Minor Counties Championship 1908

38 MATCH NUMBER 5 : NORTHUMBERLAND V DURHAM – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 8, Tuesday 9 June 1908 Result: Match drawn – Northumberland won on first innings Points: Northumberland 3 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: M Myers and H Walmsley Debutants: Northumberland none; Durham none First day score: Northumberland 302; Durham 233-9 wickets (J Bewick 32*, A Morris 26*) Northumberland C F Stanger-Leathes b Turnbull 18 (1) b Morris 31 * F W Gillespie b Adamson 47 (2) st Kirtley b Bewick 43 Marshall, J b Morris 3 (3) ct substitute (T A Bulmer) b Adamson 1 W Milne c Kirtley b Morris 30 (4) b Morris 15 J Gilman c Bewick b Turnbull 89 (5) b Morris 4 Richardson, O c Kirtley b Morris 8 (6) b Morris 13 J H Charlton c and b Bewick 18 (7) b Morris 1 + T Ullathorne lbw b Turnbull 7 (8) lbw b Adamson 48 Milne, G T b Morris 18 (9) b Adamson 32 C M Skinner c Turnbull b Bewick 21 (10) not out 12 W Veitch not out 11 (11) c Coulson b Bewick 21 Extras b 22, lb 10 32 b 29, lb 13, w 1 43 Total 302 264 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 32 88 149 168 233 247 247 282 302 Second innings 66 69 99 105 119 122 127 223 228 264 Morris 27 6 85 4 - - (1) 27 7 76 5 - - Turnbull 22 5 69 3 - - (2) 18 2 50 0 - - Adamson 16 1 53 1 - - (4) 18 3 52 3 1 - Stoner 10 1 34 0 - - (5) 1 0 3 0 - - Bewick 12.5 4 29 2 - - (3) 11.3 2 40 2 - - Extras - - 32 0 - - - - 43 0 - - Total 87.5 17 302 10 0 0 75.3 14 264 10 1 0 Durham C Y Adamson c Marshall b Skinner 4 (1) b G T Milne 10 W Nisbet c G T Milne b Skinner 0 (2) b G T Milne 5 H Brooks b Gilman 46 absent ill - T Kinch c Ullathorne b Skinner 15 (3) b G T Milne 0 * T Coulson c Richardson b G T Milne 64 (4) retired hurt 37 Turnbull, G b Gilman 0 (5) c Marshall b Skinner 20 R C Harrison b Gilman 9 (6) c Ullathorne b Skinner 22 J Bewick c Ullathorne b G T Milne 58 (7) b Veitch 13 Stoner, A H st Ullathorne b G T Milne 0 (8) not out 17 + J Kirtley c G T Milne b Gilman 20 (9) b G T Milne 6 Morris, A not out 53 (10) not out 2 Extras b 16, lb 10, w 1 27 lb 2, w 1 3 Total 296 (7 wickets) 135 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 13 48 107 107 139 159 159 186 296 Second innings 15 15 24 65 99 118 126 - - - Skinner 21 2 70 3 1 - (1) 15 4 53 2 1 - G T Milne 21.2 1 74 3 - - (2) 15 2 45 4 - - Veitch 14 1 50 0 - - (5) 3 1 10 1 - - Gilman 13 0 65 4 - - (4) 5 0 19 0 - - Marshall 2 0 10 0 - - (3) 4 1 5 0 - - Extras - - 27 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 71.2 4 296 10 1 0 42 8 135 7 1 0 Notes: Match drawn with Northumberland winning on first innings. For the home side, there were 14 fours in Gilman’s 89. In the Northumberland second innings, Ullathorne and G T Milne added 96 runs for the eighth wicket. For Durham, Coulson’s 64 contained 9 fours, Bewick’s 58 5 fours, and Morris’s 53 not out 5 fours. In the Durham first innings, Bewick and Morris put on 110 runs for the tenth wicket. Brooks became ill overnight and could not play on the second day and T A Bulmer acted as substitute and held a catch to dismiss Marshall. In the Durham second innings, Coulson was hit on the head near the eye and fell to the floor. He had to retire as his wound required stitches. He was ready to bat if Durham had lost a further wicket. There were 5,000 spectators on the first day and 3,000 on the second. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 9,10 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 9,10 June; Yorkshire Post 9,10 June; The Sportsman 9,10 June; Cricket 11 June, p 205.