Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 54: STAFFORDSHIRE V KENT 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 August 1914 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 136 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Kent 2 nd XI Umpires: T Fenwick and M Myers Debutants: Staffordshire none; Kent 2 nd XI none First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 26 and 20-3 wickets (J C Colquhoun 8*, G J V Weigall 0*); Staffordshire 201 Kent 2 nd XI J C Colquhoun run out 0 (1) lbw b Wilson 14 Dutnall, F c Wilson b Barnes 10 (2) lbw b Wilson 8 A O Snowden c Heath b Barnes 0 (3) b Barnes 1 Jennings, D W c Heath b Barnes 4 (6) b Barnes 0 * G J V Weigall c Awty b Barnes 8 (5) b Wilson 1 Hickmott, W E b Wilson 0 (7) b Wilson 0 C K Douglas b Wilson 0 (4) c Heath b Barnes 0 Freeman, A P b Barnes 0 (9) b Wilson 0 + Povey, A not out 1 (10) c Heath b Barnes 0 Smith, A b Barnes 2 (11) not out 1 Ashdown, W H absent (8) st Dearing b Meakin 1 Extras lb 1 1 b 8, lb 5 13 Total (all out) 26 (all out) 39 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 2 12 22 23 23 23 23 26 - Second innings 15 18 20 23 32 35 36 36 37 39 Barnes 13.1 6 13 6 - - (1) 12 5 12 4 - - Wilson 13 4 12 2 - - (2) 11 3 14 5 - - Meakin (3) 0.2 0 0 1 - - Extras - - 1 1 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 26.1 10 26 9 0 0 23.2 8 39 10 0 0 Staffordshire J J Awty st Povey b Freeman 28 L F Taylor c Dutnall b Freeman 5 Barnes, S F b Smith 58 J Ankers b Freeman 5 W T Newton b Freeman 5 J S Heath b Smith 39 Nichols, J E lbw b Freeman 23 W H Twigg c Douglas b Smith 7 * B Meakin b Freeman 2 + H Dearing not out 15 Wilson, G A c Jennings b Freeman 0 Extras b 11, lb 3 14 Total (all out) 201 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 43 59 69 147 152 172 174 201 201 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Smith 33 5 98 3 - - Freeman 26.3 8 55 7 - - Hickmott 10 1 26 0 - - Dutnall 4 1 8 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - Total 73.3 15 201 10 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won this return match by an innings and 136 runs on the second day. The earlier match at Gravesend in July had been won by Kent 2nd XI. For Staffordshire Barnes scored 58 which contained 1 six and 3 fours and he also took 10 wickets in the match for 25 runs including 6 for 13 in the Kent first innings. Wilson took 5 wickets for 14 runs in the Kent second innings. For the losers Freeman took 7 wickets for 55 runs in the Staffordshire innings. Kent were in a little difficulty owing to the war, Lowe having been called away suddenly to join the colours as a reservist. W H Ashdown had been telegraphed for, but had not arrived, and so Kent played with only 10 to bat in their first innings. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 8 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 5,6 August; Kent Yearbook 1914; The Sportsman 6 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 430. 95