Minor Counties Championship 1908

80 MATCH NUMBER 47 : LINCOLNSHIRE V DURHAM – NORTH DIVISION At The Skegness and District Cricket Club Ground, Richmond Drive, Skegness on Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 July 1908 Result: Lincolnshire won by an innings and 16 runs Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Durham Umpires: T Cornwall and M Myers Debutants: Lincolnshire 1 (Dr G P Wilson); Durham 2 (R Newby, L C Ord) First day score: Durham 63 and 18-0 wicket (J F Best 6*, J Bewick 12*); Lincolnshire 246 Durham J F Best c Williams b Cooke 16 (1) c Harrisson b Broughton 38 Stoner, A H b Geeson 20 absent hurt - H Brooks c Broughton b Cooke 0 (3) c Hedworth b Broughton 16 L C Ord b Geeson 0 (4) c Allen b Broughton 0 A P Ashley b Geeson 9 (5) b Broughton 5 Turnbull, G b Cooke 2 (6) b Broughton 11 * T Coulson b Cooke 1 (7) st Allen b Broughton 29 J Bewick run out 0 (2) b Harrisson 26 Morris, A not out 1 (8) c Williams b Broughton 9 Thackeray, J c Cooke b Geeson 10 (9) not out 23 + R Newby run out 0 (10) b Geeson 4 Extras b 2, lb 2 4 b 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 6 Total 63 167 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 28 31 45 48 49 50 50 63 63 Second innings 50 68 68 76 92 112 131 162 167 167 Geeson 16.4 4 32 4 - - (2) 29.5 10 73 1 - - Broughton 5 3 6 0 - - (3) 26 8 52 7 1 1 Cooke 11 2 21 4 - - (1) 8 3 23 0 - - Harrisson (4) 3 0 13 1 - - Extras - - 4 2 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 32.4 9 63 10 0 0 66.5 21 167 9 1 1 Lincolnshire Hibbert, W J b Bewick 26 E Pullein lbw b Turnbull 2 Broughton, J J b Morris 67 T Hedworth c Newby b Thackeray 2 * W E Thompson c Newby b Turnbull 30 L S Harrisson b Morris 0 R E Williams b Thackeray 56 Dr G P Wilson b Morris 2 E T Cooke c Best b Morris 37 Geeson, F not out 7 + Allen, G J b Thackeray 1 Extras b 8, lb 6, nb 2 16 Total 246 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 50 55 131 133 137 152 232 244 246 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 29 6 73 4 - - Turnbull 14 3 42 2 - - Bewick 15 2 41 1 - - Thackeray 14.4 3 44 3 - - Stoner 9 2 30 0 - 2 Extras - - 16 0 - - Total 81.4 16 246 10 0 2 Notes: This return match was won by Lincolnshire by an innings and 16 runs early in the afternoon on the second day. The match between the two teams at West Hartlepool in June had been drawn. For the winners, there were 6 fours in Broughton’s 67 and 5 fours in Williams’s 56. In the Lincolnshire innings, Williams and Cooke added 80 runs for the eighth wicket. Broughton also took 7 wickets for 52 runs in the Durham second innings. Stoner was absent hurt in the Durham second innings, having been hit on the head by a return drive when bowling to Williams which forced him to withdraw from the match. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Skegness Herald 5 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 30,31 July; The Sportsman 30,31 July; Cricket 6 August, p 326.