Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 13: STAFFORDSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 29, Tuesday 30 June 1914 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 103 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: S Doughty and W Caldow Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (F B Clark); Northumberland 3 (J L Graham, F R Stobbart, H Wrathall) First day score: Staffordshire 263; Northumberland 69 Staffordshire J J Awty st Craig b Hickton 58 Nichols, J E c Wingham b Towler 17 J S Heath b Hickton 32 W H Twigg c Skinner b Milne 11 J Ankers st Craig b Hickton 13 * B Meakin c Graham b Skinner 70 F B Clark c Craig b Skinner 7 + J B Russell c Stobbart b Milne 4 Wilson, G A b Skinner 10 Deyes, G c Stobbart b Skinner 2 E J Johnson not out 9 Extras b 27, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 30 Total (all out) 263 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 64 123 130 140 162 212 219 233 241 263 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Skinner 25.1 3 85 4 - 1 Milne 33 3 77 2 - - Graham 2 1 3 0 1 - Towler 3 0 17 1 - - Hickton 15 2 41 3 - - Wingham 2 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - Total 80.1 9 263 10 1 1 Northumberland (Followed on) F R Stobbart c Wilson b Heath 3 (1) c Nichols b Johnson 2 Wrathall, H lbw b Johnson 21 (2) b Deyes 11 Wingham, G C c Russell b Wilson 14 (5) c Russell b Awty 5 J L Graham b Wilson 9 (4) st Russell b Awty 10 Milne, G T b Wilson 6 (3) c Awty b Wilson 32 T Ullathorne b Heath 5 (7) b Wilson 0 + J K Craig c and b Heath 6 (8) b Wilson 3 T P Smith lbw b Wilson 0 (9) run out 0 J L Towler b Wilson 0 (10) run out 11 * C M Skinner b Wilson 0 (6) c Russell b Wilson 0 Hickton, W H not out 3 (11) not out 7 Extras b 2 2 b 9, lb 1 10 Total (all out) 69 (all out) 91 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 38 42 49 60 60 61 61 61 69 Second innings 5 23 47 58 61 61 61 61 68 91 Wilson 13 1 23 6 - - (3) 9 3 17 4 - - Heath 7.3 1 25 3 - - Johnson 5 0 19 1 - - (2) 9.4 3 20 1 - - Deyes (1) 10 2 27 1 - - Awty (4) 7 2 17 2 - - Nichols (5) 2 2 0 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 10 2 - - Total 25.3 2 69 10 0 0 37.4 12 91 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this return match by an innings and 103 runs at 1.05 pm on the second day. They had also won the encounter between the two sides at Jesmond the previous week. In the Staffordshire first innings Meakin scored 70 in 110 minutes with 4 fours and 9 threes and opener Awty made 58 with 8 fours. Wilson, who bowled unchanged, took 6 wickets for 23 runs, at one period dismissing three batsmen in four deliveries, thus just missing out on a hat-trick for a Staffordshire bowler for the third consecutive match. He followed up in the second innings with 4 for 17 to finish with match figures of 10 for 40. For Northumberland Skinner took 4 for 85 in the Staffordshire innings. Milne top-scored with 32 in the Northumberland second innings while their captain Skinner was dismissed for a ‘King’ pair. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 4 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 29,30 June,4 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 30 June,1 July; World of Cricket 4 July, p 316. 55