Minor Counties Championship 1908

41 MATCH NUMBER 8 : NORTHUMBERLAND V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 22, Tuesday 23 June 1908 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by four wickets Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: J Gregory and T Cornwall Debutants: Northumberland none; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 2 (C P Hare, N S Robinson) First day score: Northumberland 102 and 180-9 wickets (G Elsey 16*, Veitch 12*); Yorkshire 2 nd XI 116 Northumberland * F W Gillespie c Dolphin b Brown 25 (5) c Turner b Harrison 48 J H Charlton c Turner b Brown 14 (1) c Harrison b Booth 15 W Milne b Brown 0 (3) c Turner b Booth 10 J S Nesbit run out 18 (4) c Whitaker b Harrison 20 Richardson, O c Dolphin b Brown 13 (2) c Brown b Booth 9 J Gilman c Dolphin b Brown 0 (6) c and b Booth 17 + T Ullathorne b Brown 0 (7) b Booth 17 Milne, G T c Dolphin b Brown 3 (8) c Dolphin b Booth 12 C M Skinner c A L Richardson b Brown 16 (9) c Dolphin b Brown 1 Elsey, G not out 10 (10) c Dolphin b Booth 17 W Veitch b Booth 1 (11) not out 17 Extras lb 1, nb 1 2 lb 1, nb 2 3 Total 102 186 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 33 42 67 69 69 75 80 99 102 Second innings 24 29 34 97 104 132 143 146 154 186 Brown 18 5 49 8 - - (1) 20 3 72 1 - 2 Whitaker 10 1 41 0 - - (3) 5 0 14 0 - - Booth 8 2 10 1 - - (2) 19.4 1 66 7 - - Harrison (4) 8 1 31 2 - - Extras - - 2 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 36 8 102 10 0 1 52.4 5 186 10 0 2 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Wilson, B B c Elsey b Skinner 4 (5) not out 56 Turner, A c G T Milne b Skinner 8 (4) b Skinner 1 Richardson, A L c G T Milne b Skinner 0 (6) b G T Milne 6 Booth, M W c Ullathorne b Skinner 7 (2) c G T Milne b Skinner 13 C P Hare b Skinner 10 (7) b Skinner 0 N S Robinson c and b Elsey 43 (3) retired hurt 0 J S Whitaker c Gilman b G T Milne 24 (8) c W Milne b Skinner 7 * R W Frank c G T Milne b Skinner 1 (1) b G T Milne 69 Harrison, H b Skinner 1 (9) not out 13 + Dolphin, A c O Richardson b G T Milne 2 Brown, W not out 11 Extras b 5 5 b 4, lb 4, nb 1 9 Total 116 (6 wickets) 174 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 4 17 29 30 73 74 84 91 116 Second innings 25 33 116 133 134 141 - - - - Skinner 16 3 72 7 - - (1) 14 2 73 4 - - Elsey 7.2 1 21 1 - - (2) 6 0 37 0 - - Milne, G T 8 2 18 2 - - (3) 9.2 0 42 2 - - Veitch (4) 3 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 31.2 6 116 10 0 0 32.2 2 174 6 0 1 Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by 4 wickets at 1.10 pm on the second day. For the winners, there were 12 fours in Frank’s 69 and 8 fours in Wilson’s 56 not out. In the Northumberland first innings, Brown took 8 wickets for 49 runs, and in the second innings Booth 7 for 66. For the losers, Skinner took 11 wickets in the match for 145 runs, including 7 for 72 in the Yorkshire 2 nd XI first innings. The pitch was described as being fiery and difficult for batsmen. In the Yorkshire second innings, Robinson was struck on the temple by a ball from Skinner and became unconscious. He was carried off the field and regained consciousness in the pavilion. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 23,24 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 23,24 June; Yorkshire Year Book 1909, p 103; Yorkshire Post 23,24 June; The Sportsman 23,24 June; Cricket 25 June, p 239.