Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 32 : STAFFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 21, Tuesday 22 July 1913 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 54 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: W H Caldow and C Marshall Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (A E Bratby); Norfolk none First day score: Staffordshire 217; Norfolk 6-0 wicket (M Falcon 1*, R W Thurgar 0*) Staffordshire P Briggs b Falcon 55 L F Taylor c Popham b Falcon 83 Barnes, S F c Thurgar b Falcon 0 W H Twigg c Falcon b Watson 32 Nichols, J E c Thurgar b Watson 8 * B Meakin c Gibson b Falcon 17 C H Campbell c Thurgar b Watson 0 J S Heath c Thurgar b Watson 0 E J Johnson b Falcon 0 Morgan, B F c Treglown b Falcon 8 + A E Bratby not out 5 Extras b 3, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 9 Total (all out) 217 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 136 136 144 175 192 196 204 204 204 217 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Falcon 27.4 3 87 6 1 2 Watson 29 5 78 4 - - Falconer 8 0 18 0 - - Raikes 4 0 25 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - Total 68.4 8 217 10 1 2 Norfolk (Followed on) + R W Thurgar c Nichols b Morgan 0 (2) c Nichols b Barnes 3 * M Falcon lbw b Barnes 39 (1) b Barnes 0 G A Stevens c Johnson b Barnes 5 (7) c Briggs b Morgan 11 Rev G B Raikes lbw b Barnes 9 (4) c Morgan b Barnes 1 E J Fulcher c Barnes b Heath 20 (5) c Meakin b Barnes 0 C J H Treglown c Heath b Barnes 0 (6) b Johnson 1 R A Wingfield c Nichols b Barnes 0 (8) st Bratby b Barnes 2 R F Popham run out 22 (3) b Barnes 18 Falconer, R b Johnson 7 (10) c Bratby b Barnes 0 Gibson, E c Heath b Johnson 1 (11) b Morgan 1 Watson, H not out 3 (9) not out 12 Extras b 7 7 b 1 1 Total (all out) 113 (all out) 50 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 11 29 60 67 71 84 107 109 113 Second innings 0 5 11 11 13 35 35 43 49 50 Barnes 21 7 42 5 - - (1) 11 4 19 7 - - Morgan 13 2 41 1 - - (3) 3.2 0 15 2 - - Heath 5 1 21 1 - - Johnson 2.5 0 2 2 - - (2) 7 3 15 1 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 41.5 10 113 10 0 0 21.2 7 50 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won by an innings and 54 runs at 3.10 pm on the second day. Play on the first day was curtailed by rain and bad light. For the winners there were 2 fours in Briggs’ 55 and 2 sixes and 5 fours in Taylor’s 83 as they added 136 runs for Staffordshire’s first wicket. Barnes bowled unchanged throughout the match, taking 12 wickets for 61 runs, including 5 for 42 in Norfolk’s first innings and 7 for 19 in their second. Nichols took 3 catches. For the losers Falcon top-scored with 39; he also took 6 wickets for 87 runs. Thurgar took 4 catches. [Missing Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 26 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 16,21,22 July; Eastern Daily Press 22,23 July; Eastern Evening News 21,22 July; Norwich Chronicle 25 July; Norwich Mercury 26 July; Cricket 26 July, p 447. 65