Minor Counties Championship 1908

188 MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1908 – COUNTY MILESTONES During the season Northumberland and Staffordshire reached the milestone of one hundred matches in the Championship. We provide a brief summary of their record from their first championship match to the end of the 1908 season. NORTHUMBERLAND Matches played 108, won 19, lost 45, drawn 44 Grounds used: Heaton - Northumberland Club Ground 4 Jesmond - Osborne Avenue 50 Total 54 Batting Highest innings - For 485 v Northamptonshrie Northampton 1901 total - Against 467 for Durham Chester-le-Street 1906 Lowest innings - For 29 v Northamptonshire Jesmond 1901 - Against 43 for Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 1896 Highest individual - For 171 F W Gillespie v Yorkshire 2nd XI Middlesbrough 1905 innings - Against 201 E W Elliott for Durham Jesmond 1903 Centuries scored - For 25 Most 4 by F G H Clayton, V Thompson - Against 31 Highest Wicket Partnerships For 1st 177 F G H Clayton and R G E Mortimer Northamptonshire Northampton 1901 2nd 142 F W Gillespie and J S Nesbit Yorkshire 2nd XI Jesmond 1907 3rd 173 F W Gillespie and J Gilman Lincolnshire Jesmond 1908 4th 227 Marshall, J and F W Gillespie Yorkshire 2nd XI Halifax 1904 5th 151 V Thompson and F G H Clayton Durham Hartlepool 1899 6th 153 F W Gillespie and S P Wood Yorkshire 2nd XI Middlesbrough 1905 7th 90 S P Wood and W Seymour Yorkshire 2nd XI Middlesbrough 1905 8th 96 T Ullathorne and Milne, G T Durham Jesmond 1908 9th 106 C Page and Elsey, G Yorkshire 2nd XI Jesmond 1901 10th 84 C M Skinner and Elsey, G Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 1908 Against 1st 178 Rev W F G Sandwith and P A Fryer Norfolk Jesmond 1899 2nd 240 H R Elliot and E W Elliot Durham Jesmond 1903 3rd 255 W H Kingston and East, W Northamptonshire Northampton 1904 4th 152* R W Frank and Hutchinson, F Yorkshire 2nd XI Halifax 1904 5th 143 Rudston, H and Myers, H Yorkshire 2nd XI Halifax 1902 6th 101 C Y Adamson and Turnbull, G Durham Chester-le-Street 1904 7th 170 T Horton and G A T Vials Northamptonshire Jesmond 1904 8th 97 Pollitt, G and W E King Bedfordshire Dunstable 1905 9th 81 T Horton and Cox, M Northamptonshire Northampton 1900 10th 110 J Berwick and Morris, A Durham Jesmond 1908 Bowling Best bowling - For 10-31 Tomlin, E v Norfolk Norwich 1900 in innings - Against 8-23 Butler, J for Durham Burnmoor 1902 Five wickets - For 73 Most 21 by Elsey, G, 12 by Marshall, J in innings - Against 106 Best bowling - For 15-123 Marshall, J v Durham Jesmond 1901 in match - Against 15-96 Thompson, G J for Northamptonshire Jesmond 1904 Ten wickets - For 11 Most 4 by Elsey, G, 2 by Milne, G T in match - Against 23 Appearances Most appearances - 86 by Elsey, G, 84 by Marshall, J, 75 by F G H Clayton