minc11	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 10th, 11th July 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Durham 0
Umpires	[unknown], T Hutton
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 425/6 (JF Whitwell 61*, Welch 9*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Mallett	b Briscoe	70			11	-
JW Welford	c Copestake b W Brown	153			23	1
J Young	run out	27			2	-
CY Adamson	b Darlow	18			2	-
JF Whitwell	not out	61			6	-
WH Wilson	b Harrison	69			6	-
*WF Whitwell	b Harrison	6			1	-
AW Welch	not out	9			1	-
J Gregory	did not bat
+T Lambert	did not bat
D Nichol	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 125 overs)	425
Fall of wickets:
1-165, 2-252, 3-266, 4-282, 5-397, 6-403

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darlow	24	6	73	1	-	-
Briscoe	34	12	78	1	-	-
Gilbert	12	1	66	0	-	-
J Brown	17	4	64	0	-	-
King	11	3	37	0	-	-
W Brown	9	2	25	1	1	-
Harrison	7	1	27	2	-	-
Mott	4	1	15	0	-	-
Mainwaring	7	0	28	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	st Lambert b Welch	15			1	-
W Brown	b WF Whitwell	0			-	-
J King	b Gregory	12			-	-
WE Harrison	b Nichol	73			6	-
JH Copestake	c Adamson b Nichol	5			-	-
J Brown	c Mallett b WF Whitwell	24			4	-
CAW Gilbert	c Adamson b WF Whitwell	29			4	-
PE Mainwaring	c Adamson b Gregory	35			5	-
H Briscoe	c Nichol b Gregory	6			-	-
+CE Booth	not out	5			-	-
JF Darlow	st Lambert b Nichol	0			-	-
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-22, 3-39, 4-44, 5-94, 6-146, 7-191, 8-206, 9-212, 10-212 (97.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Whitwell	27	12	59	3	1	2
Welch	15	4	45	1	-	-
Gregory	28	12	43	3	-	-
Nichol	19.1	8	37	3	-	-
Wilson	4	2	8	0	-	-
Mallett	2	0	4	0	-	-
JF Whitwell	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	c Lambert b Nichol	14			1	-
CAW Gilbert	b Gregory	18			2	-
J King	not out	48			3	-
W Brown	not out	90			14	-
WE Harrison	did not bat
JH Copestake	did not bat
J Brown	did not bat
PE Mainwaring	did not bat
H Briscoe	did not bat
+CE Booth	did not bat
JF Darlow	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 70 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-39

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Whitwell	11	6	16	0	-	-
Nichol	13	4	37	1	-	-
Gregory	14	7	21	1	-	-
Welch	11	2	29	0	-	-
Adamson	2	0	13	0	-	-
Wilson	5	1	12	0	-	-
JF Whitwell	5	1	18	0	-	-
Mallett	3	1	7	0	-	-
Young	6	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CE Booth made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Mallett (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Welford (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Welford (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Whitwell (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CAW Gilbert (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Gregory achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 2-21)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Drawn return match, with Staffordshire saving the game after having followed on 213 runs behind.
The game between the two sides in June at Sunderland had also been drawn.
Durham's 425-6 declared was the highest team score of the season.
Welford's 153 was the highest individual innings of the year and included 1 six, 23 fours, 5 threes and 12 twos.
There were 11 fours in Mallett's 70, and 6 fours in both Wilson's 69 and J F Whitwell's 61 not out.
In the Durham innings, Mallett and Welford put on 165 for the first wicket and J F Whitwell and Wilson 115 for the fifth.
For Staffordshire, W Brown's 90 not out contained 14 fours and Harrison's 73 6 fours.
In the Staffordshire second innings, King and W Brown added an undefeated 134 for the third wicket.
The match aggregate of 810 runs was the highest of the season.
In all, 18 players bowled in this game, nine from each side.
[Missing: One umpire; in Durham inns duration of Welford's innings of 153.]
Sources: Durham Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 13 July; Staffordshire Post 10,11 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 10,11 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 11,12 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 July; Sporting Chronicle 11,12 July; The Sportsman 11,12 July.

 

 

 

 

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