Minor Counties Championship 1895

53 MATCH NUMBER 40 : WORCESTERSHIRE V DURHAM At The Kidderminster Cricket Club Ground, Chester Road North, Kidderminster on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 August 1895 Result: Worcestershire won by 43 runs Points: Worcestershire 1, Durham -1 Toss: Worcestershire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Worcestershire 1 (E G M Carmichael); Durham 1 (W Anderson) First day score: Worcestershire 138 and 27-1 wicket (T Straw 6*, A Bird 13*); Durham 97 Worcestershire Arnold, E G b Anderson 0 (6) b Gregory 0 Bowley, F L b Anderson 10 (4) b Anderson 14 G E Bromley-Martin c Nichol b Anderson 0 (5) lbw b Anderson 1 Millward, A b Anderson 8 (8) b Nichol 14 W H W Wilkes c Young b Nichol 26 (7) c Anderson b Gregory 37 * E G Bromley-Martin c Adamson b Anderson 10 (10) run out 19 E G M Carmichael b Anderson 1 (1) b Gregory 3 T M Pike c Adamson b Anderson 22 (9) c Gregory b Nichol 0 Bird, A b Gregory 29 (3) b Gregory 16 + Straw, T not out 5 (2) b Gregory 7 Raynor, S b Gregory 9 (11) not out 2 Extras b 14, lb 4 18 b 3, lb 4 7 Total 138 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 19 26 46 47 65 108 122 138 Second innings 6 30 33 40 47 47 86 86 104 120 Anderson 31 9 58 7 - - (1) 17 5 40 2 - - Gregory 24 8 44 2 - - (2) 23 7 48 5 - - Nichol 7 2 18 1 - - (3) 12.3 3 25 2 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 62 19 138 10 0 0 52.3 15 120 10 0 0 Durham J Young c Millward b Arnold 0 (1) b Raynor 5 C Y Adamson c and b Arnold 8 (2) b Raynor 6 Dr A V Macgregor b Arnold 0 (3) b Raynor 5 * J F Whitwell b Raynor 21 (4) lbw b Raynor 6 W H Wilson b Arnold 2 (5) b Arnold 8 Martin, J lbw b Raynor 11 (6) b Arnold 0 A WWelch c Arnold b Bird 19 (7) b Raynor 13 + Lambert, T b Raynor 2 (8) not out 23 Gregory, J b Millward 34 (9) c Bowley b Millward 26 Nichol, D c E G Bromley-Martin b Millward 0 (10) b Raynor 11 Anderson, W not out 0 (11) b Raynor 0 Extras 0 b 14, nb 1 15 Total 97 118 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 25 27 35 44 46 93 97 97 Second innings 9 15 16 31 33 42 65 97 118 118 Arnold 17 6 31 4 - - (1) 22 10 32 2 - 1 Raynor 14 4 41 3 - - (2) 24.3 9 48 7 - - Bird 4 0 25 1 - - (3) 6 2 9 0 - - Millward 1.1 1 0 2 - - (4) 3 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 36.1 11 97 10 0 0 55.3 21 118 10 0 1 Notes: Worcestershire won this return match by 43 runs. There was some confusion about which side had won the Championship, with Durham, Norfolk and Worcestershire all ending with three points. Worcestershire believed they had won outright as they had won one more match than the other two teams. On the other hand, Durham and Norfolk believed they shared the title, as they would have done if the scoring system for the First-Class Counties Championship had been applied to the competition. Eventually, it was decided that all three sides should share the title. The Worcestershire victory reversed the defeat at Norton in July. Both teams in this match were without their regular Captains. Durham required 162 runs in their second innings to win, but fell 44 runs short. For the winners, Raynor took 10 wickets in the match for 89 runs, including 7 for 48 in the Durham second innings. In ending the Durham second innings, Raynor dismissed the last two batsmen with consecutive balls. [Missing: Umpires; in Durham second innings time to bat; time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Berrow’s Worcester Journal 31 August; Worcester Daily Times 28,29 August; Worcester Herald 31 August; Worcestershire Echo 29,30 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 29,30 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 29,30 August; Sporting Chronicle 29,30 August; Sporting Life 30 August; The Sportsman 30 August.