Minor Counties Championship 1908

113 MATCH NUMBER 80 : LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI V DURHAM – NORTH DIVISION At Whitegate Park, West Park Drive, Blackpool on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 August 1908 Result: Durham won by 27 runs Points: Durham 5 Toss: Durham Umpires: M Myers and J Potter Debutants: Lancashire 2 nd XI 1 (R Cunningham); Durham none First day score: Durham 150 and 32-3 wickets (A E Walker 8*, G Turnbull 15*); Lancashire 2 nd XI 136 Durham C Y Adamson run out 20 (1) b Rimmer 0 Stoner, A H b Sladen 15 (2) c Sladen b Rimmer 2 H Brooks c Hope b Sladen 10 (3) c Leese b Sladen 6 A E Walker c Rimmer b Rowlands 19 (4) c Leese b Sladen 24 Turnbull, G b Sladen 4 (5) c Watson b Sladen 33 + J WMole b Rimmer 15 (6) c Rimmer b Sladen 15 J Bewick not out 32 (7) b Sladen 2 J Robinson c Leese b Sladen 1 (8) c Sladen b Rimmer 1 * T Coulson c Leese b Sladen 0 (9) b Rimmer 2 Morris, A c Sladen b Rowlands 10 (10) c W K Tyldesley b Rimmer 8 Thackeray, J c W K Tyldesley b Sladen 17 (11) not out 1 Extras b 7 7 b 6 6 Total 150 100 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 42 55 66 78 95 100 100 132 150 Second innings 0 5 9 59 78 83 85 88 88 100 Rimmer 15 2 36 1 - - (1) 20 5 31 5 - - Sladen 27 5 71 6 - - (2) 19 4 63 5 - - Rowlands 12.4 2 36 2 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 54.4 9 150 10 0 0 39 9 100 10 0 0 Lancashire 2 nd XI C P Leese b Morris 27 (1) c Stoner b Morris 5 Heap, J S b Thackeray 1 (2) b Thackeray 1 Tyldesley, W K c and b Morris 11 (3) b Thackeray 3 R Cunningham run out 14 (4) b Morris 6 Tyldesley, G E b Morris 2 (5) c Bewick b Thackeray 15 V Hope c Adamson b Morris 33 (6) c Walker b Morris 10 Watson, C b Morris 14 (7) not out 19 Sladen, A R c Walker b Morris 4 (8) b Morris 15 * T Ainscough c Morris b Bewick 8 (9) run out 4 Rowlands, L S b Morris 0 (10) c Coulson b Morris 0 F A Rimmer not out 7 (11) b Morris 2 Extras b 8, lb 6, w 1 15 b 5, lb 2 7 Total 136 87 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 26 63 65 70 88 92 107 107 136 Second innings 2 10 12 19 33 50 72 83 85 87 Morris 16.4 1 50 7 - - (1) 14.5 5 28 6 - - Thackeray 7 2 27 1 1 - (2) 11 2 39 3 - - Turnbull 8 1 28 0 - - (3) 3 0 13 0 - - Bewick 2 0 16 1 - - Extras - - 15 1 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 33.4 4 136 10 1 0 28.5 7 87 10 0 0 Notes: Durham won this low-scoring return match by 27 runs on the second day. The match between the two sides at Sunderland in June had been won by Lancashire 2 nd XI. For the winners, Morris took 13 wickets in the match, including 7 for 50 in the Lancashire first innings. For the losers, Sladen took 11 wickets in the match for 134 runs. No batsman scored fifty. This was the first use of this venue for a championship match. [Missing: Lancashire wicket-keeper; precise time completed.] Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Durham Scorebook; Blackpool Herald 14 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 13,14 August; Yorkshire Post 13,14 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August; Cricket 20 August, p 366.