The Minor Counties Championship 1901

35 MATCH NUMBER 12 : STAFFORDSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 June 1901 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 25 runs Points: Staffordshire +1, Northumberland -1 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: A Buswell and A Stockwin Debutants: Staffordshire none; Northumberland 2 (R H Gillespie, A Lowings) First day score: Staffordshire 303; Northumberland 93-7 wickets (J Marshall 26*, G Elsey 2*) Staffordshire Hollowood, A b Lowings 20 Grimshaw, T b Marshall 10 Brown, W st Page b Marshall 93 P Briggs b Lowings 1 H D Stratton not out 83 Hassall, F H b Lowings 9 T Hedges b Tomlin 32 J F Fernie b Lowings 9 * Rev P E Mainwaring b Tomlin 8 Clapham, J R b Lowings 0 + G McHarg b Lowings 10 Extras b 26, lb 1, nb 1 28 Total 303 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 62 66 174 197 244 261 270 283 303 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Marshall 24 6 67 2 - - Tomlin 11 1 57 2 - - Lowings 34.5 5 108 6 - - Elsey 13 2 30 0 - 1 Clayton 5 1 13 0 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - Total 87.5 15 303 10 0 1 Northumberland (Followed on) * F G H Clayton b Brown 29 (1) b Grimshaw 1 R G E Mortimer b Brown 1 (2) b Clapham 15 J Hansell b Grimshaw 15 (3) b Clapham 23 Marshall, J c Mainwaring b Brown 26 (4) b Clapham 51 + C Page b Brown 0 (5) b Clapham 2 F W Gillespie b Grimshaw 8 (6) b Grimshaw 26 Maj C E Greenway b Brown 3 (7) b Brown 2 Tomlin, E b Clapham 4 (9) not out 19 Elsey, G not out 9 (8) b Brown 9 R H Gillespie b Grimshaw 4 (10) b Clapham 0 Lowings, A b Grimshaw 0 (11) lbw b Grimshaw 7 Extras b 5 5 b 11, lb 7, nb 1 19 Total 104 174 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 40 52 56 67 84 90 93 104 104 Second innings 7 35 40 54 97 106 141 147 147 174 Grimshaw 16.3 4 44 4 - - (1) 21.3 5 48 3 - - Brown 16 3 52 5 - - (2) 19 5 46 2 - - Clapham 1 0 2 1 - - (3) 19 7 50 5 - 1 Briggs 1 0 1 0 - - (4) 3 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 19 0 - - Total 34.3 7 104 10 0 0 62.3 17 174 10 0 1 Notes: Staffordshire won by an innings shortly before 4.00 pm on the second day, after Northumberland followed on 199 runs behind. For the winners, there were 2 fives and 4 fours in Brown’s 93, and 5 fours in Stratton’s 83, scored in 2 hours and 50 minutes. These two batsmen added 108 runs for the Staffordshire fourth wicket. For Northumberland, Marshall scored 51. In the Staffordshire innings when he had scored 63, Brown became the first Staffordshire batsman to reach the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [An alternative version of this score based on Northumberland sources, gives in the Northumberland second innings Page as being caught and bowled Clapham.] [Missing: In Northumberland 2 nd inns boundaries in Marshall’s 51.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 29 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 27,28 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 27,28 June; The Sportsman 26,27,28 June.