minc78	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 7th, 8th June 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 6 wickets
Points	Northumberland -1; Durham 1
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 94/6 (Thompson 13*, Mortimer 8*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RH Mallett	c Hansell b Brutton	29			4	-
CY Adamson	c Murphy b Brutton	17			3	-
F Simpson	c Simpson b Brutton	0			-	-
JF Whitwell	b Elsey	4			1	-
EW Elliot	b Brutton	8			-	-
G Middlemiss	run out	2			-	-
J Lee	c Thompson b Brutton	25			3	1
WF Whitwell	not out	50			7	1
J Gregory	c Hansell b Brutton	27			4	1
+T Lambert	c Murphy b Brutton	4			1	-
J Taylor	c Simpson b Brutton	0			-	-
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-50, 3-51, 4-55, 5-57, 6-92, 7-97, 8-139, 9-158, 10-174 (56.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	21	6	68	1	1	-
Simpson	14	4	43	0	-	-
Walters	1	0	4	0	-	-
Brutton	20.2	8	51	8	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Simpson	c Elliot b Gregory	9			1	-
FGH Clayton	b WF Whitwell	17			2	-
*EWR Walters	c JF Whitwell b WF Whitwell	13			2	-
J Hansell	c JF Whitwell b Gregory	22			2	-
RB Hoare	b Gregory	1			-	-
S Brutton	c Simpson b WF Whitwell	3			-	-
V Thompson	b Gregory	4			-	-
RGE Mortimer	b Gregory	3			-	-
AHJ Cochrane	b WF Whitwell	0			-	-
G Elsey	not out	4			-	-
+J Murphy	c and b WF Whitwell	7			1	-
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-29, 3-52, 4-59, 5-68, 6-71, 7-80, 8-81, 9-81, 10-92 (40.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Whitwell	20.2	4	44	5	-	-
Gregory	20	6	39	5	-	-

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Northumberland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FGH Clayton	b WF Whitwell	12			2	-
*EWR Walters	c Lambert b WF Whitwell	9			1	-
S Brutton	c Gregory b WF Whitwell	7			1	-
J Hansell	b WF Whitwell	9			-	-
G Simpson	lbw b WF Whitwell	25			5	-
V Thompson	b WF Whitwell	16			1	-
RB Hoare	c Elliot b Middlemiss	9			1	-
RGE Mortimer	b Middlemiss	24			2	-
AHJ Cochrane	b WF Whitwell	10			2	-
G Elsey	b Gregory	42			6	-
+J Murphy	not out	3			-	-
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-25, 3-32, 4-55, 5-68, 6-79, 7-97, 8-107, 9-160, 10-168 (70.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	30.3	14	38	1	-	-
WF Whitwell	31	6	95	7	-	-
Middlemiss	5	0	20	2	-	-
Taylor	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CY Adamson	run out	18			2	-
JF Whitwell	c Hoare b Elsey	13			2	-
WF Whitwell	not out	5			-	-
EW Elliot	b Walters	21			4	-
F Simpson	c Walters b Simpson	9			-	-
*RH Mallett	not out	19			3	-
G Middlemiss	did not bat
J Lee	did not bat
J Gregory	did not bat
+T Lambert	did not bat
J Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 38.2 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-32, 3-61, 4-67

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	15	6	26	1	-	-
Brutton	11	4	25	0	-	1
Simpson	9.2	5	18	1	-	-
Walters	3	0	16	1	-	1

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Notes
--> EW Elliot made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AHJ Cochrane made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Taylor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Elsey (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brutton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 5-46)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
This was the first county match played on the new County Ground in Jesmond
This was the inaugural Championship match at the new Northumberland County Ground. The visitors won shortly before 3.30 pm on the second day by 6 wickets, after Northumberland failed by 3 runs to save the follow-on. For the winners, W F Whitwell took 12 wickets in the match for 139 runs, and there were 7 fours in his innings of 50 not out. For the home team, Brutton took 8 for 51 in the Durham first innings, and Mortimer and Elsey put on 53 runs for the ninth wicket in the Northumberland second innings.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 8,9 June; Sporting Chronicle 11 June.

 

 

 

 

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