The Minor Counties Championship 1903

50 MATCH NUMBER 27 : NORTHUMBERLAND V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 20, Tuesday 21 July 1903 Result: Northumberland won by eight wickets Points: Northumberland 3 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland 1 (F Haswell); Cambridgeshire 1 (F P C Pemberton) First day score: Cambridgeshire 60 and 55-3 wickets (F E Morgan 4*, D M Hayward 1*); Northumberland 155 Cambridgeshire W Prest c Marshall b Elsey 9 (1) c and b Clayton 31 Bacon, J c Marshall b Elsey 4 (2) b Marshall 17 F E Morgan c Simpson b Elsey 5 (3) b Simpson 8 + Watts, G H lbw b Elsey 1 (4) c Stanger-Leathes b Clayton 1 Hayward, D M c Simpson b Elsey 25 (5) b Simpson 21 P A French not out 5 (6) b Simpson 0 W E Gardner run out 0 (7) b Simpson 2 J P Allix run out 0 (8) not out 7 F P C Pemberton c and b Simpson 0 (9) c and b Simpson 1 * R S Hicks b Simpson 0 (10) st Greenwood b Marshall 5 Bryan, W b Elsey 0 (11) lbw b Marshall 0 Extras 11 6 Total 60 99 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 18 20 29 56 56 57 59 59 60 Second innings 45 49 50 79 79 85 86 88 99 99 Elsey 18 7 28 6 - - (1) 16 5 36 0 - - Marshall 14 3 16 0 - - (5) 9.4 3 11 3 - - Simpson 3 2 5 2 - - (2) 15 8 29 5 - - Hartley (3) 4 1 10 0 - - Clayton (4) 6 3 7 2 - - Extras - - 11 2 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 35 12 60 10 - - 50.4 20 99 10 - - Northumberland S P Bell b Hayward 0 * F G H Clayton b Hayward 1 J Hansell b Hayward 25 C F Stanger-Leathes b Hayward 26 (4) not out 0 Marshall, J c Allix b Hayward 4 G Simpson st Watts b Bryan 6 F W Gillespie b Bryan 50 (3) lbw b Watts 1 F Haswell b Hayward 11 Hartley, R H c Hicks b Bryan 9 (2) not out 6 Elsey, G not out 17 + Greenwood, L c Allix b Hayward 3 (1) b Hayward 0 Extras 3 0 Total 155 (2 wickets) 7 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 1 45 57 64 68 93 127 145 155 Second innings 0 1 - - - - - - - - Hayward 24.3 4 76 7 - - (1) 1.1 0 7 1 - - Morgan 14 4 31 0 - - Bryan 17 3 45 3 - - Watts (2) 1 1 0 1 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 55.3 11 155 10 - - 2.1 1 7 2 0 0 Notes: Northumberland won this return match by 8 wickets at 12.30 pm on the second day. Northumberland also won when the two sides had met at Cambridge in June. For the winners, there were 5 fours in Gillespie’s 50. For the losers, Hayward took 7 wickets for 76 runs in the Northumberland first innings. Prest top-scored with 31. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Chronicle 21,22 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 21,22 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 21,22 July; Newcastle Evening Chronicle 20,21 July; Cambridge Independent Press 24 July; Yorkshire Post 21,22 July; The Sportsman 21,22 July.