MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 10: NORTHUMBERLAND V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 June 1912 Result: Match drawn - no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: B Brown and S Doughty Debutants: Northumberland none; Staffordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 113-3 wickets (W H Twigg 8*) Staffordshire P Briggs c Nesbit b Milne 71 Hollowood, A c Meldon b Milne 3 Nichols, J E b Wingham 28 W H Twigg c and b Norbury 72 Bucknell, A st Wilkinson b Milne 16 Brammer, W c Norbury b Milne 7 H Ratcliff b Milne 1 E Cook not out 11 Wilson, G A c Milne b Wingham 10 * + J S Scott b Milne 0 Deyes, G b Wingham 0 Extras 12 Total (all out) 231 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 85 113 199 201 211 211 221 231 231 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Meldon 15 5 42 0 - - Milne 32 11 69 6 - - Norbury 13 3 36 1 - - Wingham 21 3 59 3 - - Richardson 5 2 13 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 86 24 231 10 - - Northumberland C F Stanger-Leathes b Nichols 1 W W Meldon b Bucknell 0 J S Nesbit b Bucknell 0 B S Cumberlege b Wilson 9 Norbury, D V not out 58 Richardson, O c Cook b Bucknell 12 Wingham, G C not out 3 * S P Bell C M Skinner Milne, G T + G E Wilkinson Extras 6 Total (5 wickets) 89 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 1 2 37 86 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Nichols 7 1 23 1 - - Bucknell 10 3 18 3 - - Wilson 10 4 19 1 - - Brammer 6 1 23 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 33 9 89 5 - - Notes: This rain-affected match was drawn with there being no decision on first innings so no points were awarded. Rain delayed the start on the first day until 3.55 pm, when a fresh pitch was cut, and halted play for the day at 5.35 pm. On the second day, there was a 20 minute rain interruption when the Northumberland innings had reached 85, but only two minutes play was possible before the rains came again at ten minutes past four and at five the match was abandoned. For the visitors, there was 1 six and 8 fours in Twigg’s 72, whilst Briggs’s 71 contained 7 fours. For Northumberland Norbury scored 58 not out which included 3 sixes and 6 fours. In the Staffordshire innings Milne took 6 wickets for 69 runs. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 27,28 June; Northumberland Daily Chronicle 27,28 June; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 29 June; Cricket 6 July, p 313. 41