Minor Counties Championship 1909

84 MATCH NUMBER 53 : CHESHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND – NORTH DIVISION At Winnington Park Recreational Club, Park Road, Northwich on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 July 1909 Result: Cheshire won by an innings and 49 runs Points: Cheshire 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Cheshire 3 (A R Cartwright, F G MacLaren, J Sidebotham); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 126; Cheshire 242-6 wickets (Rev F C L Hamilton 11*, P Mason 2*) Northumberland * S P Bell run out 30 (1) b Chambers 11 Chambers, M run out 33 (2) c Sidebotham b Mason 20 Carr, J T c Chambers b MacLaren 3 (3) b Chambers 0 Marshall, J c Rigby b MacLaren 10 (4) c Brewer b Cartwright 10 N R E Wilkinson c Mason b MacLaren 1 (7) b Mason 2 Richardson, O b MacLaren 14 (8) b Cartwright 1 W G Brown b MacLaren 20 (6) b Cartwright 26 G H Watson b Mason 0 (5) b Cartwright 6 R Foster b Mason 9 (9) c Chambers b Cartwright 24 + T Ullathorne b Mason 0 (10) lbw b Cartwright 6 Elsey, G not out 2 (11) not out 0 Extras b 3, lb 1 4 b 1, nb 1 2 Total 126 108 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 53 65 76 79 79 107 108 124 124 126 Second innings 23 23 39 44 45 45 59 80 107 108 Mason 15 4 26 3 - - (1) 8 1 26 2 - - Sidebotham 6 3 8 0 - - (2) 8 2 18 0 - - Chambers 14 1 33 0 - - (3) 13 6 31 2 - - Cartwright 5 0 14 0 - - (4) 8 2 24 6 - - MacLaren 12.1 2 41 5 - - (5) 4 2 7 0 - - Extras - - 4 2 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 52.1 10 126 10 0 0 41 13 108 10 0 1 Cheshire E Osborn b Elsey 33 F G MacLaren st Ullathorne b Brown 71 W E Jones b Richardson 39 H P Rigby b Richardson 57 Chambers, W T c Ullathorne b Elsey 8 * Rev F C L Hamilton c Marshall b Richardson 15 + T T Brewer b Richardson 6 Mason, P c Richardson b Elsey 24 A F Stockton c Richardson b Elsey 11 A R Cartwright not out 2 J Sidebotham c Richardson b Elsey 0 Extras b 9, lb 1, w 2, nb 5 17 Total 283 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 83 123 211 221 227 264 278 283 283 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Elsey 30 12 43 5 - - Richardson 19 5 48 4 - - Carr 6 1 17 0 - - Foster 6 0 30 0 - - Marshall 16 0 56 0 - - Brown 8 1 20 1 - - Chambers, M 9 0 34 0 - - Watson 3 0 18 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 97 19 283 10 2 5 Notes: Cheshire won this return match by an innings and 49 runs on the second day. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been won by Northumberland. Rain delayed the start on the second day by 1½ hours. Northumberland needed 157 runs in their second innings to save the innings defeat. For the winners, there were 4 fours in MacLaren’s 71 and 8 fours in Rigby’s 57. For Northumberland, M Chambers top-scored with 33. [Missing: In Northumberland second innings who bowled the no ball; in Cheshire innings who bowled 2 wides and 5 no balls and fall of sixth wicket; precise time completed.] Sources: Crewe Chronicle 31 July; Crewe Guardian 31 July; Warrington Guardian 31 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 29,30 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 29,30 July; The Sportsman 29,30 July; Cricket 12 August.