The MInor Counties Championship 1900

51 MATCH NUMBER 32 : NORTHUMBERLAND V NORFOLK At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Friday 3 [no play], Saturday 4 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland none; Norfolk none First day score: Rain prevented play Norfolk Rev J G McCormick c and b Tomlin 10 L Barratt b Elsey 6 C F Garnett c Marshall b Tomlin 0 C O Raven not out 108 G G Heslop b Elsey 7 P W Partridge c Elsey b Clayton 30 S D Page b Elsey 31 S R B Cowles c and b Clayton 3 * + G F Blake b Clayton 2 Morley, T b Clayton 2 Shore, C run out 0 Extras 9 Total 208 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 15 23 43 111 176 189 193 201 208 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Elsey 28 7 72 3 - - Tomlin 20 7 46 2 - - Clayton 17.2 6 45 4 - - Marshall 10 0 36 0 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - Total 75.2 20 208 10 - - Northumberland Chambers, M c Blake b Shore 2 R G E Mortimer b Barratt 4 J Hansell b Barratt 6 * F G H Clayton b Cowles 6 V Thompson c and b Cowles 9 S P Bell c Page b Cowles 32 Maj C E Greenway b Cowles 50 Marshall, J b Cowles 2 Elsey, G c Morley b Cowles 13 Tomlin, E not out 12 + G E Wilkinson c and b Cowles 4 Extras 5 Total 145 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 8 23 43 61 94 113 128 133 145 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Shore 19 6 63 1 - - Barratt 7 2 11 2 - - Cowles 14 1 55 7 - - Morley 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 42 9 145 10 - - Notes: This return match was drawn after rain prevented any play on the first day. Northumberland had won the match at Norwich in June. For the visitors, there were 16 fours, 4 threes and 8 twos in Ravenís 108 not out, an innings of 2 hours and 40 minutes. The innings of the match, however, was Greenwayís 50 for the home team. According to the Newcastle Daily Journal, the innings lasted 18 minutes and he received 29 deliveries, scoring off 13 of them with 3 sixes, 7 fours 1 two and 2 ones. He hit all but 2 of the 52 runs added whilst he was at the wicket. The Eastern Daily Press account describes his innings as being of only 15 minutes duration. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Evening Leader 4 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 4,6 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 4,6 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 4,6 August; Eastern Daily Press 4,6 August; Eastern Evening News 4 August; Norfolk Chronicle 11 August; Norwich Mercury 8 August; The Sportsman 6 August.