The Minor Counties Championship 1903

92 MATCH NUMBER 69 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Middlesbrough Cricket Club Ground, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough on Friday 21, Saturday 22 August 1903 Result: Northumberland won by eight wickets Points: Northumberland 3 Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 2 (P Clarkson, W Holmes); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 302; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 87-3 wickets (H Myers 35*, W Holmes 7*) Northumberland * F G H Clayton b Myers 86 Chambers, M c Wainwright b Elms 67 (1) c Higgins b Elms 0 J Hansell b Elms 19 (2) not out 9 F W Gillespie c and b Myers 5 S P Bell run out 30 (4) not out 1 Marshall, J c Hartington b Frank 26 G Simpson c Clarkson b Myers 18 R H Gillespie c Clarkson b Elms 23 (3) b Myers 10 C M Skinner c Higgins b Elms 11 Elsey, G b Elms 0 + Greenwood, L not out 0 Extras b 12, lb 5 17 b 4 4 Total 302 (2 wickets) 24 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 149 155 165 201 225 248 287 295 295 302 Second innings 3 18 - - - - - - - - Hartington 20 1 53 0 - - Elms 33.4 4 87 5 - - (1) 5 0 9 1 - - Wainwright 12 3 46 0 - - Myers 19 2 47 3 - - (2) 4.1 1 11 1 - - Frank 11 1 40 1 - - Clarkson 3 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 17 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 98.4 11 302 10 0 0 9.1 1 24 2 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI (Followed on) Swithenbank, S c Marshall b Skinner 24 (3) b Simpson 37 Rudston, H c Greenwood b Simpson 18 (2) c Greenwood b Chambers 44 Smith, F c Elsey b Simpson 2 (4) b Simpson 5 Myers, H b Elsey 48 (5) c and b Elsey 25 W Holmes b Elsey 7 (6) c and b Elsey 6 P Clarkson lbw b Simpson 8 (7) run out 2 Wainwright, W b Simpson 11 (8) c Elsey b Simpson 1 + Higgins, J not out 4 (9) c Greenwood b Elsey 11 * R W Frank b Elsey 0 (1) c Elsey b Simpson 18 Elms, J E c R H Gillespie b Elsey 0 (10) not out 10 Hartington, H E c Simpson b Elsey 12 (11) b Elsey 0 Extras lb 7 7 b 7, lb 16, nb 2 25 Total 141 184 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 36 66 92 107 119 125 125 125 141 Second innings 35 112 114 119 137 150 162 162 177 184 Elsey 19.1 2 48 5 - - (1) 15.2 5 39 4 - 2 Simpson 23 5 58 4 - - (2) 18 5 61 4 - - Skinner 6 0 22 1 - - (3) 5 0 29 0 - - R H Gillespie 2 0 6 0 - - (4) 4 1 11 0 - - Marshall (5) 1 0 8 0 - - Chambers (6) 5 2 11 1 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 25 1 - - Total 50.1 7 141 10 0 0 48.2 13 184 10 0 2 Notes: Having been put in to bat by Yorkshire 2 nd XI, Northumberland won this return match at 3.50 pm on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. The game between the two teams at Jesmond in June had also been won by Northumberland. For the winners, there were 9 fours in both Clayton’s 86 and Chambers’s 67. In the Northumberland first innings, they put on 149 runs for the opening wicket. It was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Elsey performed the ‘hat-trick’ in the Yorkshire first innings, his victims being Myers, Frank and Elms. It was the second time this feat had been achieved during the season. The 4 catches held by Elsey in the Yorkshire second innings equalled the Championship record by a fielder achieved on 13 previous occasions. The 5 catches he held in the match were the most during the season, equalled by two others. When he had scored 42 in the Yorkshire second innings, Rudston reached the career milestone of a thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1904, p 190; Yorkshire Post 22,24 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 22,24 August; The Sportsman 21 August.