Minor Counties Championship 1907

92 MATCH NUMBER 60 : DURHAM V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Chester-le-Street Cricket Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1907 Result: Match drawn – Northumberland won on first innings Points: Northumberland 3 Toss: Durham Umpires: Not known Debutants: Durham: 2 (R C Harrison, A L Scott Owen); Northumberland none First day score: Durham 212; Northumberland 326-8 wickets (G T Milne 2*, G Elsey 2*) Durham Turnbull, G b Elsey 33 (1) c Elsey b Skinner 75 Stoner, A c and b Skinner 9 (2) b G T Milne 13 E W Elliot b G T Milne 71 (3) b Skinner 121 T Kinch b Elsey 3 (4) b Skinner 18 A L Scott Owen c Gilman b Elsey 33 (5) c Ullathorne b G T Milne 14 R C Harrison c Elsey b Skinner 25 (6) not out 37 * T Coulson c Ullathorne b G T Milne 5 (7) c Gilman b Marshall 55 J K Bewick not out 9 (8) not out 17 J Thackeray b Skinner 0 + J Kirtley b Skinner 7 Morris, A c Marshall b Skinner 4 Extras b 7, lb 4, w 2 13 b 23, lb 6, w 2 31 Total 212 (6 wickets declared) 381 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 82 88 138 180 188 198 200 208 212 Second innings 15 166 240 253 270 341 - - - - Skinner 13.1 2 48 5 2 - (1) 29 1 131 3 2 - G T Milne 13 0 57 2 - - (2) 25 2 112 2 - - Elsey 11 1 42 3 - - (3) 14 2 55 0 - - Gilman 4 0 30 0 - - (6) 2 0 15 0 - - Veitch 5 0 22 0 - - (5) 5 1 16 0 - - Marshall (4) 7 0 21 1 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 31 0 - - Total 46.1 3 212 10 2 0 82 6 381 6 2 0 Northumberland C F Stanger-Leathes b Morris 90 (1) c Turnbull b Thackeray 1 J Gilman b Scott Owen 59 (2) lbw b Turnbull 10 Marshall, J b Thackeray 44 (3) c Bewick b Turnbull 20 W Milne lbw b Thackeray 30 (4) not out 44 * F W Gillespie c Kirtley b Elliot 64 (5) b Morris 41 J S Nesbit b Stoner 2 (6) not out 8 C M Skinner b Thackeray 0 + T Ullathorne c and b Elliot 22 G T Milne c Thackeray b Turnbull 20 Elsey, G not out 10 W Veitch lbw b Turnbull 3 Extras b 6, lb 4, nb 1 11 b 9, lb 2 11 Total 355 (4 wickets) 135 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 127 153 218 235 242 247 317 322 349 355 Second innings 2 37 42 119 - - - - - - Turnbull 21.2 1 58 2 - - (3) 8 2 18 2 - - Morris 31 7 113 1 - - (1) 10 1 47 1 - - Thackeray 21 3 56 3 - - (2) 7 2 21 1 - - Scott Owen 4 0 20 1 - - Stoner 9 0 35 1 - - (5) 5 0 22 0 - - Elliot 9 0 40 2 - 1 (4) 5 1 16 0 - - Bewick 4 0 22 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 99.2 11 355 10 0 1 35 6 135 4 0 0 Notes: Drawn high scoring return match with Northumberland winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in May had also been drawn. For Durham, there were 1 f ive, 15 fours and 1 three in Elliot’s 121, an innings of 1 hour and 50 minutes. Turnbull’s 75 included 18 fours, Elliot’s 71 8 fours and Coulson’s 55 10 fours. In the Durham second innings, Turnbull and Elliot added 151 runs for the second wicket. For the visitors, Stanger- Leathes’s 90 contained 15 fours, Gilman’s 59 7 fours and Gillespie’s 64 9 fours. In the Northumberland first innings, Stanger -Leathes and Gilman put on 127 runs for the first wicket, and Gillespie and Ullathorne 70 for the seventh wicket. The match was played in fine weather on both days and the aggregate of 1,083 runs was the most in a match during the season. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 6,7 August; Yorkshire Post 6,7 August.