The Minor Counties Championship 1905

73 MATCH NUMBER 47 : DURHAM V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on Monday 7, Tuesday 8 August 1905 Result: Durham won by six wickets Points: Durham 3 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: O Firth and G P Harrison Debutants: Durham 1 (A Morris); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 215. Northumberland * F G H Clayton b Brydon 6 (8) b Morris 3 F W Gillespie b Brydon 44 (2) b Turnbull 5 Richardson, O st Kirtley b Turnbull 4 (3) b Turnbull 0 R G Elliott b Brydon 0 (5) c Brydon b Turnbull 0 Marshall, J c Kirtley b Turnbull 26 (4) b Brydon 21 V Thompson b Brydon 19 (1) b Morris 29 C M Skinner b Turnbull 26 (6) b Morris 12 A Simpson c Turnbull b Thackeray 43 (7) b Morris 18 Elsey, G st Kirtley b Thackeray 8 (9) run out 14 + G E Wilkinson not out 18 (10) c Toomer b Brydon 1 Nicholls, E b Brydon 6 (11) not out 5 Extras b 12, lb 2, w 1 15 b 16, lb 2, nb 1 19 Total 215 127 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 21 26 63 94 124 140 189 190 215 Second innings 13 13 44 47 75 90 99 112 115 127 Turnbull 25 6 53 3 - - (1) 15 4 35 3 - - Thackeray 16 4 47 2 - - (3) 4 1 11 0 - - Morris 1 0 4 0 - - (4) 8 0 20 4 - - Brydon 25.4 2 96 5 1 - (2) 16 6 27 2 - - Moorsom (5) 3 0 15 0 - 1 Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 19 1 - - Total 67.4 12 215 10 1 0 46 11 127 10 0 1 Durham R Bousfield b Elsey 27 (1) c and b Skinner 6 A B Horsley c Marshall b Elsey 2 (2) c Thompson b Skinner 24 * E W Elliot lbw b Elsey 26 (3) not out 96 T Coulson c Wilkinson b Nicholls 7 (4) b Elsey 19 Turnbull, G b Elsey 29 (5) b Nicholls 14 Rev R P Moorsom not out 24 (6) not out 43 C R Toomer c Gillespie b Elsey 0 + J Kirtley b Skinner 1 Morris, A b Skinner 4 J Thackeray c Wilkinson b Elsey 13 R Y Brydon b Elsey 0 Extras lb 2, nb 1 3 b 4, nb 3 7 Total 136 (4 wickets) 209 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 50 61 81 103 103 108 112 136 136 Second innings 22 37 63 91 - - - - - - Elsey 18 3 62 7 - 1 (1) 18 2 51 1 - 3 Skinner 7 0 44 2 - - (2) 15 0 80 2 - - Marshall 7 2 18 0 - - (3) 10 2 32 0 - - Nicholls 3 1 9 1 - - (4) 6 1 18 1 - - Clayton (5) 4 0 21 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 35 6 136 10 0 1 53 5 209 4 0 3 Notes: Durham won this return match by six wickets at 6.05 pm on the second day, having obtained the 207 runs required to win in just over two hours. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had also been won by Durham. On the first day, rain delayed the resumption of play after lunch by 45 minutes and stopped play just after 4.00 pm. For the winners, there were 2 sixes and 8 fours in E W Elliot’s 96 not out, scored in 105 minutes. In the Durham second innings, E W Elliot and Moorsom put on an undefeated 118 for the fifth wicket, which won the game for the home team. For Northumberland, Elsey took 7 wickets for 62 runs in the Durham first innings. Takings for the two days amounted to around £90. When dismissing R G Elliot in the Northumberland second innings, Turnbull reached the career milestone of three hundred wickets in championship matches. Elliot’s 96 not out was the highest score in the fourth innings of a match during the season. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 9 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 8,9 August.