MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 17: CHESHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Bollington Cricket Club Ground, The Recreation Ground, Adlington Road, Bollington on Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 July 1912 Result: Northumberland won by 55 runs Points: Northumberland 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: B Brown and S Doughty Debutants: Cheshire 3 (W Brearley, V Hope, F B Scholfield); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 187 and 21-0 wicket (S P Bell 2*, D V Norbury 15*); Cheshire 208 Northumberland * S P Bell b Brearley 32 (1) c Jones b Brearley 46 Norbury, D V c Scholfield b Brearley 31 (2) lbw b Brearley 71 G L Hunting c Cragg b Fairbank 1 (3) b Fairbank 14 Wingham, G C b Brearley 0 (5) lbw b Brearley 6 Richardson, O c Fairbank b Hope 50 (4) b Brearley 0 C M Skinner c Woods b Brearley 0 (6) c Holland b Fairbank 6 H Arkle c Woods b Fairbank 17 (7) run out 9 Milne, G T b Brearley 29 (8) not out 24 J E Raine b Brearley 18 (9) c Jones b Brearley 0 Elsey, G not out 1 (10) b Brearley 0 + H E Collins c Turner b Hope 1 (11) c Hope b Fairbank 11 Extras nb 1 7 nb 7 9 Total (all out) 187 (all out) 196 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 68 69 69 69 71 104 148 185 185 187 Second innings 117 138 138 146 146 156 168 169 169 196 Brearley 21 4 76 6 - 1 (1) 22 3 71 6 - - Fairbank 19 4 77 2 - - (2) 17 3 49 3 - 3 Hunter 3 0 11 0 - - (5) 3 0 8 0 - - Hope 5 0 16 2 - - (4) 12 2 43 0 - 4 Turner (3) 7 2 16 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 48 8 187 10 0 1 61 10 196 10 0 7 Cheshire F B Scholfield c Bell b Skinner 4 (1) b Milne 10 Holland, J c and b Milne 8 (2) c and b Milne 28 J S Cragg b Milne 30 (3) c Milne b Skinner 1 F S Church b Wingham 21 (4) b Norbury 24 A S Turner c Richardson b Milne 24 (5) b Milne 1 V Hope lbw b Elsey 29 (6) c Richardson b Norbury 5 F C Hunter b Elsey 40 (7) c and b Norbury 1 C P Woods b Elsey 6 (8) b Norbury 29 * F Fairbank b Elsey 1 (9) b Norbury 0 + J L Jones not out 13 (10) not out 2 W Brearley c Raine b Elsey 21 (11) c Milne b Norbury 7 Extras 11 nb 5 12 Total (all out) 208 (all out) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 16 53 92 95 142 154 157 178 208 Second innings 16 17 63 67 74 76 103 108 111 120 Skinner 8 0 20 1 - - (3) 7 1 21 1 - 1 Milne 25 5 82 3 - - (1) 20 5 43 3 - - Wingham 12 2 37 1 - - Elsey 11 0 47 5 - - Arkle 5 1 11 0 - - Norbury (2) 12.1 1 44 6 - 4 Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 61 8 208 10 - - 39.1 7 120 10 0 5 Notes: Northumberland won this return match by 55 runs on the second day, after Cheshire had required in their second innings 176 runs to win in three and a half hours. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been drawn, with Northumberland winning on first innings. For the winners, Norbury scored 71 and Richardson 50. In the Northumberland second innings Bell and Norbury put on 117 runs for the first wicket. Elsey took 5 wickets for 47 runs in the Cheshire first innings and Norbury took 6 wickets for 44 runs in the Cheshire second innings. For the losers, the England Test bowler Walter Brearley took 12 wickets in the match for 147 runs on his debut. Hunter’s 40 was the highest score by a Cheshire batsman. In the Northumberland second innings, with the score at 35 without loss, Bell slipped when batting and strained himself. He carried on batting with a runner. A shower when the last wicket pair were batting in the Cheshire second innings seemed to threaten the Northumberland victory, but it only stopped play for ten minutes. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Northumberland first innings boundaries in Richardson’s 50, in Northumberland second innings boundaries in Norbury’s 71, precise time completed.] Sources: Chester Chronicle 13 July; Macclesfield Advertiser 12 July; Macclesfield Courier 13 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 July; Northumberland Daily Chronicle 11,12 July; Cricket 27 July, p 373. 48