minc946	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (North Division)
Venue	Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on 3rd, 4th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 111 runs
Points	Durham 5; Northumberland 0
Umpires	T Cornwall, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 231/8 (Gilman 69*, Elsey 4*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CY Adamson	c Ullathorne b Patton	55			8	-
JF Best	b Milne	10			1	-
H Brooks	b Skinner	12			2	-
EB Proud	c Gillespie b Milne	64			10	-
G Turnbull	b Patton	0			-	-
J Bewick	c Richardson b Gilman	41			6	-
*T Coulson	b Skinner	5			1	-
AR Robinson	b Milne	1			-	-
A Morris	b Patton	41			6	-
J Thackeray	c Milne b Gilman	4			-	-
+R Newby	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-62, 3-105, 4-115, 5-163, 6-170, 7-171, 8-244, 9-246, 10-248 (65.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	21	2	70	2	-	-
Milne	18	4	67	3	-	-
Elsey	12	1	53	0	-	-
Patton	12	2	35	3	-	-
Gilman	2.5	0	8	2	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Gillespie	b Morris	3			-	-
JT Carr	b Thackeray	16			2	-
JS Nesbit	c Bewick b Adamson	54			4	-
JH Marshall	b Adamson	31			3	-
O Richardson	c Proud b Turnbull	0			-	-
J Gilman	b Turnbull	113			14	1
T Patton	st Newby b Morris	35			6	-
GT Milne	c Newby b Morris	1			-	-
CM Skinner	b Bewick	2			-	-
G Elsey	c Newby b Turnbull	22			1	-
+T Ullathorne	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-36, 3-97, 4-98, 5-132, 6-205, 7-211, 8-220, 9-293, 10-296 (88.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morris	29	2	97	3	-	-
Thackeray	15	4	38	1	-	-
Bewick	13	2	48	1	-	-
Turnbull	11.4	3	31	3	-	-
Adamson	20	4	63	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Best	retired hurt	1			-	-
CY Adamson	c Milne b Skinner	59			9	-
H Brooks	b Gilman	17			2	-
EB Proud	c and b Gilman	28			5	-
G Turnbull	b Marshall	52			5	-
J Bewick	b Patton	3			-	-
*T Coulson	c Carr b Patton	11			2	-
AR Robinson	c Marshall b Elsey	27			2	-
A Morris	b Skinner	20			3	-
J Thackeray	b Skinner	5			-	-
+R Newby	not out	1			-	-
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 64.5 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-91, 3-122, 4-129, 5-149, 6-203, 7-220, 8-235, 9-236 (64.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	14.5	1	53	3	-	-
Milne	12	3	38	0	-	-
Gilman	10	1	52	2	-	-
Patton	14	1	44	2	-	-
Marshall	5	0	12	1	-	-
Elsey	9	0	25	1	-	2

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Gillespie	b Thackeray	6			1	-
JT Carr	c Newby b Morris	1			-	-
JS Nesbit	c Turnbull b Thackeray	4			-	-
J Gilman	c Thackeray b Morris	8			2	-
O Richardson	run out	10			1	-
JH Marshall	c Thackeray b Morris	5			1	-
T Patton	not out	14			1	-
GT Milne	c Turnbull b Morris	9			1	-
CM Skinner	b Morris	6			-	-
G Elsey	b Bewick	4			1	-
+T Ullathorne	lbw b Bewick	1			-	-
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 31.5 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-19, 4-36, 5-36, 6-44, 7-60, 8-72, 9-73, 10-77 (31.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morris	16	5	36	5	-	-
Thackeray	10	1	23	2	-	-
Adamson	4	2	4	0	-	-
Bewick	1.5	0	5	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AR Robinson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Best made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Robinson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Patton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Gilman (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Patton (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Turnbull (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 32
--> T Patton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 0-34)
--> GT Milne reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Durham first innings
--> A Morris reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northumberland second innings
--> JF Best retired hurt in the Durham second innings having scored 1 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Durham won this return match by 111 runs at 5.55 pm on the second day, after Northumberland had required 189 runs to win in 2 hours. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been drawn. For the winners, there were 8 fours and 9 fours respectively in Adamson's two innings of 55 and 59. Proud's 64 contained 10 fours, and Turnbull's 52 5 fours . In the Durham first innings, Bewick and Morris added 73 runs for the eighth wicket. For the losers, Gilman's 113, an innings of 2½ hours, included 1 six, 13 fours, 6 threes and 7 twos. There were 4 fours in Nesbit's 54. In the Northumberland first innings, Gilman and Elsey put on 73 runs for the ninth wicket. In the Durham second innings Best retired hurt. Five thousand spectators were reported to be present on the first day.
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Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 4.5 August; Yorkshire Post 4,5 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August; Cricket 13 August, p 342.

 

 

 

 

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