Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 81 : LINCOLNSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At Grimsby Rovers Ground, Clee Lane, Old Clee, Grimsby on Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 August 1913 Result: Northumberland won by nine wickets Points: Northumberland 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: W H Harden and F Johnson Debutants: Lincolnshire 2 (A E Davies, S T Haddelsey) ; Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 342; Lincolnshire 145-7 wickets (W R Rose 23*, G E Hemingway 10*) Northumberland F W Gillespie c Rose b Riley 167 (2) not out 30 Norbury, D V b Brooke 23 (1) c Rose b Broughton 10 G L Hunting lbw b Broughton 17 (3) not out 21 C G Arkwright c and b Brooke 77 Wingham, G C c Hemingway b Riley 1 C M Skinner c and b Brooke 1 Richardson, O c Hemingway b Day 24 * S P Bell not out 7 Milne, G T c Nevile b Day 12 G H Watson b Riley 5 + H E Collins lbw b Day 1 Extras 7 9 Total (all out) 342 (1 wicket) 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 65 112 275 276 277 321 325 335 341 342 Second innings 27 - - - - - - - - - Riley 25 3 79 3 - - Day 15.5 2 56 3 - - Nevile 11 2 48 0 - - (3) 1 0 8 0 - - Hallam 7 0 32 0 - - Brooke 19 3 55 3 - - (1) 6 0 26 0 - - Broughton 9 0 38 1 - - (2) 5 0 27 1 - - Hemingway 3 0 27 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 89.5 10 342 10 - - 12 0 70 1 - - Lincolnshire (Followed on) A E Davies b Skinner 0 (10) c Gillespie b Skinner 4 C J Williamson c Milne b Skinner 48 (1) c Norbury b Arkwright 6 Broughton, J J b Norbury 4 (4) c Norbury b Milne 4 Day, J W b Norbury 19 (3) b Arkwright 11 E E Hallam b Norbury 0 (9) c Wingham b Milne 20 * B P Nevile run out 7 (6) c Skinner b Milne 49 Riley, E E c Bell b Milne 31 (7) c and b Skinner 21 + W R Rose c Watson b Skinner 38 (8) lbw b Skinner 0 G E Hemingway run out 35 (5) st Collins b Milne 0 S T Haddelsey not out 18 (2) c Bell b Skinner 57 J A Brooke c Collins b Skinner 8 (11) not out 0 Extras 3 23 Total (all out) 211 (all out) 195 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 7 7 33 35 81 128 175 191 211 Second innings 17 29 34 34 119 147 147 190 195 195 Skinner 20.5 4 67 4 - - (1) 10.3 0 43 4 - - Norbury 23 1 92 3 - - (2) 6 2 25 0 - - Milne 8 1 29 1 - - (4) 19 3 35 4 - - Arkwright 3 0 15 0 - - (3) 10 1 40 2 - - Wingham 1 0 5 0 - - Watson (5) 6 0 29 0 - - Extras - 3 2 - - - - 23 0 - - Total 55.5 6 211 10 - - 51.3 6 195 10 - - Notes: This return match was won by Northumberland by 9 wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had been won by Northumberland. Northumberland required 65 runs to win in their second innings. The Grimsby News reported that “Gillespie made the winning hit with a couple off Nevile, who had just gone on, the runs having been knocked off in about 25 minutes. Continuing the over Gillespie hit another boundary, Northumberland’s total being 70 for one.” For the winners Gillespie scored 167 in the Northumberland first innings which contained 2 sixes and 25 fours, and Arkwright 77 with 14 fours. These two added 163 runs for the third wicket in the first innings. For Lincolnshire, the debutant Haddelsey scored 57 which contained 4 fours. Gate receipts were £14 on the first day and £10 on the second. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Northumberland first innings duration of Gillespie’s 167; precise time completed.] Sources: Boston Guardian 23 August; Grantham Journal 23 August; Grimsby News 22 August; Grimsby Saturday Telegraph 23 August; Lincolnshire Echo 20,21,22 August; Newcastle Journal 21,22 August; Cricket 30 August, p 574. 114