MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 1: NORTHUMBERLAND V DURHAM At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 27, Tuesday 28 May 1912 Result: Match drawn - Northumberland won on first innings Points: Northumberland 3, Durham 1 Toss: Durham Umpires: B Brown and S Doughty Debutants: Northumberland 1 (W W Meldon); Durham none First day score: Durham 206; Northumberland 235-5 wickets (S P Bell 31*, C M Skinner 24*) Durham T A Bradford b Richardson 22 (2) c substitute (C H Hardisty) b White 57 Hendren, D run out 12 (4) b White 7 Harrison, R b Skinner 46 (3) b Milne 47 A J Graham b Milne 4 (5) b Milne 39 * C Y Adamson c Nesbit b Skinner 18 (1) lbw b White 24 H L Dales b Skinner 8 A P Ashley c Wilkinson b Nicholls 33 (7) not out 15 H Brooks c Gillespie b Richardson 39 (6) not out 23 Morris, A b Nicholls 0 Thackeray, J lbw b Nicholls 2 + I L Robinson not out 10 Extras b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 2 12 b 13, lb 2, nb 1 16 Total (all out) 206 (5 wickets) 228 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 53 60 111 112 131 176 176 182 206 Second innings 59 90 115 168 185 - - - - - Milne 20 3 60 1 - - (1) 22 5 60 2 - - Skinner 17 3 59 3 1 1 (6) 2 0 11 0 - - Nicholls 10 2 28 3 - - (5) 8 2 27 0 - 1 Richardson 8 0 25 2 1 1 (3) 13 2 40 0 - - White 8 2 22 0 1 - (2) 17 4 60 3 - - Meldon - - (4) 5 1 14 0 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 63 10 206 10 3 2 67 14 228 5 0 1 Northumberland C F Stanger-Leathes c Robinson b Thackeray 65 W W Meldon c Brooks b Thackeray 15 J S Nesbit run out 3 F W Gillespie b Morris 78 Richardson, O b Thackeray 9 * S P Bell c Morris b Hendren 75 C M Skinner c Graham b Adamson 71 Milne, G T c Dales b Adamson 60 Rev H White b Adamson 2 + G E Wilkinson b Morris 10 E Nicholls not out 0 Extras b 13, lb 7, w 2, nb 1 23 Total (all out) 411 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 52 164 174 179 297 377 389 408 411 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 38.1 5 104 2 - - Thackeray 37 7 95 3 1 - Harrison 14 1 43 0 - 1 Adamson 9 1 42 3 - - Hendren 18 1 90 1 1 - Dales 2 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 23 1 - - Total 118.1 15 411 10 2 1 Notes: This joint opening match of the 1912 season was drawn with Northumberland winning on first innings. On the second day heavy rain drove the players into the pavilion at 1.10 pm and play did not restart until 2.45 pm. For Northumberland, five batsmen made scores of over fifty runs. They were Gillespie with 78 including 12 fours, Bell 75 containing 7 fours, Skinner 71 including 5 fours, Stanger-Leathes 65 including 7 fours, and Milne 60 containing 1 six and 7 fours scored in only 40 minutes. In the Northumberland innings Stanger-Leathes and Gillespie put on 112 runs for the third wicket, Bell and Skinner 118 for the sixth wicket, and Skinner and Milne 80 runs for the seventh wicket. For Durham, Bradford top scored with 57 which included 2 sixes and 7 fours. In the Northumberland innings, Stanger-Leathes strained his left thigh when his score was 42 and Wilkinson came out to act as his runner. On the second day, Graham kept wicket for Durham in place of Robinson who had damaged his hand on the first day. C H Hardisty, who was fielding as substitute for the injured Stanger- Leathes held the substitute catch to dismiss Bradford. It was estimated that over 5,000 spectators were present on the first day and over 2,000 on the second. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Northumberland Daily Chronicle 28,29 May; Newcastle Daily Journal 28,29 May; Cricket 8 June, p 224. 32