Minor Counties Championship 1908

44 MATCH NUMBER 11 : NORTHUMBERLAND V LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 June 1908 Result: Lancashire 2 nd XI won by 146 runs Points: Lancashire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: M Myers and H Walmsley Debutants: Northumberland none; Lancashire 2 nd XI none First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 265; Northumberland 185 Lancashire 2 nd XI V Hope c Elsey b G T Milne 4 (2) c substitute b Elsey 47 Heap, J S b Elsey 32 (1) b Skinner 0 Harrison, R c Ullathorne b Veitch 39 (3) c Elsey b G T Milne 4 J S Cragg not out 82 (4) b Veitch 34 W W Martin b Elsey 8 (5) c Skinner b Gilman 41 G Taylor b Elsey 12 (6) c Gillespie b G T Milne 9 Whitehead, R c Veitch b G T Milne 16 (7) not out 89 * T Ainscough c Ullathorne b Veitch 33 (8) c Stanger-Leathes b Veitch 23 Rowlands, L S lbw b Gilman 1 (9) b Veitch 1 E E Unsworth b G T Milne 23 (10) not out 2 + Rowley, D b G T Milne 2 Extras b 4, lb 6, nb 3 13 b 20, lb 5, nb 1 26 Total 265 (8 wickets declared) 276 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 73 75 95 126 155 220 223 261 265 Second innings 0 15 84 105 155 165 240 260 - - Skinner 16 0 100 0 - - (1) 16 1 80 1 - - Milne, G T 18.2 4 40 4 - - (2) 15 1 48 2 - - Elsey 14 1 42 3 - 3 (4) 12 4 37 1 - 1 Veitch 15 1 50 2 - - (3) 12 3 47 3 - - Gilman 6 0 20 1 - - (5) 8 0 38 1 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 26 0 - - Total 69.2 6 265 10 0 3 63 9 276 8 0 1 Northumberland * F W Gillespie c Rowley b Whitehead 80 (1) c Taylor b Rowlands 9 C F Stanger-Leathes b Rowlands 4 (2) b Whitehead 7 W Milne b Rowlands 10 (3) b Whitehead 3 Richardson, O b Whitehead 13 (5) c Cragg b Whitehead 8 J H Charlton retired hurt 0 absent hurt - J Gilman b Whitehead 19 (4) run out 81 + T Ullathorne b Heap 17 (6) b Unsworth 5 Milne, G T b Whitehead 23 (7) b Heap 22 C M Skinner c Rowley b Whitehead 0 (8) b Unsworth 18 Elsey, G b Rowlands 0 (9) not out 35 W Veitch not out 5 (10) b Unsworth 6 Extras b 11, lb 1, nb 2 14 b 10, lb 5, w 1 16 Total 185 210 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 36 59 122 152 158 158 161 185 - Second innings 11 19 33 49 76 136 149 200 210 - Unsworth 8 1 28 0 - - (3) 13.4 1 37 3 - - Rowlands 18 3 54 3 - - (1) 19 2 54 1 1 - Whitehead 16.1 3 51 5 - - (2) 22 4 65 3 - - Hope 3 0 21 0 - 2 Heap 3 0 17 1 - - (5) 9 1 17 1 - - Harrison (4) 3 0 21 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 16 1 - - Total 48.1 7 185 9 0 2 66.4 8 210 9 1 0 Notes: Lancashire 2 nd XI won by 146 runs on the second day. For the winners, there was 1 six and 14 fours in Whitehead’s 89 not out, and 1 six and 9 fours in Cragg’s 82 not out. In the Lancashire 2 nd XI first innings, Cragg and Ainscough added 65 runs for the seventh wicket, and in the second innings Whitehead and Ainscough put on 75 runs for the same wicket. For the losers, Gilman’s 81 contained 9 fours and Gillespie’s 80 12 fours. In the Northumberland second innings, Skinner and Elsey added 51 runs for the eighth wicket. In the Northumberland first innings, Charlton was struck in the eye with a high rising ball and had to retire for medical attention. He took no further part in the match. [Missing: In the Lancashire 2nd XI second innings who held substitute catch; precise time completed.] Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25,26 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 25,26 June; The Sportsman 25,26 June; Cricket 2 July, p 243.