Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 8 : DURHAM V CHESHIRE At Blackfyne Ground, Blackhill, Consett on Monday 23, Tuesday 24 June 1913 Result: Match drawn – no result on first innings Points: Nil Toss: Cheshire Umpires: B Brown and W H Harden Debutants: Durham none; Cheshire 1 (B Barrell) First day score: Cheshire 328-8 wickets (G Molyneux 27*, F Fairbank 1*) Cheshire J C Fallows b Thackeray 45 Holland, J c Hendren b Morris 4 Barrell, B b Hendren 42 F C Wild c and b Morris 10 L N Jones b Morris 14 Smoker, H G b Thackeray 1 Chambers, W T c Maynard b Harry 73 H C Edge b Hendren 57 G Molyneux not out 36 * F Fairbank c Burgoyne-Johnson b Harry 1 + W A Cragg c Turnbull b Morris 0 Extras b 55, lb 2, nb 1 58 Total (all out) 341 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 73 98 116 117 220 262 321 328 341 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morris 40.4 10 100 4 - - Harry 17 6 50 2 - - Thackeray 19 8 47 2 - - Hendren 16 4 57 2 - - Harrison 8 2 29 0 - 1 Extras - - 58 0 - - Total 100.4 30 341 10 0 1 Durham H Brooks c Jones b Smoker 34 Hendren, D c Edge b Smoker 5 Harrison, R c Edge b Smoker 0 H L Dales c Chambers b Smoker 23 A F Maynard c Molyneux b Barrell 3 Harry, F not out 0 J Turnbull not out 0 * E B Proud + F W Burgoyne-Johnson Thackeray, J Morris, A Extras b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 4 Total (5 wickets) 69 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 6 58 69 69 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Fairbank 11 2 40 0 - - Smoker 14 4 23 4 - 1 Barrell 3 2 2 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - Total 28 8 69 5 1 1 Notes: This return match was left drawn with no decision reached on the first innings. The previous week Durham had defeated Cheshire by an innings. Play was severely affected by rain. The start of the match was delayed until 12.25 pm and later bad light and rain ended play on the first day at 5.00 pm. Only 2 hours of play were possible on the second day. For the visitors there were 1 six and 14 fours in Chambers’ 73. His innings was interrupted when he had to retire injured with his score on 39. There were 1 six and 10 fours in Edge’s 57. Cheshire’s 6th wicket added 103 runs, with Fallows, Chambers and Edge all contributing. Fallows's innings of 45 lasted for 3 hours and 15 minutes. Durham conceded no fewer than 55 byes. For the home side Morris bowled the large number of 40.4 overs. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Consett Guardian 27 June; Chester Courant 25 June; Cheshire Observer 28 June; Stockport Advertiser 27 June; Cricket 28 June, p 346. 41