The Minor Counties Championship 1903

34 MATCH NUMBER 11 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 June 1903 Result: Northumberland won by an innings and 83 runs Points: Northumberland 3 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: C Marshall and G T Rye Debutants: Cambridgeshire 4 (E D Gilbert, H E H Pratt, O W Smoothy, J Widdicombe); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 312; Cambridgeshire 90 Northumberland * F G H Clayton b Smoothy 51 C F Stanger-Leathes c Bellars b Bryan 11 J Hansell b Bellars 84 Marshall, J c Watts b Tebbutt 11 W Milne c Watts b Hayward 31 G Simpson b Bellars 81 F W Gillespie c and b Hayward 7 R G E Mortimer b Hayward 9 Chambers, M c Hayward b Bellars 1 Elsey, G c Pratt b Hayward 15 + Greenwood, L not out 3 Extras 8 Total 312 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 45 71 87 134 267 282 282 285 305 312 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bryan 25 3 64 1 - - Hayward 28.2 5 97 4 - - Smoothy 10 2 33 1 - - Gilbert 3 0 23 0 - - Tebbutt 12 2 56 1 - - Bellars 7 0 15 3 - - J H Widdicombe 2 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 87.2 12 312 10 - - Cambridgeshire (Followed on) H E H Pratt b Elsey 5 (1) b Marshall 5 H C Tebbutt b Elsey 2 (2) c Gillespie b Elsey 8 E D Gilbert c Greenwood b Simpson 5 (3) b Elsey 9 Hayward, D M c Clayton b Elsey 15 (4) lbw b Simpson 26 + Watts, G H not out 39 (5) b Elsey 61 O W Smoothy c Mortimer b Marshall 0 (6) run out 5 J Widdicombe c Milne b Elsey 3 (7) st Greenwood b Simpson 1 F K Robinson c Stanger-Leathes b Elsey 4 (8) not out 17 * J H Widdicombe b Marshall 0 (9) c Hansell b Elsey 0 Bryan, W b Elsey 12 (10) b Chambers 6 A E Bellars b Elsey 0 (11) c Gillespie b Chambers 1 Extras 5 0 Total 90 139 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 9 15 54 90 Second innings 7 19 24 79 90 101 122 122 129 139 Elsey 17.3 3 48 7 - - (1) 14 1 49 4 - - Simpson 7 5 14 1 - - (4) 7 1 35 2 - - Marshall 10 0 23 2 - - (2) 9 1 20 1 - - Clayton (3) 7 0 17 0 - - Chambers (5) 5 0 18 2 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 34.3 8 90 10 - - 42 3 139 10 0 0 Notes: Northumberland won by an innings shortly before lunch on the second day, after Cambridgeshire followed on 222 runs behind. For the winners, Elsey took 11 wickets in the match for 97 runs, including 7 for 48 in the Cambridgeshire first innings. There was 1 five and 7 fours in Hansell’s 84, 10 fours in Simpson’s 81 and 6 fours in Clayton’s 51. In the Northumberland innings, Hansell and Simpson put on 133 runs for the fifth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Watts’s 61 for Cambridgeshire contained 1 five and 7 fours. When catching Milne in the Northumberland innings, Watts made his fiftieth dismissal in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Cambridge Daily News 24,25 June; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 26 June; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25,26 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 25,26 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 25,26 June; Yorkshire Post 25,26 June; The Sportsman 25,26 June.