The Minor Counties Championship 1901

59 MATCH NUMBER 36 : NORTHUMBERLAND V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Wednesday 31 July, Thursday 1 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northumberland Umpires: W Copeland and J Rogers Debutants: Northumberland none; Staffordshire none First day score: Northumberland 306; Staffordshire 94-2 wickets (W Brown 21*, H D Stratton 32*) Northumberland * F G H Clayton lbw b Clapham 16 (1) b Grimshaw 10 R G E Mortimer c McHarg b Grimshaw 7 J Hansell run out 45 (3) c Hedges b Crane 58 S Brutton b Grimshaw 1 (2) not out 106 V Thompson b Stratton 118 (4) not out 24 Marshall, J b Grimshaw 0 F W Gillespie b Grimshaw 8 + C Page b Cummins 84 Elsey, G not out 13 Tomlin, E b Cummins 0 Lowings, A b Cummins 0 Extras b 5, lb 9 14 b 2, lb 5, nb 1 8 Total 306 (2 wickets declared) 206 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 24 25 137 141 149 238 302 302 306 Second innings 12 113 - - - - - - - - Grimshaw 33 8 84 4 - - (1) 20 2 66 1 - - Brown 1 0 1 0 - - Clapham 23 2 72 1 - - (3) 7 0 26 0 - 1 Cummins 12 . 4 0 56 3 - - (2) 13 3 43 0 - - Crane 7 0 28 0 - - (5) 4 0 21 1 - - Stratton 7 0 39 1 - - (6) 1 0 11 0 - - Hollowood 4 2 12 0 - - (7) 3 0 16 0 - - Hassall (4) 2 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 87.4 12 306 10 0 0 50 5 206 2 0 1 Staffordshire F H Wynne b Tomlin 21 Hollowood, A b Tomlin 15 (2) c Marshall b Tomlin 17 Brown, W lbw b Tomlin 79 * H D Stratton b Lowings 76 (3) not out 46 T Hedges c Hansell b Marshall 39 G W Crane c Mortimer b Marshall 38 H C B Cummins c Thompson b Marshall 2 Hassall, F H not out 28 (1) not out 61 Grimshaw, T b Clayton 3 Clapham, J R c Hansell b Clayton 3 + G McHarg b Clayton 8 Extras b 1, lb 4, nb 1 6 b 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 Total 318 (1 wicket) 127 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 39 187 209 265 274 283 294 302 318 Second innings 31 - - - - - - - - - Tomlin 23 5 85 3 - - (2) 6 1 26 1 - - Elsey 11 3 25 0 - 1 (5) 3 0 16 0 - 1 Marshall 19 4 65 3 - - (4) 3 0 12 0 - - Clayton 16.1 4 55 3 - - (1) 6 1 32 0 - - Mortimer 3 1 5 0 - - Lowings 9 2 43 1 - - (3) 4 1 17 0 - - Hansell 9 1 34 0 - - (6) 2 0 21 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 90.1 20 318 10 0 1 24 3 127 1 0 1 Notes: In this drawn match, the Northumberland declaration set Staffordshire a victory target of 195 runs in 65 minutes. The match aggregate of 957 runs was the second highest of the season. There were two individual centuries and three century partnerships. For the home team, there was 1 seven, 11 fours, 3 threes and 11 twos in Thompson’s 118, scored in 175 minutes, and 1 seven, 1 six, 13 fours, 1 three and 2 twos in Brutton’s 106 not out, an innings of 145 minutes. Page’s 84 contained 12 fours and Hansell’s 58 included 8 fours. In the home team’s first innings, Hansell and Thompson put on 112 runs for the fourth wicket, Thompson and Page 89 runs for the seventh, and Page and Elsey 64 for the eighth wicket. In the second innings, Brutton and Hansell added 101 runs for the second wicket, which was the third highest for that wicket during the season. In the Staffordshire first innings Brown and Stratton added 148 for the third wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the visitors, Brown’s 79 included 9 fours and Stratton’s 76 contained 1 five and 7 fours. 15 players bowled in the match. In the Staffordshire second innings, when Hollowood had scored his first run, he reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches for Staffordshire. [An alternative version of this score, based on Northumberland sources, gives in the Northumberland first innings Grimshaw conceding 88 runs, Clapham 73, Cummins 52 and Crane 28, and Cummins bowling 12.3 overs; in the Northumberland second innings Grimshaw conceding 62 runs, Clapham 44, Cummins 22 and Hollowood 18; and in the Staffordshire first innings Tomlin bowling 6 maidens. An alternative version, based on the Staffordshire scorebook but not other Staffordshire sources, gives in the Staffordshire second innings Elsey conceding 17 runs and Marshall 11, and Clayton bowling 7 overs.] [Missing Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 1,2 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 1,2 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 3 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 31 July, 1,3 August; Yorkshire Post 1,2 August; The Sportsman 1,2 August.