Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 34: STAFFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 20, Tuesday 21 July 1914 Result: Match drawn - Staffordshire won on first innings Points: Staffordshire 3, Norfolk 1 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: S Doughty and M Myers Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (W T Newton); Norfolk none First day score: Staffordshire 44-5 wickets (J E Nichols 3*, A Smith 2*) Staffordshire J J Awty b Falconer 7 (1) c Falcon b Gibson 38 + H Dearing b Falcon 6 (7) not out 3 W H Twigg c Thurgar b Falconer 5 (4) c Watson b Gibson 0 Barnes, S F b Falconer 9 Nichols, J E b Falconer 6 (6) b Falconer 1 * B Meakin c Popham b Watson 1 (9) not out 0 A Smith b Falconer 15 (3) b Gibson 3 J Ankers c Stevens b Gibson 8 (5) c Thurgar b Falconer 7 W T Newton c Stevens b Falconer 4 (2) c Thurgar b Gibson 13 Wilson, G A run out 3 Morgan, B F not out 7 (8) c Gibson b Falconer 10 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 4 13 b 1, lb 3, nb 1 5 Total (all out) 84 (7 wickets) 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 19 23 38 41 53 66 72 76 84 Second innings 36 40 48 59 65 65 80 - - - Falcon 12 2 23 1 - 4 (2) 4 0 16 0 - 1 Falconer 23.5 13 35 6 - - (1) 15 3 35 3 - - Watson 7 3 6 1 - - Gibson 6 2 7 1 - - (3) 10 2 24 4 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 48.5 20 84 10 0 4 29 5 80 7 0 1 Norfolk * M Falcon lbw b Barnes 16 R F Popham b Wilson 17 G R R Colman c Wilson b Barnes 15 G A Stevens lbw b Wilson 1 + R W Thurgar b Wilson 0 E J Fulcher b Wilson 0 A R Hudson not out 6 F W Hale c Morgan b Barnes 0 Watson, H b Barnes 0 Falconer, R b Wilson 2 Gibson, E b Wilson 2 Extras b 2, lb 6 8 Total (all out) 67 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 46 50 50 50 62 62 62 65 67 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barnes 23 11 20 4 - - Morgan 8 3 17 0 - - Wilson 14.5 5 22 6 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 45.5 19 67 10 0 0 Notes: Only 75 minutes of play were possible on the first day due to rain and the match was drawn, with Staffordshire winning on the first innings. For the home side Awty top scored with 38 whilst Wilson took 6 wickets for 22 runs. Barnes did the hat- trick, dismissing Colman, Hale, and Watson. For Norfolk Falconer took 6 wickets for 35 runs in the Staffordshire first innings and 9 wickets for 70 runs in the match. Thurgar took 3 catches in the match. The umpires were not present at the start of play, not arriving until 12.20pm. Staffordshire had made 80 for 7 wickets when stumps were drawn early with no possibility of a definite result, to enable the visitors to catch a convenient train home. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 25 July, Staffordshire Sentinel 20,21July; Eastern Daily Press 21,22 July; Eastern Evening News 20,21 July; Norwich Mercury 25 July; World of Cricket 25 July, p 379. 76