Minor Counties Championship 1895

22 MATCH NUMBER 9 : CHESHIRE V DURHAM At The Birkenhead Park Cricket Club Ground, Park Drive, Birkenhead on Monday 8, Tuesday 9 July 1895 Result: Durham won by five wickets Points: Durham 1 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cheshire 3 (A Hollowood, R F Ould, E C Ryland); Durham 2 (T Hutton, A WWelch) First day score: Cheshire 137 and 56-7 wickets (A Hollowood 14*); Durham 134 Cheshire R F Ould c Wilson b W F Whitwell 17 (2) c Young b W F Whitwell 0 * J Ravenscroft st Lambert b W F Whitwell 37 (1) c Adamson b W F Whitwell 3 Pointon, T b W F Whitwell 3 (3) b Nichol 5 Davenport, G c Wilson b W F Whitwell 22 (4) b Nichol 5 Hollowood, A lbw b Welch 1 (5) c Welford b Gregory 24 Brown, S b W F Whitwell 25 (6) c Welch b Nichol 4 H J Fish b Welch 4 (7) c Nichol b W F Whitwell 0 Smith, E c Lambert b Welch 0 (9) st Lambert b W F Whitwell 74 H R Bromley-Davenport not out 22 (8) b Nichol 20 + Disney, J J b W F Whitwell 6 (10) st Lambert b Nichol 0 E C Ryland c Wilson b W F Whitwell 0 (11) not out 1 Extras 0 b 4, lb 4, nb 1 9 Total 137 145 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 49 54 69 71 100 107 107 109 125 137 Second innings 0 9 9 18 22 23 56 100 112 145 W F Whitwell 25.1 4 74 7 - - (1) 22.2 8 73 4 - 1 Gregory 7 1 17 0 - - (3) 6 1 26 1 - - Welch 14 5 43 3 - - (4) 1 0 4 0 - - Nichol 4 2 3 0 - - (2) 27 15 33 5 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 50.1 12 137 10 0 0 56.2 24 145 10 0 1 Durham T Hutton b Smith 0 (6) not out 21 J Young b Smith 4 (1) c Fish b Ryland 26 Welford, J W c Smith b Bromley-Davenport 32 (2) c Hollowood b Bromley-Davenport 27 C Y Adamson st Disney b Brown 4 (3) c Disney b Smith 24 J F Whitwell run out 23 (4) c Smith b Brown 34 W H Wilson lbw b Bromley-Davenport 12 (5) b Brown 5 * W F Whitwell b Ryland 23 (7) not out 0 A WWelch c Brown b Ryland 10 + Lambert, T not out 6 Gregory, J c Davenport b Brown 6 Nichol, D b Brown 4 Extras b 4, lb 6 10 b 7, lb 2, w 3 12 Total 134 (5 wickets) 149 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 17 24 49 67 95 110 121 130 134 Second innings 43 71 97 106 147 - - - - - Smith 12 4 26 2 - - (1) 22 9 32 1 - - Brown 9.1 0 40 3 - - (2) 19.1 8 39 2 - - Bromley-Davenport 11 3 32 2 - - (3) 17 2 43 1 3 - Ryland 9 1 26 2 - - (4) 9 3 23 1 - - Extras - - 10 1 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 41.1 8 134 10 0 0 67.1 22 149 5 3 0 Notes: Durham won this return match at 4.10 pm on the second day after being set a victory target of 149 runs in over four hours. The encounter between the two teams at Darlington in June had been drawn. For the winners, W F Whitwell took 11 wickets in the match for 147 runs, including 7 for 74 in the Cheshire first innings. Smith’s 74 for Cheshire included 14 fours. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Cheshire County News 12 July; Liverpool Daily Post 9,10 July; Wallasey Chronicle 13 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 10 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 9,10 July; Sporting Chronicle 9,10 July; The Sportsman 10 July.