The Minor Counties Championship 1903

63 MATCH NUMBER 40 : DURHAM V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1903 Result: Durham won by 201 runs Points: Durham 3 Toss: Durham Umpires: Not known Debutants: Durham none; Northumberland 1 (C M Skinner) First day score: Durham 206; Northumberland 199-5 wickets (J Marshall 6*, G Simpson 6*) Durham A Burn b Skinner 29 (1) lbw b Simpson 0 R Bousfield lbw b Simpson 33 (2) b Gillespie 16 * E W Elliot c Skinner b Simpson 1 (3) b Chambers 80 T Coulson b Gillespie 53 (4) c Hansell b Gillespie 57 R C Cumberlege b Gillespie 30 (5) run out 8 Butler, J b Simpson 9 (6) c Simpson b Gillespie 0 J Bewick b Gillespie 9 (7) b Simpson 8 + J Kirtley c Skinner b Simpson 0 (8) b Elsey 47 Turnbull, G c Elsey b Gillespie 1 (9) lbw b Skinner 16 D G Crichton c Chambers b Elsey 22 (10) b Skinner 0 J Combey not out 1 (11) not out 21 Extras b 18 18 b 4, lb 7 11 Total 206 264 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 57 72 72 124 155 168 169 172 200 206 Second innings 0 50 149 163 164 164 184 205 205 264 Elsey 9 2 23 1 - - (2) 12 3 38 1 - - Marshall 6 1 25 0 - - Skinner 9 1 19 1 - - (4) 15 1 79 2 - - Simpson 20 4 57 4 - - (1) 21 6 60 2 - - Gillespie 17.4 1 54 4 - - (3) 12 1 44 3 - - Chambers 4 1 10 0 - - (5) 10 2 32 1 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 65.4 10 206 10 0 0 70 13 264 10 0 0 Northumberland J Hansell b Butler 71 (2) c Kirtley b Butler 2 V Thompson b Burn 9 (3) c Combey b Butler 0 Chambers, M b Turnbull 6 (4) run out 4 C F Stanger-Leathes lbw b Turnbull 39 (5) b Combey 6 Marshall, J b Turnbull 6 (6) c and b Turnbull 5 * F G H Clayton b Turnbull 19 (1) c and b Turnbull 3 G Simpson b Turnbull 6 (7) c Bousfield b Turnbull 8 C M Skinner b Turnbull 4 (8) b Butler 2 R H Gillespie b Butler 0 (9) b Turnbull 8 Elsey, G not out 2 (10) lbw b Burn 21 + Greenwood, L lbw b Turnbull 0 (11) not out 0 Extras b 23, lb 20 43 b 4, nb 1 5 Total 205 64 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 46 53 160 164 191 199 202 203 203 205 Second innings 5 5 9 9 19 28 28 30 64 64 Turnbull 30.3 13 49 7 - - (1) 18 8 26 4 - 1 Butler 29 11 56 2 - - (2) 12 8 17 3 - - Combey 15 3 34 0 - - (3) 8 3 15 1 - - Burn 11 4 17 1 - - (4) 3.2 2 1 1 - - Bewick 4 1 6 0 - - Extras - - 43 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 89.3 32 205 10 0 0 41.2 21 64 10 0 1 Notes: Durham won this ‘local derby’ game by 201 runs at 5.10 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had also been won by Durham. For the winners, Turnbull took 11 wickets in the match for 75 runs. There were 7 fours and 8 fours in Coulson’s two innings of 53 and 57, and 14 fours in Elliot’s 80. In the Durham second innings, Kirtley and Combey added 59 runs for the tenth wicket, which was the second known highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the losers, Hansell’s 71 contained 12 fours, and with Stanger-Leathes, he put on 107 runs for the third wicket in the visitors’ first innings, which was the second highest known partnership for that wicket during the season. The 48 extras conceded by Durham in the Northumberland two innings were the most in a match during the season. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 4,5 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 4,5 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 4,5 August; Yorkshire Post 5 August.