Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 5: DURHAM V STAFFORDSHIRE At Blackfyne Ground, Blackhill, Consett on Monday 22, [Tuesday 23] June 1914 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 5 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Durham Umpires: S Doughty and T Fenwick Debutants: Durham 1 (R P M Hudson); Staffordshire 1 (J J Awty) First day score: As scorecard - match completed on the first day Durham * T A Bradford b Morgan 1 (1) c Heath b Morgan 9 Hendren, D lbw b Wilson 0 (2) b Bucknell 9 A F Maynard c Heath b Morgan 14 (3) b Morgan 12 H L Dales lbw b Morgan 0 (4) c and b Heath 11 G W Breed c Heath b Morgan 0 (5) c Morgan b Heath 0 Harry, F c and b Morgan 9 (6) c and b Heath 0 + F W Burgoyne-Johnson b Wilson 4 (7) c Bourne b Morgan 0 R P M Hudson c Ankers b Morgan 8 (8) c Morgan b Heath 0 Morris, A c Heath b Wilson 2 (9) b Morgan 0 Thackeray, J c Sedgwick b Wilson 0 (10) b Morgan 12 Smith, T not out 4 (11) not out 1 Extras b 9 9 b 12, lb 2, nb 2 16 Total (all out) 51 (all out) 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 4 4 4 24 28 28 35 39 51 Second innings 22 22 43 49 49 50 51 56 62 70 Wilson 13 5 18 4 - - Morgan 12.5 7 24 6 - - (1) 11.2 4 28 5 - - Bucknell (2) 6 1 20 1 - - Heath (3) 5 2 6 4 - 2 Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 25.5 12 51 10 0 0 22.2 7 70 10 0 2 Staffordshire H E Bourne c Hendren b Morris 24 J J Awty c Johnson b Harry 4 J S Heath b Morris 24 Nichols, J E c Hudson b Harry 2 J Ankers b Morris 3 Wilson, G A b Harry 5 W Brown c Hendren b Morris 18 * + H Dearing b Harry 2 Sedgwick, H A b Harry 2 Bucknell, A b Morris 1 Morgan, B F not out 31 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 Total (all out) 126 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 50 53 64 69 79 82 88 89 126 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 21 3 66 5 - - Harry 20 8 45 5 - - Thackeray 1 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 42 11 126 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire claimed their second successive innings victory, beating Durham by an innings and 5 runs just before 5.30 pm on the first day, even though they were without S F Barnes. For Staffordshire Wilson and Morgan bowled out Durham in their first innings in an hour and fifty-five minutes. The Durham second innings lasted an hour and ten minutes. Morgan took 11 wickets in the match for 52 runs including 6 for 24 in the first innings. Heath took six catches in the match and in the Durham second innings he took 4 wickets for 6 runs including a hat-trick (Breed, Harry, and Hudson). Morgan scored 31 not out in a tenth wicket partnership of 37, his innings including 2 sixes and 4 fours. For Durham Morris and Harry each took 5 wickets in the Staffordshire innings for 66 and 45 runs respectively. The top scorer in each innings was Maynard with 14 and 12 respectively. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Scorebook; Consett Guardian 26 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 23 June; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 27 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 22,23 June; World of Cricket 27 June, p 290. 47