Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 17: STAFFORDSHIRE V DURHAM At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 6, Tuesday 7 July 1914 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 69 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: W Caldow and C Marshall Debutants: Staffordshire none; Durham 1 (H W Buckett) First day score: Staffordshire 193; Durham 39-3 wickets (H L Dales 7*, R H Callender 9*) Staffordshire Nichols, J E c Hendren b Morris 2 J J Awty b Hendren 41 Barnes, S F lbw b Harry 10 J S Heath run out 27 W H Twigg c Hudson b Hendren 16 * B Meakin c Buckett b Hendren 20 J Ankers c Hudson b Harry 7 C H Campbell c Harry b Hudson 36 Wilson, G A c Bradford b Hudson 3 + H Dearing not out 7 E J Johnson lbw b Hendren 2 Extras b 16, lb 6 22 Total (all out) 193 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 25 76 99 99 110 162 173 187 193 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 19 3 41 1 - - Harry 21 3 50 2 - - Hendren 18 2 51 4 - - Buckett 2 0 7 0 - - Hudson 6 1 22 2 - - Extras - - 22 1 - - Total 66 9 193 10 0 0 Durham (Followed on) T A Bradford b Wilson 6 (1) c Ankers b Johnson 24 Hendren, D lbw b Barnes 16 (2) lbw b Johnson 9 A F Maynard c Awty b Barnes 0 (3) b Johnson 0 H L Dales c Awty b Barnes 8 (4) b Johnson 6 R H Callender c Nichols b Barnes 11 (5) b Barnes 0 Harry, F c Awty b Barnes 1 (6) c Heath b Barnes 0 R P M Hudson c Awty b Barnes 2 (7) b Johnson 2 + F W Burgoyne-Johnson b Barnes 2 (8) b Johnson 0 * E B Proud b Wilson 11 (9) b Barnes 2 Morris, A not out 4 (10) b Johnson 0 H W Buckett b Barnes 2 (11) not out 2 Extras b 4, nb 2 6 b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 Total (all out) 69 (all out) 55 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 21 23 42 46 47 50 51 66 69 Second innings 23 23 48 49 49 49 50 53 53 55 Barnes 22.5 10 33 8 - 2 (3) 6.1 2 10 3 - 1 Wilson 22 10 29 2 - - Johnson 2 1 1 0 - - (1) 15 10 7 7 - - Heath (2) 8 1 28 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 46.5 21 69 10 0 2 29.1 13 55 10 0 1 Notes: Staffordshire won this return match by an innings and 69 runs at 3.10 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides in June at Consett had also been won by Staffordshire. For the winners Awty top-scored with 41 in the first innings and took 4 catches in the Durham first innings. Barnes took 11 wickets in the match for 43 runs including 8 for 33 in the Durham first innings. Johnson, in the Durham second innings, bowled 15 overs of which 10 were maidens and took 7 wickets for 7 runs. For Durham the top scorer was Bradford with 24 in the second innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 11 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 6,7 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 7,8 July; World of Cricket 11 July, p 338. 59