The Minor Counties Championship 1901

43 MATCH NUMBER 20 : DURHAM V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI At The Victoria Ground, Clarence Road, West Hartlepool on Friday 12, Saturday 13 July 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: D Bookless and A Stockwin Debutants: Durham 2 (T Prince, Rev G Wreford-Brown); Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (T Smith) First day score: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 275; Durham 117-1 wicket (J F Whitwell 45*, E W Elliot 56*) Yorkshire 2 nd XI R S Swalwell c Kirtley b Butler 87 (1) c W F Whitwell b Butler 18 Rudston, H c Butler b W F Whitwell 1 (3) lbw b W F Whitwell 4 Washington, W A I c Mallett b Butler 10 (4) b Pike 29 Redfearn, J b Clarke 74 (2) b Butler 20 Swithenbank, S b W F Whitwell 2 (5) c J F Whitwell b Clarke 10 + Higgins, J c Clarke b W F Whitwell 24 (6) c Mallett b Clarke 5 * R W Frank b W F Whitwell 0 (7) c and b Pike 2 Wainwright, W c Pike b Butler 11 (8) c Elliot b Butler 6 Bedford, W c Kirtley b W F Whitwell 29 (9) b Pike 5 Smith, T b Butler 10 (10) c Wreford-Brown b Butler 2 Oyston, C not out 0 (11) not out 8 Extras b 25, lb 2 27 b 7, lb 1 8 Total 275 117 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 46 143 160 196 202 221 246 273 275 Second innings 34 43 51 88 88 95 95 107 112 117 W F Whitwell 34.3 5 113 5 - - (1) 18 4 49 1 - - Clarke 16 6 40 1 - - (4) 7 3 9 2 - - Butler 31 14 49 4 - - (2) 16.3 4 37 4 - - Pike 7 1 33 0 - - (3) 8 4 14 3 - - Prince 2 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 27 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 90.3 26 275 10 0 0 49.3 15 117 10 0 0 Durham * J F Whitwell b Smith 47 (1) not out 64 R H Mallett b Oyston 6 (2) b Wainwright 15 E W Elliot b Oyston 80 (3) c and b Bedford 13 T Prince b Smith 4 (4) c Higgins b Bedford 0 A B Horsley b Smith 0 (5) not out 25 Clarke, R c Higgins b Oyston 5 Pike, S c Oyston b Frank 17 Rev G Wreford-Brown st Higgins b Frank 1 W F Whitwell b Smith 19 Butler, J not out 21 + J Kirtley st Higgins b Frank 4 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 b 4, lb 5 9 Total 213 (3 wickets) 126 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 120 132 136 142 167 181 186 194 213 Second innings 21 48 50 - - - - - - - Smith 28 7 84 4 - - (1) 14 2 33 0 - - Oyston 23 4 60 3 - - (5) 2 0 17 0 - - Bedford 9 1 12 0 - - (3) 8 5 18 2 - - Frank 9.1 0 29 3 - - (4) 4 0 27 0 - - Wainwright 9 3 15 0 - - (2) 14 4 22 1 - - Swalwell 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 79.1 15 213 10 0 0 42 11 126 3 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn. For Durham, there were 11fours in Elliot’s 80 and 10 fours in J F Whitwell’s 64 not out. In the home team’s first innings, these two batsmen put on 111 for the second wicket, which was the joint third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Yorkshire 2 nd XI, there were 2 sixes and 12 fours in Swalwell’s 87 and 12 fours in Redfearn’s 74. Several newspaper sources mistakenly report the batsman first day close of play scores as J F Whitwell 43 not out and Elliot 58 not out. [An alternative version of this score, based on the Yorkshire scorebook and yearbook, but not supported by any other sources including The Yorkshire Post, gives in the Yorkshire first innings Higgins caught Prince, Wainwright caught Prince, and Pike bowling 8 overs and 2 maidens;in the Yorkshire second innings Smith caught and bowled Butler, and Butler bowling 5 maidens; and in the Durham second innings Smith conceding 36 runs, Oyston 13 runs and Bedford 19 runs and Bedford bowling 4 maidens.] [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1902, p 151; Newcastle Daily Journal 13,15 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 13,15 July; Yorkshire Post 13,15 July.