Minor Counties Championship 1908

115 MATCH NUMBER 82 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V NORTHUMBERLAND – NORTH DIVISION At The Middlesbrough Cricket Club Ground, Breckon Hill Road, Middlesbrough on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 August 1908 Result: Northumberland won by 88 runs Points: Northumberland 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: W Copeland and H Walmsley Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI none; Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 214; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 116-8 wickets (W H Micklethwait 22*, W Brown 14*) Northumberland * J Gilman c Grimshaw b Harrison 11 (5) lbw b Brown 20 + T Ullathorne b Brown 33 (2) c and b Grimshaw 3 Milne, G T b Brown 5 (6) c and b Grimshaw 27 Marshall, J c A L Richardson b Harrison 18 (3) c and b Grimshaw 28 J T Carr c Brown b A L Richardson 63 (4) run out 0 M C Hill c Plowright b Brown 23 ( ) c Frank b Brown 0 Richardson, O b A L Richardson 3 (1) b A L Richardson 8 N R E Wilkinson c Bell b Booth 17 ( ) c Plowright b Grimshaw 0 Chambers, M b A L Richardson 6 ( ) c Plowright b Brown 3 R Foster st Plowright b Grimshaw 15 ( ) not out 40 Elsey, G not out 9 ( ) st Plowright b Booth 1 Extras b 9, w 2 11 b 9, lb 2 11 Total 214 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 47 56 76 104 112 155 176 187 214 Second innings 9 40 44 44 86 96 96 100 132 141 Booth 23 3 97 1 - - (2) 7.1 2 14 1 - - Harrison 14 5 29 2 - - Brown 22 8 45 3 1 - (3) 17 2 50 3 - - Grimshaw 2.1 0 5 1 1 - (4) 12 2 45 4 - - Richardson, A L 10 2 27 3 - - (1) 8 0 21 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 71.1 18 214 10 2 0 44.1 6 141 10 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston, H run out 14 (1) b Milne 8 Turner, A c Marshall b Elsey 28 (2) b Elsey 16 Grimshaw, C H b Elsey 13 (3) c Marshall b Milne 1 Bell, - st Ullathorne b Milne 0 ( ) c Marshall b Elsey 0 W H Micklethwait b Elsey 22 ( ) c Milne b Elsey 22 Booth, M W c Ullathorne b Milne 5 (5) not out 41 Richardson, A L c Milne b Elsey 8 (4) b Foster 40 * R W Frank b Elsey 6 (6) c Elsey b Foster 3 + Plowright, P H b Milne 1 ( ) b Milne 0 Brown, W not out 14 ( ) c Gilman b Milne 6 Harrison, H absent hurt - absent hurt - Extras b 5 5 b 6, lb 3, w 4, nb 1 14 Total 116 151 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 50 51 61 68 83 95 96 116 - Second innings 28 28 31 97 104 136 138 145 151 - Milne 24 1 80 3 - - (2) 17.4 5 33 4 - - Elsey 23.4 10 31 5 - - (1) 19 6 36 3 - 1 Foster (3) 10 3 28 2 4 - Gilman (4) 5 0 18 0 - - Marshall (5) 6 1 22 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 47.4 11 116 9 0 0 57.4 15 151 9 4 1 Notes: Northumberland won this return match by 88 runs on the second day. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been won by Yorkshire 2 nd XI. For the winners, there were 1 five and 4 fours in Carr’s 63. Harrison split his hand when bowling and attempting to catch a return from Carr. The wound required stiches and he took no further part in the match. [Missing: In Northumberland second innings part batting order; in Yorkshire second innings part batting order; precise time completed; Bell’s initials.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1909, p 110; Yorkshire Post 13,14 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 13,14 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 13,14 August; Cricket 27 August, p 370.