MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 31: CHESHIRE V DURHAM At Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Filkins Lane, Chester on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 July 1912 Result: Durham won by 192 runs Points: Durham 5 Toss: Durham Umpires: W Caldow and W H Harden Debutants: Cheshire 1 (E G Carr); Durham none First day score: Durham 96 and 28-0 wicket (C H Parkin 18*, A Morris 10*); Cheshire 84 Durham * C Y Adamson b Brearley 4 (3) c Hope b Brearley 32 H Brooks b Brearley 30 (4) b Brearley 8 Harrison, R b Brearley 5 (5) c J L Jones b Brearley 48 A P Ashley b Smoker 0 (8) c Holland b L N Jones 40 C Brooks b Brearley 6 (9) b Smoker 16 F W Burgoyne-Johnson c J L Jones b Brearley 21 (7) b Smoker 4 J Bewick c Fairbank b Brearley 7 (10) b Smoker 21 G W Breed run out 10 (6) b Smoker 6 + J J Common c Hunter b Smoker 4 (11) not out 4 Parkin, C H run out 0 (1) c and b Brearley 20 Morris, A not out 0 (2) c Holland b Brearley 35 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 1 9 b 12, lb 5, nb 3 20 Total (all out) 96 (all out) 254 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 35 41 44 48 51 66 83 95 96 96 Second innings 45 81 92 100 109 121 187 199 237 254 Brearley 21.2 8 40 6 - - (1) 25 3 91 5 - - Smoker 16 5 38 2 - - (2) 20.2 0 94 4 - - Fairbank 5 2 9 0 - - (3) 5 1 26 0 - - Hunter (4) 2 0 8 0 - - L N Jones (5) 5 2 8 1 - - Hope (6) 4 2 7 0 - - Extras - - 9 2 - - 20 0 - - Total 42.2 15 96 10 0 1 61.2 8 254 10 0 3 Cheshire F S Church b Morris 0 (5) b Adamson 16 Holland, J c Bewick b Parkin 0 (2) st Common b Parkin 10 J S Cragg lbw b Morris 16 (3) b Morris 2 L N Jones c C Brooks b Parkin 1 (10) not out 4 F C Hunter b Parkin 45 (6) b Morris 9 Smoker, H G c Ashley b Morris 4 (4) b Morris 3 V Hope b Parkin 0 (9) lbw b Adamson 4 * F Fairbank b Parkin 4 (1) lbw b Parkin 6 E G Carr run out 3 (7) b Adamson 5 + J L Jones not out 0 (8) b Adamson 0 W Brearley run out 0 (11) b Adamson 0 Extras b 10, lb 1 11 b 14, lb 1 15 Total (all out) 84 (all out) 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 2 8 65 69 69 73 83 84 84 Second innings 11 20 20 23 53 57 57 65 74 74 Morris 17 5 35 3 - - (1) 16 6 29 3 - - Parkin 16.3 6 38 5 - - (2) 11 4 23 2 - - Adamson (3) 4.3 2 7 5 - - Extras - - 11 2 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 33.3 11 84 10 0 0 31.3 12 74 10 0 0 Notes: Durham won by 192 runs on the second day. The match between the two sides at Sunderland in June had been drawn. For Cheshire the ex-Lancashire and England bowler Walter Brearley took 6 for 40 and 5 for 91 to give him match figures of 11 for 131. For Durham Parkin in the Cheshire first innings took 5 for 38 and in their second innings Adamson took 5 for 7. Morris bowled unchanged while taking 6 wickets in the match. On the eve of the match F B Schofield had to go to Scotland on business and was replaced by E G Carr in the Cheshire team. [Missing: In both Durham innings who bowled the no-balls; precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Chester Chronicle 27 July; Crewe Observer 27 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 25,26 July; Cricket 31 August, p 476. 62