Minor Counties Championship 1909

43 MATCH NUMBER 12 : NORTHUMBERLAND V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 21, Tuesday 22 June 1909 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by an innings and 163 runs Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Northumberland none; Yorkshire 2 nd XI none First day score: Northumberland 127; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 443-8 wickets (H Watson 0*, H Harrison 0*) Northumberland * F W Gillespie c Auty b W Brown 2 (4) b W Brown 34 S Anderson b Harrison 31 (1) b W Brown 7 J S Nesbit c and b A L Richardson 6 (3) c Watson b Harrison 19 Richardson, O c Watson b W Brown 2 (8) c Auty b W Brown 1 J Gilman b Booth 25 (5) c and b Harrison 24 N R E Wilkinson b Harrison 14 (6) b A L Richardson 9 W G Brown c Tattersall b A L Richardson 2 (7) b Harrison 7 Milne, G T c Turner b W Brown 14 (2) b Booth 29 + T Ullathorne c Grimshaw b Harrison 0 (9) c A L Richardson b Harrison 3 R Foster not out 11 (10) b W Brown 17 Rev H White c Watson b Harrison 8 (11) not out 2 Extras b 9, lb 3 12 b 4, lb 1 5 Total 127 157 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 39 41 73 79 83 108 108 112 127 Second innings 12 59 63 107 116 132 133 136 157 Brown, W 17 9 28 3 - - (1) 19.5 5 67 4 - - Harrison 16.4 4 54 4 - - (2) 26 7 60 4 - - Richardson, A L 5 0 20 2 - - (4) 6 1 12 1 - - Booth 5 0 13 1 - - (3) 7 0 13 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 43.4 13 127 10 0 0 58.5 13 157 10 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Hardisty, C H c Nesbit b White 193 Grimshaw, C H c Nesbit b Gilman 45 Rudston, H c Gilman b White 73 J S Auty c Wilkinson b Foster 21 Turner, A c Ullathorne b White 0 Richardson, A L c Foster b W G Brown 39 Booth, M W b Foster 0 * G Tattersall c Ullathorne b Foster 20 + Watson, H b Foster 1 Harrison, H not out 3 Brown, W c Brown b White 0 Extras b 42, lb 5, w 5 52 Total 447 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 129 329 341 347 385 388 434 439 446 447 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Foster 18 2 92 4 5 - Milne 22 3 98 0 - - White 23.5 3 99 4 - - W G Brown 14 1 61 1 - - Gilman 5 0 28 1 - - Richardson, O 2 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 52 0 - - Total 84.5 9 447 10 5 0 Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by an innings and 163 runs just before 3.00 pm on the second day. Shortly after they had won, heavy rain fell and continued for the rest of the afternoon. For the winners, Hardisty’s 193 included 2 sixes, 31 fours, 3 threes and 11 twos, an innings of 2¼ hours. It was the third highest score by a batsman during the season. There were 12 fours in Rudston’s 73. In the Yorkshire innings Hardisty and Grimshaw put on 129 runs for the first wicket and Hardisty and Rudston 200 runs for the second wicket. For the losers, Gillespie top-scored with 34. [Missing: Toss; in Northumberland second innings fall of ninth wicket.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 22,23 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 22,23 June; Yorkshire Year Book 1910, p 106; Yorkshire Post 22,23 June; The Sportsman 22,23 June; Cricket 8 July, p 255.