misc733335	Northumberland Club v Rockcliff
	Northumberland County Championship 1890
Venue	Northumberland Club Ground, Heaton on 31st May 1890 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Rockcliff won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Rockcliff won by 134 runs
Points	Northumberland Club -1; Rockcliff 1
Umpires	G Freeborn, Graham

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Rockcliff innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TF Latimer	b Nichol	10
WH Farmer	b Wordsworth	0
AAW Mewburn	c and b Wordsworth	69			5	-
B Bramwell	c Cumberlege b Nichol	2
GH Curry	b Coley	30
J Thompson	b Nichol	6
J Brown	c Chater b Coley	1
WB Shaw	b Coley	1
CL Latimer	c Coley b Wordsworth	21
J Bishop	c Jobling b Wordsworth	7
CH Hamilton	not out	4
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 160 minutes)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-15, 3-47, 4-127, 5-127, 6-138, 7-138, 8-?, 9-?, 10-169

Northumberland Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichol	?	?	43	3	-	-
Wordsworth	?	?	74	4	-	-
Dixon	?	?	?	0	-	-
Hoyle	?	?	?	0	-	-
Coley	?	?	13	3	-	-

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Northumberland Club innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Chater	c Bishop b CL Latimer	0
M Fenwick	b CL Latimer	12
DWG Coley	b CL Latimer	3
JP Jobling	b Bishop	0
Wordsworth	b Bishop	5
*CF Cumberlege	b TF Latimer	7
HB Thompson	not out	2
TC Hoyle	c Mewburn b Bishop	0
C Thompson	b Mewburn	4
D Nichol	c Shaw b CL Latimer	0
AA Dixon	timed out	0
Extras		2
Total	(all out)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-7, 4-17, 5-23, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-35

Rockcliff bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CL Latimer	?	?	18	4	-	-
Bishop	?	?	14	3	-	-
TF Latimer	?	?	1	1	-	-
Mewburn	?	?	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Rockcliff innings adds 21 runs under

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This was a contentious match; Durham's AAW Mewburn joined Rockliff in 1890 and there was some animosity that a player representing another county should play in the Northumberland League. In the event, this was his only league match and his presence may have heightened the atmosphere.
At the 2.30 pm scheduled start time, Northumberland Club had neither captain nor umpire; they found a gentleman from Whitehaven in the crowd who agreed to stand and the match started at 3 pm according to the Northumberland Club or 3.10 pm according to Rockliff. This time was important as it determined whether the close of play would be 7.30 pm or 7.40 pm.
The Northumberland Club were left about 90 minutes for their innings and they were soon playing for a draw and there were accusations of of time-wasting against the Northumberland Club captain. Their ninth wicket fell at 7.30 pm and the Northumberland Club did not send their last man in as they held that time was up. Rockliff disagreed and stayed on the field until umpire Graham called 'play' with no new batsman at the crease.
The Northumberland Club claimed a draw but the County Committee awarded a win to Rockliff by 134 runs.

 

 

 

 

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