MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 45: DURHAM V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Ground, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1912 Result: Northumberland won by an innings and 126 runs Points: Northumberland 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: B Brown and M Myers Debutants: Durham none; Northumberland 1 (J S F Morrison) First day score: Northumberland 99-2 wickets (C F Stanger-Leathes 36*, J S F Morrison 0*) Northumberland C F Stanger-Leathes lbw b Parkin 52 W W Meldon st Common b Hendren 40 Norbury, D V lbw b Adamson 14 + J S F Morrison c Common b Parkin 1 F W Gillespie b Morris 12 Richardson, O b Morris 6 G L Hunting c and b Morris 52 Wingham, G C st Common b Hendren 56 * S P Bell b Parkin 11 C M Skinner not out 1 Milne, G T b Parkin 1 Extras b 9, lb 4, nb 1 14 Total (all out) 260 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 80 99 101 124 128 142 230 231 254 260 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 27 4 100 3 - - Parkin 28 5 85 4 - 1 Hendren 8 4 18 2 - - Adamson 8 0 43 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - Total 71 13 260 10 0 1 Durham (Followed on) * C Y Adamson c Stanger-Leathes b Milne 15 (1) c Hunting b Milne 6 H Brooks c and b Milne 5 (3) c Meldon b Milne 22 C Brooks c Stanger-Leathes b Milne 11 (4) b Milne 0 Hendren, D c Norbury b Milne 16 (5) c Bell b Wingham 18 A P Ashley b Wingham 1 (6) lbw b Wingham 1 E L Squance b Wingham 11 (7) c Gillespie b Milne 0 G W Breed not out 6 (2) c and b Wingham 1 + J J Common b Wingham 0 (8) st Morrison b Milne 15 J Bewick st Morrison b Milne 0 (9) c Meldon b Wingham 0 Parkin, C H st Morrison b Wingham 2 (10) not out 1 Morris, A b Milne 1 (11) c Meldon b Milne 0 Extras b 1, nb 1 2 0 Total (all out) 70 (all out) 64 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 30 32 36 60 60 61 64 69 70 Second innings 3 13 21 36 38 39 63 63 63 64 Milne 17.3 7 33 6 - - (2) 17 5 26 6 - - Norbury 6 2 16 0 - 1 Wingham 11 3 19 4 - - (1) 17 4 38 4 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 34.3 12 70 10 0 1 34 9 64 10 0 0 Notes: Northumberland won this return match by an innings and 126 runs on the second day, after Durham had followed on 190 runs behind on first innings. It was their first win in Durham since 1891. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in May had been drawn. Rain prevented play on the first day until 5.20 pm. On the second day Durham were bowled out twice in less than three hours on a pitch that “afforded the bowlers substantial assistance”. For the winners, Milne took 12 wickets in the match for 59 runs, his best figures for the county over his long career (1901-25), including 6 for 33 in Durham’s first innings and 6 for 26 in their second. Wingham took the remaining 8 wickets for 57. Wingham scored 56 including 1 six and 4 fours, Stanger-Leathes 52 containing 2 sixes and 4 fours, and Hunting 52 with 8 fours. In the Northumberland innings, Hunting and Wingham put on 88 runs for the seventh wicket. For Durham, H Brooks made the highest score with 22. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 6,7 August; Northumberland Daily Chronicle 6,7 August; Cricket 10 August, p 415. 76