MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 4: DURHAM V CHESHIRE At Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 June 1912 Result: Match drawn - Durham won on first innings Points: Durham 3, Cheshire 1 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: B Brown and S Doughty Debutants: Cheshire none; Durham 2 (E L Squance, G W Breed) First day score: Cheshire 105 and 12-2 wickets (A S Turner 6*, F Fairbank 0*); Durham 220 Cheshire J C Fallows b Parkin 13 (5) b Parkin 0 Holland, J run out 8 (6) c Common b Morris 7 J S Cragg b Morris 4 (7) b Morris 0 Mason, P b Morris 11 (8) b Parkin 0 F S Church b Morris 18 E F J Kirby b Morris 0 A S Turner b Morris 0 (1) c & b Morris 27 F C Hunter not out 31 (9) not out 4 * F Fairbank b Parkin 0 (4) b Morris 0 + J L Jones b Parkin 0 (2) b Morris 0 Barker, F b Parkin 9 (3) c Breed b Parkin 3 Extras b 11 11 b 3, nb 1 4 Total (all out) 105 (8 wickets) 45 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 19 39 49 49 70 70 79 89 105 Second innings 1 12 14 15 37 37 40 45 - - Morris 24 8 48 5 - - (1) 11.4 4 17 5 - - Parkin 22 8 37 4 - - (2) 11 2 24 3 - - Hendren 2 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 48 16 105 10 0 0 22.4 6 45 8 0 1 Durham * C Y Adamson c Fallows b Hunter 22 T A Bradford c Kirby b Fairbank 5 Harrison, R retired hurt 86 Hendren, D c Fallows b Hunter 1 H Brooks c Jones b Barker 7 E L Squance b Fairbank 10 G W Breed c Cragg b Hunter 22 J Turnbull not out 35 Parkin, C H c Jones b Hunter 10 + J J Common c Barker b Mason 0 Morris, A c Fairbank b Hunter 6 Extras b 10, w 1, nb 5 16 Total (all out) 220 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 56 63 89 121 171 200 214 220 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Fairbank 15 1 49 2 - - Mason 12 0 52 1 - - Hunter 13 1 51 5 - - Barker 13 1 35 1 - - Turner 6 2 17 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - Total 59 5 220 9 1 5 Notes: The match was drawn with Durham winning on first innings. There was no play until 5.35 pm on the second day due to rain. For Durham Morris took 5 wickets for 48 in Cheshire’s first innings and 5 wickets for 17 in the second innings to finish with match figures of 10 for 65; 8 of his victims were bowled. Harrison made 86 before retiring hurt having been hit on the hand by a ball from Barker; this was the only half century of the match. For Cheshire Hunter took 5 wickets for 51 in Durham’s second innings. [Missing: In Durham innings boundaries in Harrison’s 86; in Cheshire second innings who bowled the no-ball; in Durham innings who bowled the wide and no-balls.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 13,14 June; Cricket 22 June, p 270. 35