The Minor Counties Championship 1901

54 MATCH NUMBER 31 : DURHAM V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Darlington Cricket Club Ground, Feethams Road, Darlington on Friday 26, Saturday 27 July 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: R Rogers and J Yeadon Debutants: Durham 2 (T E Parrington, A P Whitwell); Northamptonshire 1 (A S Wetherall) First day score: Northamptonshire 121-7 wickets (M Cox 0*) Northamptonshire W H Kingston c Butler b Burn 30 (1) b W F Whitwell 0 Thompson, G J c Clarke b W F Whitwell 45 (2) b Butler 16 East, W c Bousfield b W F Whitwell 15 (3) c Parrington b W F Whitwell 0 C R Wetherall c Butler b W F Whitwell 7 (4) b W F Whitwell 5 A S Wetherall b W F Whitwell 1 (5) b Butler 0 R F Knight b Turnbull 10 (6) b Butler 15 * T Horton b W F Whitwell 9 (7) b Butler 4 Cox, M not out 10 (8) c A P Whitwell b W F Whitwell 1 + B C Smith b W F Whitwell 8 (9) b Butler 4 L T Driffield b W F Whitwell 10 (11) not out 2 L C Crockett absent - (10) c Parrington b Butler 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 12, lb 2 14 Total 150 61 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 76 76 99 102 103 117 121 136 150 - Second innings 0 0 16 18 42 46 52 52 56 61 Butler 31 17 34 0 - - (2) 14.4 5 31 6 - - Clarke 16 5 33 0 - - Turnbull 10 4 29 1 - - W F Whitwell 31.2 11 42 7 - - (1) 15 8 16 4 - - Burn 3 0 7 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 91.2 37 150 9 0 0 29.4 13 61 10 0 0 Durham * J F Whitwell b Thompson 5 (1) b Thompson 6 R Bousfield st Smith b Driffield 14 (2) c East b Thompson 0 E W Elliot b Thompson 49 (3) c Horton b Thompson 0 A Burn b Thompson 4 (4) run out 1 A P Whitwell b Thompson 2 (5) c and b Thompson 2 W F Whitwell b East 17 (6) c Cox b Thompson 1 Butler, J lbw b Driffield 0 (7) lbw b East 0 T E Parrington c Horton b East 6 (8) b Thompson 0 Clarke, R not out 0 (9) b East 0 Turnbull, G b East 0 (10) not out 0 + J Kirtley b Thompson 1 (11) not out 2 Extras b 13, lb 6, w 1 20 lb 2 2 Total 118 (9 wickets) 14 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 57 66 76 85 90 113 114 114 118 Second innings 0 0 3 7 9 10 10 10 12 - Thompson 27.2 11 40 5 - - (1) 9 5 6 6 - - East 13 6 19 3 - - (2) 8 5 6 2 - - Driffield 14 4 39 2 1 - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 54.2 21 118 10 1 0 17 10 14 9 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn amongst reported scenes of great excitement. The match seemed a certain draw when Durham began their second innings needing 94 runs to win in 50 minutes. However, wickets fell rapidly to the bowling of Thompson and East, but the last wicket pair, Turnbull and Kirtley, coming together with the score 12 for nine wickets, batted out the last ten minutes adding 2 runs. If Durham had been dismissed for 14, it would have been the lowest score ever in the Championship, beating the 23 by Staffordshire against Worcestershire at Stourbridge in 1895. Play on the first day did not start until 3.30 pm because of rain. For the visitors, Thompson took 11 wickets in the match for 46 runs, and also top-scored for his team with 45 in the first innings. For Durham, W F Whitwell also took 11 wickets in the match for 58 runs, including 7-42 in the Northamptonshire first innings. Elliot’s 49, the highest score of the game, included 5 fours. G H Colson withdrew from the Northamptonshire team on the Friday morning with a severe chill, and L C Crockett was summoned to Darlington to take his place. He arrived too late to bat in the visitors’ first innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 27,28 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 27,29 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 29 July; Northampton Mercury 2 August; The Sportsman 30 July.