minc556	Yorkshire Second XI v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	Thrum Hall, Halifax on 14th, 15th July 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire Second XI 0; Northumberland 1
Umpires	W Copeland, J Gregory
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire Second XI (1) 46/1 (Grimshaw 23*, Smith 21*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FGH Clayton	c Rudston b Oyston	7
J Hansell	c Higgins b Hartington	21
O Richardson	c Crosland b Hartington	12
JH Marshall	b Elms	107
FW Gillespie	b Frank	168
SP Bell	c Oyston b Frank	29
M Chambers	c Higgins b Frank	37
CM Skinner	c Hutchinson b Frank	26
RH Gillespie	st Higgins b Frank	14
+L Greenwood	not out	5
E Nicholls	lbw b Frank	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	439
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-41, 3-44, 4-271, 5-335, 6-366, 7-414, 8-434, 9-439, 10-439 (104.5 ov)

Yorkshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oyston	30	2	137	1	-	-
Hartington	31	5	98	2	-	1
Elms	17	4	64	1	-	-
Crosland	7	1	48	0	-	-
Grimshaw	4	0	23	0	-	-
Frank	15.5	2	56	6	-	-

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Yorkshire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Grimshaw	c Marshall b RH Gillespie	33
H Rudston	c Marshall b Skinner	0
F Smith	c Marshall b Skinner	23
F Hutchinson	c and b Skinner	25
+J Higgins	c Greenwood b RH Gillespie	0
E Hey	c Bell b Clayton	21
*RW Frank	c Richardson b Chambers	21
JE Elms	c Marshall b Skinner	1
FG Crosland	c Bell b Chambers	21
C Oyston	c Hansell b Chambers	11
HE Hartington	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-53, 3-68, 4-72, 5-100, 6-126, 7-126, 8-127, 9-151, 10-159 (45.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	17	3	65	4	1	-
RH Gillespie	12	3	36	2	-	-
Clayton	6	2	24	1	-	-
Nicholls	4	0	9	0	-	-
Marshall	2	0	6	0	-	-
Chambers	4.1	0	16	3	-	-

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Yorkshire Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Grimshaw	c Hansell b Marshall	57
H Rudston	b Skinner	17
F Smith	b RH Gillespie	25
*RW Frank	not out	147
F Hutchinson	not out	35
+J Higgins	did not bat
E Hey	did not bat
JE Elms	did not bat
FG Crosland	did not bat
C Oyston	did not bat
HE Hartington	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	21
Total	(3 wickets, 74 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-82, 3-150

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	22	5	76	1	-	-
RH Gillespie	19	2	95	1	2	-
Clayton	11	2	37	0	-	-
Chambers	8	0	31	0	-	-
Nicholls	7	0	25	0	1	-
Marshall	7	0	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> E Hey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Marshall (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Gillespie (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Gillespie (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Hutchinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Frank (2) passed his previous highest score of 107 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CM Skinner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Yorkshire Second XI first innings (previous best was 4-81)
--> M Chambers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Yorkshire Second XI first innings (previous best was 3-22)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match, with high and fast scoring, ended as a draw after Northumberland had enforced the follow-on with the home team 280 runs behind.
In the Northumberland innings of 439, scored at a rate of 92 runs per hour, Marshall and F W Gillespie put on 227 runs for the fourth wicket in 125 minutes.
F W Gillespie's 168 contained 30 fours, 1 three and 6 twos, scored in 155 minutes, and Marshall's 107 included 18 fours, 1 three and 4 twos, an innings of 130 minutes.
For Yorkshire 2nd XI, Frank's 147 not out included 25 fours, 3 threes and 9 twos, scored in just 80 minutes, and Grimshaw's 57 contained 6 fours..
In the Yorkshire second innings, Frank and Hutchinson had an unbroken partnership of 152 for the fourth wicket scored in 80 minutes.
The 137 runs conceded by Oyston in the Northumberland innings were the joint second highest during the season.
[The Yorkshire Scorebook and the Yorkshire Year Book have in the Yorkshire second innings Clayton bowling 10 overs and conceding 31 runs and Nicholls bowling 9 overs and also conceding 31 runs.
All other sources listed, including the Yorkshire newspapers, give the details set out in the scorecard above, which have been preferred as supported by the Northumberland averages in Wisden, which are partial, and in the Northumberland Daily Journal which are complete.]
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1905, p 113; Sheffield Daily Telegraph 15,16 July; Yorkshire Post 15,16 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 15,16 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 15,16 July; The Sportsman 15,16 July.

 

 

 

 

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