Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 11: ESSEX 2 ND XI V CHESHIRE At The Park, Maldon Road, Witham on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 June 1914 Result: Essex 2 nd XI won by eight wickets Points: Essex 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Essex 2 nd XI 11 (all players); Cheshire 2 (W H Harden, A F Willmer) First day score: Cheshire 123; Essex 2 nd XI 289-8 wickets (C J Round -*, H M Hills 0*) Cheshire F C Wild c Hills b Smith 47 (2) c Round b Hills 2 Chambers, W T c Coleman b Hills 18 (3) b Hills 0 D H Coomber b Hills 3 (4) c Coleman b Hills 79 * V Hope c Coleman b Smith 2 (1) c Coleman b Round 33 Smoker, H G c Round b Hills 4 (9) c Meadowcroft b Round 2 A F Willmer b Hills 0 (6) b Smith 55 L N Jones c Round b Hills 12 (7) b Hills 10 C Hewitt c Meadowcroft b Hills 10 (8) c Richardson b Douglas 41 Williams, J not out 10 (5) b Round 10 Harden, W H b Smith 4 (10) not out 8 + Tipping, J D, sen b Smith 3 (11) b Douglas 2 Extras 10 25 Total (all out) 123 (all out) 267 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 123 Second innings 267 Round 8 1 15 0 - - (1) 11 1 53 3 - - Hills 24 3 54 6 - - (2) 23 3 57 4 - - Smith 16.4 2 44 4 - - (3) 16 3 74 1 - - Douglas (4) 1.4 1 2 2 - - Meadowcroft (5) 7 0 40 0 - - Snell (6) 5 1 16 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 25 0 - - Total 48.4 6 123 10 - - 63.4 9 267 10 - - Essex 2 nd XI J Keble Guy b Smoker 48 (1) b Smoker 56 C H Douglas lbw b Smoker 24 (2) b Williams 16 P Campbell c Coomber b Hope 8 (3) not out 12 J T Turner b Hope 10 (4) not out 4 C S Richardson b Harden 81 N E S Snell c Tipping b Hope 77 + E C Coleman c Wild b Hope 31 * C J Round b Smoker 2 J L Meadowcroft c Tipping b Hope 1 Hills, H M not out 0 Smith, H W c Tipping b Smoker 0 Extras 9 14 Total (all out) 291 (2 wickets) 102 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 291 Second innings - - - - - - - - Smoker 23.5 0 118 4 - - (1) 9 1 31 1 - - Williams 12 0 69 0 - - (2) 9 1 27 1 - - Harden 5 1 26 1 - - (3) 3 0 15 0 - - Hope 16 3 52 5 - - (4) 4 1 15 0 - - Jones 3 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 59.5 4 291 10 - - 25 3 102 2 - - Notes: Essex 2nd XI won their first match in the Minor Counties Championship by 8 wickets on the second day. For the winners Richardson scored 81 and Snell 77 in their first innings and Keble Guy 56 in the second. Hills took 10 wickets for 111 runs in the match, including 6 for 54 in the Cheshire first innings, during which he bowled unchanged. Coleman took 4 catches, 2 in each innings, and Round took 3 in the match. For the losers Coomber scored 79 and Willmer 55 in the Cheshire second innings. Hope took 5 wickets for 52 runs in the Essex first innings. Tipping took 3 catches in the Essex first innings. Harden was making his debut for Cheshire, aged 57. This was the first Championship match played at the Witham ground. [Missing: Toss; umpires; fall of wickets; extras breakdown; close of play Round’s not out score; in Cheshire second innings boundaries in Coomber’s 79 and Willmer’s 55; in Essex first innings boundaries in Richardson’s 81 and Snell’s 77; in Essex second innings boundaries in Keble Guy’s 56; precise time completed.] Sources: Essex County Chronicle 26 June; The Sportsman 26 June; The World of Cricket 4 July, p 308. 53