The MInor Counties Championship 1900

33 MATCH NUMBER 14 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At Fennerís University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Friday 29, Saturday 30 June 1900 Result: Northumberland won by an innings and 112 runs Points: Northumberland 1, Cambridgeshire -1 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: C E Bartram and J Fordham Debutants: Cambridgeshire 3 (J Bacon, H L Gardner, S B Prest); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 343; Cambridgeshire 82-1 wicket (J Bacon 47*, G H Watts 21*) Northumberland R G E Mortimer b Bacon 35 Chambers, M b Bryan 3 J Hansell lbw b T S W Thomas 133 S P Bell b Watts 29 * F G H Clayton c Prest b T S W Thomas 45 V Thompson c Prest b Bryan 34 Elsey, G b Bryan 10 F W Gillespie run out 0 Marshall, J c Watts b Bryan 5 Tomlin, E b Hayward 17 + Greenwood, L W not out 10 Extras b 14, lb 7, w 1 22 Total 343 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 85 179 252 281 343 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bryan 26 5 93 4 - - Hayward 23 5 62 1 - - Bellamy 11 1 45 0 - - Bacon 15 4 50 1 - - Watts 9 0 36 1 - - Gardner 3 0 13 0 - - T S W Thomas 6 0 22 2 1 - Extras - - 22 1 - - Total 93 15 343 10 1 0 Cambridgeshire (Followed on) * F K Robinson b Elsey 9 (1) c Gillespie b Elsey 2 Bacon, J b Tomlin 52 (3) c Tomlin b Elsey 15 + Watts, G H b Tomlin 27 (4) b Elsey 8 T S W Thomas lbw b Elsey 0 (5) b Tomlin 3 S B Prest b Elsey 0 (6) b Elsey 7 Bellamy, M c Chambers b Elsey 4 (9) b Elsey 3 Hayward, D M run out 23 (7) not out 16 H L Gardner c Hansell b Tomlin 0 (8) b Tomlin 1 W R Thomas st Greenwood b Marshall 18 (2) b Elsey 2 R S Hicks c Hansell b Elsey 0 (11) b Tomlin 4 Bryan, W not out 14 (10) c Elsey b Tomlin 4 Extras b 7, w 1, nb 3 11 b 4, w 1, nb 3 8 Total 158 73 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 109 138 138 158 Second innings 9 29 53 73 Elsey 31 12 57 5 - 3 (2) 18 8 35 6 - 3 Tomlin 24 8 46 3 1 - (1) 19 7 30 4 1 - Marshall 9.3 2 36 1 - - Clayton 5 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 69.3 22 158 10 1 3 37 15 73 10 1 3 Notes: Northumberland won by an innings and 112 runs on the second day after Cambridgeshire followed on 185 runs behind. The margin of victory was the largest of the season. Press reports indicate that heavy overnight rain made the wicket difficult for the batsmen on the second day. For the winners, Hansell scored 133 in 2 hours and 40 minutes, an innings which included 11 fours, 2 threes and 13 twos. Elsey took 11 wickets in the match for 92 runs. For the losers, Baconís 52 contained 5 fours. Prest kept wicket for Cambridgeshire when Watts bowled. In the Northumberland innings when he had scored 8 runs, Mortimer reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; time completed.] Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 6 July; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 6 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 30 June, 2 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 30 June, 2 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 30 June, 2 July; The Sportsman 29,30 June, 2 July.