The MInor Counties Championship 1900

71 MATCH NUMBER 52 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V DURHAM At Fennerís University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 August 1900 Result: Durham won by five wickets Points: Durham 1, Cambridgeshire -1 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: J Fordham and T Hutton Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Durham none First day score: Cambridgeshire 161; Durham 169 Cambridgeshire E B Darby b Butler 16 (2) b W F Whitwell 9 * J H Widdicombe b Clarke 16 (1) c Kirtley b W F Whitwell 1 E Briggs c Burn b W F Whitwell 2 (3) c Butler b Clarke 8 + Watts, G H c Kirtley b Butler 14 (4) b W F Whitwell 27 R S Swann-Mason c Butler b W F Whitwell 0 (5) b Clarke 16 W Prest lbw b Butler 56 (6) lbw b Clarke 5 W R Thomas b Shaw 17 (7) not out 43 Hayward, D M b Shaw 0 (8) b Clarke 3 V F de Lisle not out 17 (9) c Smith b Clarke 22 F K Robinson b Butler 2 (10) lbw b Clarke 0 Bryan, W c Coulson b Butler 2 (11) st Kirtley b Clarke 7 Extras b 16, lb 3 19 b 4, w 1 5 Total 161 146 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 30 55 56 56 109 113 147 159 161 Second innings 2 11 41 51 68 71 85 122 126 146 W F Whitwell 19 5 34 2 - - (1) 16 4 31 3 - - Clarke 15 5 35 1 - - (3) 21 7 41 7 - - Butler 16.1 4 33 5 - - (2) 15 4 46 0 - - Shaw 13 3 40 2 - - (4) 8 4 14 0 1 - Burn (5) 2 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 63.1 17 161 10 0 0 62 19 146 10 1 0 Durham * J F Whitwell b Hayward 69 (1) c and b Bryan 9 R Bousfield b Hayward 12 (2) c and b Hayward 40 E W Elliot lbw b Briggs 8 (3) lbw b Bryan 5 A Burn b Bryan 20 (4) b Hayward 45 L Smith b Bryan 4 (5) b Watts 7 T Coulson c Hayward b Bryan 15 (6) not out 9 Clarke, R lbw b Hayward 1 (7) not out 12 W F Whitwell not out 17 Butler, J c Bryan b Hayward 4 + J Kirtley c Hayward b Bryan 1 E Shaw c Bryan b Hayward 6 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 4 12 b 10, lb 1, w 1 12 Total 169 (5 wickets) 139 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 51 104 112 138 138 149 155 156 169 Second innings 18 30 94 117 121 - - - - - Bryan 26 8 46 4 - - (1) 13 2 32 2 - - Hayward 23 3 59 5 - 3 (2) 20 7 40 2 1 - Briggs 5 0 21 1 - - (3) 3 0 17 0 - - Thomas 3 1 22 0 - 1 Swann-Mason 4 1 9 0 - - Watts (4) 7.1 0 38 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 61 13 169 10 0 4 43.1 9 139 5 1 0 Notes: By winning this return match just after 5.00 pm on the second day, Durham completed the ëdoubleí over Cambridgeshire, having also won the game at Sunderland in July. The Durham victory reinforced their bid for the Championship title by sustaining their 100 per cent winning record for completed matches. For Durham, there was 1 five and 4 fours in J F Whitwellís 69. Prestís 56 for Cambridgeshire included 4 fours. [Missing: In Durham 2nd inns who kept wicket for Cambridgeshire when Watts bowled.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 17 August; East Anglian Daily Times 16,17 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 16,17 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 16,17 August; The Sportsman 16,17 August.