Minor Counties Championship 1907

111 MATCH NUMBER 79 : LINCOLNSHIRE V DURHAM At The Black Swan Ground, Stepping Stones Lane, Spalding on Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 August 1907 Result: Lincolnshire won by 102 runs Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Lincolnshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire none; Durham none First day score: Lincolnshire 109; Durham 80-5 wickets (R C Harrison 9*, J Thackeray 2*) Lincolnshire G F Wells-Cole b Morris 27 (1) b Turnbull 0 A S Hatt st Kirtley b Turnbull 6 (2) b Morris 2 Rev C G Ward b Morris 4 (5) b Thackeray 34 Hibbert, W J c and b Morris 10 (3) c Scott Owen b Stoner 106 Broughton, J J lbw b Turnbull 9 (4) b Morris 0 L S Harrisson b Turnbull 1 E T Cooke c Morris b Stoner 23 * W E Thompson not out 12 (6) not out 26 Geeson, F lbw b Morris 2 J A Brooke b Morris 0 + Allen, G J run out 2 Extras b 13 13 b 6, lb 1 7 Total 109 (5 wickets declared) 175 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 36 47 60 61 61 98 100 106 109 Second innings 2 4 4 105 175 - - - - - Morris 21 4 51 5 - - (1) 16 3 51 2 - - Brydon 4 0 13 0 - - (3) 9 1 43 0 - - Turnbull 12 6 18 3 - - (2) 17 4 41 1 - - Stoner 4.5 0 14 1 - - (4) 7.1 0 23 1 - - Thackeray (5) 5 1 10 1 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 41.5 10 109 10 0 0 54.1 9 175 5 0 0 Durham H Brooks st Allen b Broughton 17 (1) b Broughton 33 Turnbull, G b Cooke 2 (2) b Geeson 8 Stoner, A lbw b Broughton 19 (3) b Broughton 1 A L Scott Owen b Broughton 21 (4) b Broughton 5 * T Coulson c Allen b Brooke 1 (5) c Thompson b Geeson 1 R C Harrison not out 15 (6) b Broughton 3 J Thackeray c Geeson b Broughton 10 (7) b Broughton 0 + J Kirtley b Geeson 17 (8) c Thompson b Geeson 0 Parkin, C H b Geeson 0 (9) c and b Geeson 5 R Y Brydon b Geeson 0 (10) not out 3 Morris, A b Geeson 3 (11) b Broughton 2 Extras b 8, nb 1 9 b 4, lb 3 7 Total 114 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 40 68 69 69 88 106 106 106 114 Second innings 16 17 35 36 51 51 54 62 64 68 Geeson 10 1 28 4 - - (2) 15 5 24 4 - - Cooke 8 2 28 1 - - Broughton 8 1 35 4 - - (1) 15.5 3 37 6 - - Brooke 4 2 14 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 30 6 114 10 0 1 30.5 8 68 10 0 0 Notes: Lincolnshire won this return match by 102 runs at 5.45 pm on the second day. The Lincolnshire declaration set Durham a victory target in their second innings of 171 runs in just over two hours. The match between the two sides at Darlington in July had been won by Durham. On the first day rain halted play between 3.25 and 5.45 pm. For the winners, there were 14 fours in Hibbert’s 106, an innings of 2¼ hours. In the Lincolnshire second innings, Hibber t and Ward added 101 runs for the fourth wicket. Broughton took 10 wickets in the match for 72 runs. A collection for Hibbert on the second day yielded £2-10s-7d. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Grantham Journal 17 August; Lincolnshire Free Press 20 August; Spalding Guardian 17 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 15,16 August; Yorkshire Post 15,16 August; The Sportsman 15,16 August.