Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 3 : NORTHUMBERLAND V LINCOLNSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 9, Tuesday 10 June 1913 Result: Northumberland won by 169 runs Points: Northumberland 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland none; Lincolnshire 1 (C J Williamson) First day score: Northumberland 227; Lincolnshire 273 Northumberland W W Meldon c Nevile b Day 29 (1) c Williamson b Hallam 40 Norbury, D V c Rose b Day 14 (2) b Brooke 25 J S Nesbit b Riley 12 (3) c Brooke b Hallam 5 G L Hunting c Riley b Hallam 65 (4) lbw b Day 67 Richardson, O st Rose b Gibson 21 (5) c Pullein b Gibson 32 Wingham, G C c Rose b Riley 10 (6) not out 108 Milne, G T c Rose b Day 11 (7) c Pullein b Broughton 1 C M Skinner b Riley 0 (8) c Gibson b Day 13 J E Raine c Nevile b Day 14 (9) lbw b Riley 6 * S P Bell not out 3 (10) b Day 0 + W Robb lbw b Riley 32 (11) not out 12 Extras 16 20 Total (all out) 227 (9 wickets declared) 329 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 47 47 83 118 149 168 169 169 191 227 Second innings 39 62 95 151 214 217 246 279 280 - Day 25 5 105 4 - - (6) 16 2 54 3 - - Nevile 3 1 7 0 - - (2) 3 0 21 0 - - Riley 25.3 4 66 4 - - (1) 19 3 62 1 - - Hallam 2 0 10 1 - - (4) 14 4 53 2 - - Gibson 5 0 23 1 - - (5) 8 1 25 1 - - Brooke 1 1 0 0 - - (3) 15 3 53 1 - - Broughton (7) 10 1 41 1 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 20 0 - - Total 61.3 11 227 10 - - 85 14 329 9 - - Lincolnshire * W E Thompson b Wingham 33 (1) lbw b Skinner 41 E Pullein b Wingham 31 (2) b Skinner 6 Day, J W c Meldon b Norbury 17 (3) run out 10 Broughton, J J c Richardson b Skinner 83 (4) c Bell b Norbury 1 B P Nevile b Norbury 0 (5) b Norbury 0 C J Williamson b Skinner 4 (6) b Norbury 11 Riley, E E lbw b Milne 31 (7) lbw b Skinner 3 + W R Rose b Norbury 11 (8) b Norbury 5 E E Hallam c Bell b Skinner 38 (9) not out 7 A E Gibson not out 5 (10) b Norbury 0 J A Brooke c Hunting b Wingham 7 (11) b Norbury 4 Extras nb 1 13 26 Total (all out) 273 (all out) 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 65 71 87 95 114 151 190 273 Second innings 8 27 37 37 63 99 105 114 Skinner 16 2 72 3 - - (1) 16 8 28 3 - - Milne 18 2 73 1 - - (2) 12 2 18 0 - - Norbury 19 4 58 3 - 1 (3) 12.1 2 27 6 - - Wingham 14 0 57 3 - - (4) 4 1 15 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 26 1 - - Total 67 8 273 10 0 1 44.1 13 114 10 - - Notes: This match was won by Northumberland by 169 runs on the second day at 5.50 pm, Lincolnshire being bowled out for 114 in just over 2 hours. For the winners Wingham gave a faultless display in making 108 not out in two hours with 18 fours and Hunting played two innings of 65, with 1 six and 9 fours, and 67, with 12 fours. Norbury maintained an excellent length and took 6 wickets for 27 runs in the Lincolnshire second innings. For Lincolnshire Broughton scored 83 with 1 five and 8 fours in the first innings. It was noted that Rose’s wicket-keeping was first rate. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Newcastle Journal 10,11 June; Grimsby News 13 June; Lincolnshire Echo 11 June; Lincoln Gazette 14 June; Lincolnshire Standard 14 June; Yorkshire Post 10,11 June; Cricket 14 June, p 298; The Sportsman 11 June. 36