The Minor Counties Championship 1905

49 MATCH NUMBER 23 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Middlesbrough Cricket Club Ground, Grove Hill, Breckon Hill Road, Middlesbrough on Thursday 13, Friday 14 July 1905 Result: Match drawn – Northumberland won on first innings Points: Northumberland 2 Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (R S Rhodes); Northumberland 3 (W Seymour, N R E Wilkinson, S P Wood) First day score: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 319; Northumberland 41-3 wickets (F W Gillespie 23*, R G Elliott 1*) Yorkshire 2 nd XI Farrar, A c Marshall b Elsey 4 (1) c Thompson b Marshall 1 Hey, E b Elsey 34 (2) b Marshall 20 G Tattersall c Marshall b Chambers 7 (3) c Greenwood b Marshall 1 R S Rhodes c Gillespie b Elsey 8 (4) not out 42 R S Leather c Seymour b Elsey 17 (5) st Greenwood b Marshall 3 Wilkinson, W H c Elsey b Elliott 157 (6) not out 53 * R W Frank b Elsey 35 Elms, J E c Greenwood b Marshall 11 Davison, R c Thompson b Gillespie 11 Deyes, G c Marshall b Gillespie 5 + Dolphin, A not out 15 Extras b 13, lb 1, nb 1 15 b 13 13 Total 319 (4 wickets) 133 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 14 27 69 102 157 206 236 254 319 Second innings 6 14 29 37 - - - - - - Elsey 39 4 102 5 - 1 Chambers 35 4 100 1 - - (2) 14 2 33 0 - - Marshall 8 1 26 1 - - (1) 21.3 5 59 4 - - Richardson 3 0 30 0 - - Gillespie 7 1 26 2 - - Elliott 2.2 0 20 1 - - (4) 5 0 16 0 - - Thompson (3) 2 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 94.2 10 319 10 0 1 42.3 7 133 4 0 0 Northumberland * V Thompson c W H Wilkinson b Deyes 8 F W Gillespie b Elms 171 Richardson, O b Elms 2 Marshall, J b Elms 0 R G Elliott b Davison 40 Chambers, M b Frank 1 S P Wood lbw b Frank 143 W Seymour b Frank 29 N R E Wilkinson st Dolphin b Frank 18 + Greenwood, L not out 13 Elsey, G absent hurt - Extras b 17, lb 2, w 2 21 Total 446 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 36 40 139 140 293 383 417 446 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Deyes 29 6 93 1 1 - Elms 30 5 105 3 1 - Davison 18 0 80 1 - - W H Wilkinson 11 2 47 0 - - Frank 21.3 2 100 4 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - Total 109.3 15 446 9 2 0 Notes: This return match was drawn with Northumberland winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been won by Yorkshire 2 nd XI. For the visitors, there were 23 fours, 3 threes and 10 twos in Gillespie’s 171, scored in 3¾ hours, and 19 fours, 1 three and 11 twos in debutant Wood’s 143, an innings of 160 minutes. Gillespie’s 171 was the second highest score of the season. In the Northumberland innings, Gillespie and Wood added 153 runs for the sixth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season and Wood and Seymour 90 for the seventh wicket. For Y orkshire, W H Wilkinson’s 157 contained 20 fours, 5 threes and 9 twos. His second innings 53 not out included 8 fours. In the Yorkshire first innings, Wilkinson and Dolphin put on 65 runs for the last wicket. The 210 runs scored by Wilkinson were the second highest match aggregate during the season. On the first day when fielding, Elsey was struck in the groin by a ball and could not take part in the match on the Friday. [The Yorkshire scorebook gives bowling details which are not supported by the other sources listed or the Northumberland averages in Wisden. For the record these differences are in the Yorkshire first innings Elsey overs 38, Chambers overs 36 and maidens 5, and in the Yorkshire second innings Marshall overs 21.] [Missing: In Yorkshire first innings duration of Wilkinson’s 157.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1906, p 107; Yorkshire Post 14,15 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 15 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 14,15 July .