Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 9 : NORTHUMBERLAND V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Monday 23, Tuesday 24 June 1913 Result: Match drawn – no result on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: J Gregory and S Doughty Debutants: Northumberland none; Staffordshire 1 (A T Lyons) First day score: Staffordshire 190; Northumberland 120-8 wickets (C G Arkwright 12*, S P Bell 2*) Staffordshire * P Briggs c and b Norbury 72 Nichols, J E c Bell b Wingham 27 Barnes, S F c Skinner b Norbury 24 L F Taylor c Morrison b Norbury 11 F R Heath b Milne 7 + A T Lyons c Norbury b Skinner 10 H E Bourne not out 13 Bucknell, A b Skinner 0 Morgan, B F c Anderson b Milne 6 F W Watson c Meldon b Milne 10 J S Heath lbw b Milne 4 Extras lb 6 6 Total (all out) 190 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 55 110 130 145 147 165 165 174 186 190 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Milne 17.2 2 49 4 - - Norbury 17 4 46 3 - - Skinner 12 2 50 2 - - Wingham 4 0 17 1 - - Arkwright 3 0 22 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 53.2 8 190 10 0 0 Northumberland S W Anderson c Briggs b Morgan 5 Norbury, D V b Morgan 20 + J S F Morrison b Bucknell 4 G L Hunting c Lyons b Morgan 5 J S Nesbit c J S Heath b Bucknell 27 Wingham, G C c and b Nichols 0 W W Meldon c J S Heath b Morgan 27 C G Arkwright not out 14 Milne, G T b Morgan 1 * S P Bell not out 3 C M Skinner Extras b 16, lb 1 17 Total (8 wickets) 123 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 15 22 53 54 99 106 107 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morgan 17 2 51 5 - - Bucknell 10 3 22 2 - - Nichols 6 1 33 1 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 33 6 123 8 0 0 Notes: In front of a good crowd in what is known in Newcastle as race-week, rain unfortunately curtailed this match and only allowed 4 hours and five minutes of total play, with 4 hours on the first day and five minutes on the second. Briggs held the Staffordshire innings together with an innings of 72 in 80 minutes which included 9 fours. Morgan took 5 for 51 in the Northumberland innings. Barnes was hit on the knee whilst batting and, once dismissed, took no further part in the match. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Scorebook; Newcastle Journal 24,25 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 28 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 23,24 June; Cricket 28 June, p 346. 42