Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 48 : STAFFORDSHIRE V KENT 2 ND XI At County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 4, Tuesday 5 August 1913 Result: Staffordshire won by ten wickets Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: M Myers and J Gregory Debutants: Staffordshire none; Kent 2 nd XI none First day score: Staffordshire 349; Kent 2 nd XI 88-5 wickets (C K Douglas 9*, A F Leach-Lewis 26*) Staffordshire P Briggs c Hamilton b Hickmott 3 E H Bourne c and b Preston 35 Nichols, J E c Freeman b Snowden 128 Barnes, S F b Freeman 9 L F Taylor b Preston 60 W H Twigg c and b Freeman 3 (1) not out 4 * B Meakin c Collins b Freeman 48 (2) not out 0 J S Heath c Leach-Lewis b Snowden 2 Morgan, B F b Freeman 15 Deyes, G st Leach-Lewis b Snowden 16 + J Poole not out 7 Extras b 15, lb 8 23 0 Total (all out) 349 (no wicket) 4 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 59 80 182 185 280 300 321 323 349 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hickmott 17 3 57 1 - - Douglas 7 1 39 0 - - Freeman 27 3 90 4 - - Preston 18 2 61 2 - - Collins 8 0 37 0 - - Snowden 12.4 1 42 3 - - Leach-Lewis (1) 0.1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 89.4 10 349 10 0 0 0.1 0 4 0 0 0 Kent 2 nd XI (Followed on) * L H W Troughton c Nichols b Deyes 4 (4) lbw b Heath 15 Collins, G C c Meakin b Heath 22 (5) c Bourne b Barnes 67 F L Hamilton b Barnes 0 (1) c Bourne b Barnes 0 A O Snowden c Nichols b Deyes 21 (3) c Barnes b Deyes 34 C K Douglas c Poole b Deyes 9 (2) c Meakin b Barnes 6 Dutnall, F b Heath 2 (7) c Twigg b Barnes 32 + A F Leach-Lewis b Deyes 43 (6) c Nichols b Heath 1 Draper, R G b Heath 29 (8) c and b Barnes 0 Hickmott, W E b Deyes 22 (9) c Poole b Barnes 1 Preston, H J B lbw b Heath 11 (10) c Taylor b Heath 0 Freeman, A P not out 7 (11) not out 2 Extras b 7, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 12 b 5, lb 5, nb 1 11 Total (all out) 182 (all out) 169 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 6 51 55 58 89 130 144 172 182 Second innings 1 12 55 67 69 151 159 166 166 169 Barnes 18 3 47 1 - - (1) 14.3 5 39 6 - - Deyes 16.4 0 62 5 1 1 (3) 10 0 33 1 - 1 Heath 15 1 50 4 - - (4) 9 2 27 3 - - Nichols 2 0 7 0 - - (5) 3 0 15 0 - - Morgan 1 0 4 0 - - (2) 10 0 44 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 52.4 4 182 10 1 1 46.3 7 169 10 0 1 Notes: Staffordshire won by 10 wickets on the second day, a single ball securing victory in their second innings. The match earlier in the season had been drawn with Kent winning on first innings. For the winners Nichols scored 128, an innings taking 3¾ hours, with 13 fours and Taylor scored 60 with 1 six, 1 five and 4 fours. The pair added 102 for the fourth wicket. In the Kent first innings Deyes took 5 for 62 and in the second Barnes took 6 for 39. For the losers the tail wagged in their first innings to total 182 from a position of 58 for 5 wickets. When Kent followed on, Collins scored 67 with 1 six and 8 fours, and Snowdon with 34 and Dutnall with 32 made useful contributions. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Kent Yearbook; Staffordshire Advertiser 9 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 4,5 August; Cricket 9 August, p 494. 81