Minor Counties Championship 1895

37 MATCH NUMBER 24 : LINCOLNSHIRE V DURHAM At The Grantham Cricket Club Ground, London Road, Grantham on Thursday 8, Friday 9 August 1895 Result: Durham won by an innings and 6 runs Points: Durham 1 Toss: Lincolnshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire 7 (C H G Bland, Rev J P Cheales, Rev W H Counsell, E J W Disbrowe, N W Melbourne, A D H H R Pack, J C Sale); Durham 3 (Dr A V Macgregor, J Martin, S Robertshaw) First day score: Lincolnshire 79 and 26-1 wicket (Rev J P Cheales 10*, A Pulling 2*) Lincolnshire A D H H R Pack st Robertshaw b Gregory 3 (5) c Martin b Nichol 0 J C Sale c Young b Gregory 18 (2) st Robertshaw b Welch 10 N W Melbourne b Gregory 3 (4) b Nichol 9 E J W Disbrowe st Robertshaw b Gregory 0 (6) b Nichol 0 Pulling, A c Nichol b Gregory 11 (3) b Nichol 2 * Rev J P Cheales not out 19 (1) b Macgregor 39 H Dods c Robertshaw b Gregory 2 (7) b Nichol 0 Rev W H Counsell b Gregory 0 (8) b Gregory 1 Broadbent, WW b Gregory 7 (9) not out 27 + Brown, T b Nichol 5 (10) b Macgregor 0 Bland, C H G c Welford b Gregory 3 (11) b Welch 1 Extras b 3, lb 4, nb 1 8 b 10, lb 1, nb 2 13 Total 79 102 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 15 15 36 47 57 57 67 76 79 Second innings 19 26 42 42 43 43 45 99 99 102 Gregory 27.2 9 41 9 - - (1) 22 11 31 1 - - Nichol 17 9 19 1 - 1 (2) 22 7 30 5 - 2 Martin 10 3 11 0 - - Welch (3) 6 1 20 2 - - Macgregor (4) 2 1 8 2 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 54.2 21 79 10 0 1 52 20 102 10 0 2 Durham Welford, J W lbw b Bland 5 J Young b Bland 4 C Y Adamson b Broadbent 10 Dr A V Macgregor not out 65 W H Wilson b Pulling 25 * R H Mallett b Pulling 7 Martin, J b Pulling 0 A WWelch b Pulling 2 Gregory, J b Melbourne 29 Nichol, D b Bland 1 + S Robertshaw b Bland 2 Extras b 28, lb 8, nb 1 37 Total 187 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 19 19 76 95 99 109 176 177 187 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Broadbent 16 3 48 1 - - Bland 22.4 8 40 4 - - Pulling 19 8 30 4 - 1 Melbourne 11 2 32 1 - - Extras - - 37 0 - - Total 68.4 21 187 10 0 1 Notes: Durham won this return match by an innings and 6 runs at 12.30 pm on the second day. The victory kept alive Durham’s chances of winning the Championship. Durham had also won when the two teams met at Philadelphia in June. For the winners, Gregory took 10 wickets for 72 runs in the game, including 9 for 41 in the Lincolnshire first innings which was statistically the second best innings bowling feat of the season. Macgregor’s 65 not out included 4 fours. In the Durham innings, Macgregor and Gregory added 67 runs for the eighth wicket. In the Lincolnshire second innings, Cheales and Broadbent added 54 runs for the eighth wicket. Martin kept wicket for Durham on the second day as Robertshaw had an injured hand. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Grantham Journal 10 August; Grantham Times 10,17 August; Lincoln Mercury 16 August; Lincolnshire Free Press 13 August; Louth Times 10 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 9,10 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 10 August; North Star 8,10 August; Sporting Chronicle 9,10 August; The Sportsman 9,10 August.