Minor Counties Championship 1908

40 MATCH NUMBER 7 : DURHAM V LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At Wearmouth Colliery Ground, Carley Hill, Wearmouth, Sunderland on Monday 22, Tuesday 23 June 1908 Result: Durham won by six wickets Points: Durham 5 Toss: Lancashire 2 nd XI Umpires: M Myers and H Walmsley Debutants: Durham 3 (J F Best, J W Huggins, J M Russell); Lancashire 2 nd XI 3 (WW Martin, D Rowley, E E Unsworth) First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 155 and 66-4 wickets (R Harrison 25*, G Taylor 2*); Durham 130 Lancashire 2 nd XI Heap, J S b Thackeray 23 (1) c Morris b Thackeray 16 V Hope b Morris 0 (2) c Turnbull b Thackeray 2 Harrison, R b Thackeray 21 (3) b Stoner 51 J S Cragg not out 41 (4) c Huggins b Thackeray 12 W W Martin b Morris 2 (5) lbw b Thackeray 1 G Taylor b Thackeray 0 (6) b Thackeray 16 Whitehead, R c Kirtley b Thackeray 17 (7) b Turnbull 17 * T Ainscough c Turnbull b Thackeray 10 (8) c Turnbull b Stoner 2 Rowlands, L S lbw b Morris 0 (9) b Stoner 4 E E Unsworth b Turnbull 24 (10) st Kirtley b Turnbull 0 + Rowley, D b Turnbull 0 (11) not out 3 Extras b 12, lb 5 17 b 15, lb 1 16 Total 155 140 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 48 55 66 72 88 91 97 155 155 Second innings 13 26 44 58 108 118 123 131 139 140 Morris 26 4 76 3 - - (1) 14 2 48 0 - - Turnbull 12 2 15 2 - - (3) 15.5 4 35 2 - - Thackeray 16 7 44 5 - - (2) 22 6 32 5 - - Bewick 1 0 3 0 - - Stoner (4) 7 2 9 3 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 55 13 155 10 0 0 58.5 14 140 10 0 0 Durham J W Huggins b Rowlands 0 (4) not out 37 Turnbull, G b Whitehead 0 (1) b Rowlands 39 J M Russell b Unsworth 21 (3) b Rowlands 2 J F Best c Rowley b Rowlands 35 (2) b Rowlands 39 Stoner, A H b Rowlands 3 (5) b Rowlands 2 * E B Proud b Unsworth 15 (6) not out 31 J Bewick b Rowlands 2 R C Harrison b Unsworth 0 + J Kirtley not out 30 Morris, A b Rowlands 9 Thackeray, J c Cragg b Whitehead 13 Extras lb 2 2 b 9, lb 5, nb 2 16 Total 130 (4 wickets) 166 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 52 56 72 78 78 80 102 130 Second innings 76 78 97 111 - - - - - - Whitehead 11.3 1 47 2 - - (1) 18 3 35 0 - - Rowlands 20 4 45 5 - - (2) 22 5 62 4 - 1 Unsworth 9 1 36 3 - - (3) 3.3 1 15 0 - - Heap (4) 5 1 16 0 - - Hope (5) 3 1 22 0 - 1 Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 40.3 6 130 10 0 0 51.3 11 166 4 0 2 Notes: Durham won by six wickets on the second day, after being set a victory target of 166 runs. For the winners, Thackeray took 10 wickets in the match for 76 runs. For the losers, there were 5 fours in R Harrison’s 51. In the Lancashire 2 nd XI first innings, Cragg and Unsworth added 58 runs for the ninth wicket. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 23,24 June; Yorkshire Post 23,24 June; The Sportsman 23,24 June; Cricket 25 June, p 239.