The Minor Counties Championship 1903

78 MATCH NUMBER 55 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V DURHAM At The Ripon Cricket Club Ground, Studley Road, Ripon on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1903 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by two wickets Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: C E Bartram and H Briscoe Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI none; Durham 1 (R Y Brydon) First day score: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 181; Durham 45 and 116-5 wickets (J Butler 4*) Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston, H hit wicket b Butler 49 (1) c and b Turnbull 15 Rothery, J W lbw b Turnbull 6 (2) not out 64 Swithenbank, S b Turnbull 19 (3) c Cumberlege b Turnbull 20 Myers, H b Butler 1 (4) b Smith 0 Wainwright, W b Butler 19 (5) b Smith 2 Wilkinson, W H b Turnbull 5 (6) b Smith 8 + Higgins, J lbw b Turnbull 7 (7) b Butler 13 * R W Frank c Butler b Smith 44 (8) b Butler 2 Elms, J E not out 18 (9) b Turnbull 0 Hartington, H E b Smith 3 (10) not out 12 Ringrose, W b Smith 2 Extras b 4, lb 4 8 b 2, lb 4 6 Total 181 (8 wickets) 142 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 51 58 78 103 109 119 169 175 181 Second innings 16 63 67 69 81 109 119 124 - - Turnbull 34 14 54 4 - - (2) 20 12 37 3 - - Smith 18.4 5 45 3 - - (1) 24 5 80 3 - - Butler 17 0 66 3 - - (3) 11 4 17 2 - - Combey 2 0 8 0 - - Brydon (4) 2 1 2 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 71.4 19 181 10 0 0 57 22 142 8 0 0 Durham (Followed on) R Bousfield b Ringrose 5 (3) c Wainwright b Myers 53 A Burn b Hartington 7 (4) b Elms 3 * E W Elliot b Ringrose 2 (2) b Ringrose 6 T Coulson c Wainwright b Ringrose 4 (5) b Ringrose 17 R C Cumberlege not out 7 (1) b Ringrose 22 Butler, J b Hartington 7 (6) b Ringrose 16 Turnbull, G c and b Ringrose 8 (7) c Myers b Hartington 31 + J Kirtley b Hartington 0 (8) c and b Ringrose 57 J Combey b Hartington 0 (9) c Wilkinson b Hartington 45 R Y Brydon c Myers b Ringrose 5 (10) b Ringrose 4 Smith, T b Ringrose 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 0 b 1, lb 10, nb 9 20 Total 45 274 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 10 18 18 29 38 38 38 45 45 Second innings 27 49 64 98 116 145 165 262 266 274 Ringrose 11 4 18 6 - - (1) 22 5 67 6 - 9 Hartington 10 4 27 4 - - (2) 14.4 1 69 2 - - Elms (3) 9 2 33 1 - - Wainwright (4) 6 0 26 0 - - Myers (5) 7 0 32 1 - - Frank (6) 2 0 27 0 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 20 0 - - Total 21 8 45 10 0 0 60.4 8 274 10 0 9 Notes: Yorkshire Second XI won this return match by 2 wickets at 3.45 pm on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. They had been set a victory target of 139 runs. The wickets victory margin was the equal second closest of the season. The eighth wicket fell at 124, but Rothery and Hartington added 18 runs to win the game. Durham had won the match between the two sides at South Shields in June. For the winners, Ringrose took 12 wickets in the match for 85 runs. There were 10 fours in Rothery’s 64 not out, which was the second highest score in the fourth innings during the season. In the Yorkshire first innings, Frank and Elms added 50 runs for the eighth wicket. For the losers, Kirtley’s 57 included 1 six and 9 fours and Bousfield’s 53 contained 7 fours. In the Durham second innings, Kirtley and Combey put on 97 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. When dismissing Elms in the Yorkshire second innings, Turnbull took his two hundredth wicket in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Durham Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1904, p 189; Yorkshire Post 11,12 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 11,12 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 11,12 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August.