The MInor Counties Championship 1900

38 MATCH NUMBER 19 : NORTHUMBERLAND V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 July 1900 Result: Northumberland won by nine wickets Points: Northumberland 1, Cambridgeshire -1 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland 1 (G E Wilkinson); Cambridgeshire 2 (J Colvill, P A French) First day score: Northumberland 339; Cambridgeshire 37-4 wickets (D M Hayward 3*, F W French 4*) Northumberland R G E Mortimer lbw b Covill 11 (1) not out 1 V Thompson lbw b Diver 103 (2) c Watts b Bryan 1 J Hansell b Hayward 28 (3) not out 0 * F G H Clayton b Bellamy 35 Maj C E Greenway b Bellamy 0 Elsey, G c Watts b Bacon 48 F W Gillespie b Diver 3 Rev E W R Walters b Bryan 26 Marshall, J not out 29 Tomlin, E c and b Diver 8 + G E Wilkinson b Bellamy 8 Extras nb 1 40 nb 1 1 Total 339 (1 wicket) 3 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 80 165 169 229 249 265 295 330 339 Second innings 2 - - - - - - - - - Bryan 34 13 62 1 - - (2) 0.2 0 0 1 - 1 Hayward 35 11 60 1 - - Covill 15 2 59 1 - 1 Diver 17 2 60 3 - - Bellamy 12.4 1 50 3 - - Bacon 6 3 8 1 - - Watts (1) 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 40 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 119.4 32 339 10 0 1 1.2 0 3 1 0 1 Cambridgeshire (Followed on) F K Robinson b Tomlin 6 (7) b Elsey 6 Bacon, J b Tomlin 10 (1) c Thompson b Elsey 23 P A French b Elsey 4 (4) b Walters 0 + Watts, G H c Walters b Tomlin 9 (2) b Elsey 5 Hayward, D M c Tomlin b Marshall 11 (6) c and b Walters 17 * F W French b Tomlin 16 (5) b Marshall 3 G P M Robins c Gillespie b Walters 31 (3) b Marshall 44 G Diver c Elsey b Tomlin 42 (9) c Tomlin b Marshall 32 Bryan, W b Tomlin 0 (10) not out 14 Bellamy, M c Hansell b Elsey 30 (8) c and b Marshall 14 Covill, J not out 0 (11) c Hansell b Elsey 0 Extras 11 13 Total 170 171 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 21 27 33 62 80 116 164 164 170 Second innings 46 64 89 90 99 111 115 133 171 171 Elsey 23.3 3 72 2 - - (1) 19.3 8 30 4 - - Tomlin 20 9 31 6 - - (2) 9 5 24 0 - - Clayton 7 0 19 0 - - (3) 6 0 28 0 - - Marshall 12 5 17 1 - - (5) 17 5 58 4 - - Walters 8 5 20 1 - - (4) 15 7 18 2 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 70.3 22 170 10 - - 66.3 25 171 10 - - Notes: Northumberland won this return match by nine wickets at 5.30 pm on the second day, after Cambridgeshire followed on 169 runs behind on first innings. The home team thus achieved the double, having also won when the two sides met at Cambridge in June. Thompsonís 103 for the winners, an innings of three hours, contained 9 fours, 5 threes and 11 twos. The 40 extras conceded by Cambridgeshire in the Northumberland first innings were the most during the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Northumberland 2 nd inns who kept wicket.] Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 20 July; Cambridge Daily News 18,19 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 18,19 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 18,19 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 18,19 July; The Sportsman 11,18,19 July.