MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 3: NORTHUMBERLAND V CHESHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 June 1912 Result: Match drawn - Northumberland won on first innings Points: Northumberland 3, Cheshire 1 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: B Brown and S Doughty Debutants: Northumberland 2 (A H Wilson, G C Wingham); Cheshire 2 (J S Cragg, F Fairbank) First day score: Northumberland 233-2 wickets (W W Meldon 131*, D V Norbury 13*) Northumberland S W Anderson b Hunter 58 W W Meldon c Turner b Fairbank 144 J S Nesbit c Holland b Barker 21 Norbury, D V c Mason b Fairbank 17 Wingham, G C c Turner b Fairbank 0 Richardson, O c and b Mason 29 N R E Wilkinson c Barker b Fairbank 5 Milne, G T b Mason 6 C M Skinner not out 5 * S P Bell not out 4 + A H Wilson Extras nb 5 13 Total (8 wickets declared) 302 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 136 179 243 243 258 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 9 0 42 1 - - Mason 19 2 84 2 - 1 Fairbank 16 2 82 4 - 4 Turner 5 0 43 0 - - Hunter 4 0 38 1 - - Extras 13 0 - - Total 53 4 302 8 0 5 Cheshire (Followed on) J C Fallows c Wingham b Milne 15 (2) b Skinner 14 Holland, J c Wilson b Wingham 31 (1) b Milne 120 E F J Kirby b Norbury 0 (4) b Milne 10 J S Cragg b Norbury 21 (3) b Skinner 0 F S Church c Wingham b Norbury 4 (5) lbw b Skinner 30 A S Turner b Norbury 0 (7) c Bell b Skinner 0 F C Hunter b Norbury 4 (8) b Meldon 7 * F Fairbank b Wingham 4 (9) not out 8 Mason, P not out 23 (6) c and b Skinner 1 + J L Jones c Wilson b Wingham 6 Barker, F b Norbury 6 Extras w 1, nb 6 30 nb 5 33 Total (all out) 144 (8 wickets) 223 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 47 62 89 105 137 144 Second innings 29 29 46 110 112 112 137 223 - - Milne 19 10 23 1 - - (3) 17.3 4 43 2 - - Norbury 17 1 55 6 1 6 (4) 6 0 35 0 - 2 Richardson 5 0 11 0 - - (5) 3 0 17 0 - - Wingham 9 2 25 3 - - (2) 10 2 35 0 - - Skinner (1) 17 6 52 5 - 3 Meldon (6) 7 3 8 1 - - Extras - - 33 0 - - - - 33 0 - - Total 50 13 144 10 1 6 60.3 15 223 8 0 5 Notes: This rain-affected match was drawn with Northumberland winning on first innings on the second day. On the first day, only two hours and twenty minutes play was possible. A shower during the lunch interval delayed the resumption and after another 25 minutes play heavy rain led to the match being abandoned for the day. For the home side, Meldon scored 144 runs in just 2½ hours with 12 sixes, 7 fours, and 2 threes. Anderson’s 58 included 1 six and 5 fours. In the Northumberland innings, these two batsmen put on 136 runs for the first wicket. In the Cheshire first innings Norbury took 6 wickets for 55 runs. In the Cheshire second innings Skinner took 5 wickets for 52 runs including the ‘hat-trick’, his victims being Church, Mason and Turner. For the visitors, Holland’s 120 saved his team from defeat. It contained 3 sixes and 12 fours and was scored in 2¾ hours. Holland and Fairbank had a partnership of 86 runs for the eighth wicket. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 June; Northumberland Daily Chronicle 11,12 June; Cricket 15 June, p 247. 34