minc44	Worcestershire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	Chester Road North, Kidderminster on 11th, 12th June 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 119 runs
Points	Worcestershire 1; Northumberland -1
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (2) 159/5 (Millward 10*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WHW Wilkes	b Simpson	1
FL Bowley	b Walters	0
EG Arnold	lbw b Elsey	31
*HK Foster	b Walters	9
A Millward	st Murphy b Cochrane	35
A Bird	c Simpson b Marshall	0
JB Fereday	b Cochrane	10
RG Munn	b Cochrane	0
JO Hingley	b Cochrane	0
RD Burrows	c Milne b Cochrane	23
+T Straw	not out	1
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-111 (56.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walters	16	5	28	2	-	-
Simpson	15	3	37	1	-	-
Elsey	5	1	17	1	-	-
Marshall	11	4	16	1	-	-
Cochrane	9.2	3	12	5	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGE Mortimer	b Bird	2
F Butler	b Bird	2
*EWR Walters	b Bird	7
J Hansell	b Bird	9
G Simpson	c Wilkes b Burrows	7
AHJ Cochrane	b Bird	16
W Milne	c Straw b Bird	0
CE Bartram	not out	13
JH Marshall	b Bird	0
G Elsey	b Arnold	2
+J Murphy	c Munn b Burrows	5
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-64 (37.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	19	7	34	7	-	-
Burrows	14.4	6	21	2	-	-
Arnold	4	0	8	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WHW Wilkes	b Cochrane	14
FL Bowley	c Murphy b Walters	54
EG Arnold	b Cochrane	0
*HK Foster	c Murphy b Simpson	77
A Millward	c Milne b Simpson	13
A Bird	c and b Hansell	0
JB Fereday	b Simpson	7
RG Munn	c Mortimer b Marshall	17
RD Burrows	c Hansell b Marshall	13
JO Hingley	not out	19
+T Straw	b Simpson	7
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-31, 4-125, 5-159, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-229 (75 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walters	12	1	43	1	-	-
Cochrane	23	4	67	2	-	-
Marshall	11	2	36	2	-	-
Elsey	4	0	28	0	-	-
Simpson	22	7	42	4	-	-
Hansell	3	0	5	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Simpson	b Arnold	61
F Butler	b Arnold	14
RGE Mortimer	b Bird	18
J Hansell	run out	25
CE Bartram	run out	2
*EWR Walters	c and b Arnold	0
AHJ Cochrane	b Bird	3
W Milne	c Foster b Bird	5
JH Marshall	not out	20
G Elsey	lbw b Millward	0
+J Murphy	b Bird	6
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-94, 3-98, 4-107, 5-111, 6-120, 7-129, 8-141, 9-142, 10-157 (59 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	24	6	58	4	-	-
Arnold	17	5	49	3	-	-
Millward	10	3	23	1	-	-
Burrows	4	0	10	0	-	-
Hingley	2	0	7	0	-	-
Foster	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Munn made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JO Hingley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Munn made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HK Foster (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Simpson (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Marshall (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AHJ Cochrane achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-20)
--> AHJ Cochrane achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> A Bird achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 5-22)
--> EG Arnold reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northumberland second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This first meeting between the two teams in the Championship resulted in a victory for Worcestershire by 119 runs at 4.10 pm on the second day. For the winners Bird took 11 wickets in the match for 92 runs, including 7 for 34 in the Northumberland first innings. There were 8 fours in Foster's 77 and 2 sixes and 4 fours in Bowley's 54. Simpson's 61 for Northumberland contained 2 sixes and 6 fours.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets.]
Sources: Berrow's Worcester Journal 20 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 12,13 June; The Sportsman 12,13 June.

 

 

 

 

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