Minor Counties Championship 1909

38 MATCH NUMBER 7 : DURHAM V CHESHIRE – NORTH DIVISION At The Darlington Cricket Club Ground, Feethams, South Terrace, Darlington on Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 June 1909 Result: Durham won by an innings and 166 runs Points: Durham 5 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: S Atkinson and H Walmsley Debutants: Durham 2 (T A Bradford, C Brooks); Cheshire 2 (F L Eaton, W E Jones) First day score: Cheshire 87; Durham 457-9 wickets (G P Gore 141*, C H Parkin 26*) Cheshire F L Eaton b Turnbull 18 (1) b Turnbull 20 J C Fallows b Turnbull 1 (2) c Gore b Parkin 42 E Osborn c and b Morris 6 (3) c and b Turnbull 0 * H P Rigby lbw b Turnbull 9 (6) b Morris 17 R Z H Voss b Turnbull 0 (5) b Morris 37 A S Turner b Morris 1 (7) b Morris 0 A F Stockton st Gore b Turnbull 22 (8) b Turnbull 3 W E Jones not out 13 (4) not out 63 + T T Brewer lbw b Turnbull 3 (9) b Morris 0 Buxton, N b Morris 6 (10) b Morris 0 A W Dixon c Gore b Morris 0 (11) b Morris 11 Extras b 8 8 b 8, lb 2, w 1 11 Total 87 204 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 21 25 26 27 53 62 72 87 87 Second innings 39 39 81 145 178 178 181 182 186 204 Morris 16.3 2 55 4 - - (1) 21.4 6 37 6 - - Turnbull 16 5 24 6 - - (2) 30 2 80 3 - - Thackeray (3) 8 2 22 0 - - Parkin (4) 8 0 26 1 - - Brooks (5) 7 1 28 0 1 - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 32.3 7 87 10 0 0 74.4 11 204 10 1 0 Durham A E Walker b Buxton 6 Turnbull, G c Osborn b Turner 23 J M Russell b Turner 12 C Brooks b Buxton 5 E B Proud b Stockton 60 T A Bradford b Turner 89 + G P Gore not out 141 A Morris run out 4 * T Coulson c and b Buxton 21 Thackeray, J run out 50 Parkin, C.H. not out 26 Extras b 15, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 20 Total (9 wickets declared) 457 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 33 42 56 143 234 249 310 406 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Buxton 22 3 100 3 - - Dixon 12 0 88 0 1 - Eaton 4 0 27 0 - - Turner 19 1 89 3 - - Voss 4 0 35 0 - 1 Stockton 9 0 73 1 1 - Jones 3 0 25 0 - - Extras - - 20 2 - - Total 73 4 457 9 2 1 Notes: Durham won by an innings and 166 runs three quarters of an hour after lunch. The margin of victory was the third largest of the season. Bad light halted play shortly after 6.00 pm on the first day and Durham then declared hoping to have an opportunity of bowling at Cheshire again that evening. However, the light did not improve and play was abandoned for the day. On the first day Cheshire were bowled out before lunch in 90 minutes. For the winners, Morris took 10 wickets in the match for 92 runs and Turnbull 9 for 104. There were 20 fours, 3 threes and 16 twos in Gore’s 141 not out, an innings of 1 hour and 40 minutes. Bradford’s 89 included 1 six and 14 fours, Proud’s 60 contained 10 fours, and Thackeray’s 50 included 10 fours. In the Durham innings Gore and Coulson added 61 runs for the eighth wicket, Gore and Thackeray 96 for the ninth, and Gore and Parkin 51 unbroken for the tenth. The Durham total was the third highest of the season. For the losers Jones’s 63 not out contained 8 fours. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 10,11 June; Macclesfield Advertiser 11 June; The Sportsman 10,11 June; Cricket 17 June, p 208.