The MInor Counties Championship 1900

49 MATCH NUMBER 30 : NORTHUMBERLAND V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Wednesday 1, Thursday 2 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland none; Staffordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 196; Northumberland 260-7 wickets (J Marshall 38*, G Elsey 4*) Staffordshire Hollowood, A c Greenway b Marshall 50 (1) c Chambers b Marshall 39 C C Mott b Clayton 24 (3) run out 44 Brown, W b Clayton 2 (2) b Clayton 7 A E Rider c Tomlin b Elsey 0 (7) lbw b Elsey 0 H D Stratton b Hansell 40 (5) lbw b Hansell 46 W H Calkin run out 31 (4) c Greenway b Tomlin 22 Hassall, F H b Clayton 16 (6) b Hansell 77 Grimshaw, T b Clayton 0 (9) lbw b Marshall 29 * Rev P E Mainwaring b Elsey 5 (10) st Greenwood b Marshall 6 H C B Cummins not out 5 (8) c Chambers b Hansell 48 + J Poole c Elsey b Clayton 10 (11) not out 0 Extras w 1, nb 1 13 w 1, nb 1 14 Total 196 332 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 59 66 71 100 144 160 160 179 182 196 Second innings 14 80 103 123 238 243 247 306 330 332 Elsey 21 4 57 2 - - (1) 21 8 51 1 - - Tomlin 11 5 23 0 - 1 (5) 12 3 32 1 - - Clayton 15.4 2 62 5 - - (3) 22 2 80 1 - - Marshall 7 0 29 1 1 - (4) 27 8 64 3 - - Hansell 1 0 12 1 - - (6) 13 1 54 3 - 1 Chambers (2) 7 2 13 0 - - Mortimer (7) 3 0 24 0 1 - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 14 1 - - Total 55.4 11 196 10 1 1 105 24 332 10 1 1 Northumberland R G E Mortimer c Brown b Cummins 9 Chambers, M b Cummins 0 J Hansell b Grimshaw 3 S P Bell c Calkin b Grimshaw 4 * F G H Clayton c Hassall b Grimshaw 47 V Thompson b Cummins 96 Maj C E Greenway lbw b Grimshaw 50 Marshall, J b Calkin 76 Elsey, G b Grimshaw 11 Tomlin, E c and b Cummins 22 + Greenwood, L W not out 10 Extras w 2 18 Total 346 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 8 14 17 128 191 255 284 309 346 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Cummins 27 3 96 4 - - Grimshaw 31 1 123 5 2 - Brown 7 0 48 0 - - Calkin 7.3 0 39 1 - - Hassall 3 0 14 0 - - Mainwaring 1 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 76.3 4 346 10 2 0 Notes: This return match was drawn, as had been the previous encounter between the two teams at Wolverhampton in June. For Northumberland, there were 11 fours in Thompsonís 96, 11 fours in Marshallís 76 and 2 sixes and 7 fours in Greenwayís 50, an innings of just 30 minutes. Clayton and Thompson put on 111 runs for the fifth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The rate of scoring of the home team was 100 runs an hour. For the visitors, Hassallís 77 contained 9 fours and Hollowoodís 50 included 10 fours. In the Staffordshire innings, Stratton and Hassall put on 115 for the fifth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season, and Cummins and Grimshaw 59 for the eighth wicket. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown..] Sources: Newcastle Daily Chronicle 2,3 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 1,2,3 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 2,3 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 3 August; The Sportsman 2,3 August.