60 109 197 208 228 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 17.5 6 34 2 - - (1) 1 0 4 0 - - Silverlock 37 3 93 5 - 5 Raikes 22 3 58 3 - - Stedman 4 0 22 0 - - Francis (2) 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 80.5 12 228 10 0 5 2 0 8 0 - - Notes: Cheshire won this match by 10 wickets, thereby securing their first win since 1911. They scored the 7 runs required for victory in just 5 minutes, winning with 15 minutes to spare. This was despite there being no play after lunch on the first day due to rain. For the winners Churton scored 64 and there were 3 sixes in Hales’ 51; they added 88 runs for the eighth wicket. Smoker took 10 wickets for 98 runs in the match, including figures of 6 for 25 in Monmouthshire’s second innings. Barrell took 6 wickets in the match for just 22 runs in only 13 overs, contributing significantly to Cheshire’s win. Tipping made 3 dismissals in the match and Barrell took 3 catches. For the losers Silverlock top-scored in both innings with 49 and 19 and also had figures of 5 wickets for 93 runs in Cheshire’s first innings. Lewis took 3 catches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; Smith’s initials; batting order in Monmouthshire’s second innings; in Cheshire first innings boundaries in Churton’s 64 and Hales' 51.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 21,22,25 July; South Wales Argus 21,22,23 July; South Wales Daily News 22,23 July; Western Mail 22,23 July; Cheshire Observer 26 July; Chester Chronicle 26 July; Macclesfield Courier 26 July; Cricket 2 August, p 469; The Sportsman 21 July. 64