The Minor Counties Championship 1903

26 MATCH NUMBER 3 : NORTHUMBERLAND V DURHAM At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 1, Tuesday 2 June 1903 Result: Durham won by an innings and 43 runs Points: Durham 3 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland none; Durham 2 (J Combey, T Smith) First day score: Northumberland 244; Durham 215-1 wicket (H R Elliot 84*, E W Elliot 111*) Northumberland Chambers, M b Smith 0 (2) c and b Burn 13 * F G H Clayton c H R Elliot b Burn 32 (1) run out 44 W Milne b Combey 26 (3) b Smith 12 F W Gillespie b Combey 10 (4) b Smith 9 R G E Mortimer b Combey 15 (5) b Smith 29 Marshall, J lbw b Smith 89 (6) b E W Elliot 25 C A Hutton c and b Smith 12 (8) b Smith 9 Tomlin, E c Kirtley b Burn 10 (9) run out 0 Hartley, R H not out 25 (7) c Butler b E W Elliot 9 Elsey, G b Smith 0 (10) not out 4 + Greenwood, L b Smith 5 (11) b E W Elliot 0 Extras b 8, lb 12 20 b 5, lb 3, nb 3 11 Total 244 165 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 51 71 73 136 153 183 230 234 244 Second innings 62 62 78 87 129 141 158 158 164 165 Butler 20 4 38 0 - - (4) 12 3 26 0 - - Smith 25.5 6 74 5 - - (1) 19 3 61 4 - 3 Combey 30 6 76 3 - - (2) 9 2 26 0 - - Burn 18 7 36 2 - - (3) 17 7 30 1 - - E W Elliot (5) 11.5 6 11 3 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 11 2 - - Total 93.5 23 244 10 0 0 68.5 21 165 10 0 3 Durham R Bousfield lbw b Tomlin 12 H R Elliot b Tomlin 104 * E W Elliot b Chambers 201 A Burn b Hutton 25 T E Parrington b Chambers 12 Butler, J c Hutton b Clayton 15 R C Cumberlege c Milne b Elsey 17 T Coulson not out 43 J Combey st Greenwood b Elsey 6 + J Kirtley not out 5 Smith, T Extras b 6, lb 4, nb 2 12 Total (8 wickets declared) 452 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 255 299 347 370 388 428 434 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Elsey 27 0 95 2 - 1 Tomlin 18 3 79 2 - - Chambers 11 1 46 2 - - Hartley 22 2 81 0 - 1 Marshall 21 2 68 0 - - Hutton 10 1 40 1 - - Clayton 9 1 29 1 - - Mortimer 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 119 10 452 8 0 2 Notes: Durham won by an innings shortly before 5.00 pm on the second day. For the winners, E W Elliot scored 201, comprising 2 sixes, 22 fours, 3 threes and 10 twos, an innings of 3½ hours which was the second highest of the season. His 202 run aggregate in the match was the second equal highest of the season. H R Elliot’s 104 included 13 fours, 1 three and 5 twos scored in 2¾ hours. The brothers put on 240 runs for the Durham second wicket which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season and a new record for the Championship exceeding the 204 added by R H Mallett and E W Elliot for Durham against Cambridgeshire at West Hartlepool in 1897. The record was to last for less than seven weeks, as it was exceeded by B L Peel and G E Wharmby for Bedfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Dunstable in July. The Durham total of 452-8 wickets declared was the second highest of the year. For the losers, there were 12 fours in Marshall’s 89. The match aggregate of 861 runs was the highest of the season. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 2,3 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 2,3 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 2,3 June; Yorkshire Post 2,3 June; The Sportsman 2,3 June.