Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 17 : CHESHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At Bollington Cricket Club Ground, The Recreation Ground, Adlington Road, Bollington on Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 July 1913 Result: Northumberland won by 123 runs Points: Northumberland 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cheshire 2 (H J Harrison, D Prescott); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 124 and 191; Cheshire 62 and 2-2 wickets (F Fairbank 2*, G Molyneux 0*) Northumberland * S P Bell c and b Prescott 4 (1) b J A Harrison 1 + J S F Morrison c Jones b Prescott 5 (2) b J A Harrison 6 G L Hunting c Barrell b Chambers 41 (3) c Tipping b J A Harrison 6 C G Arkwright b Prescott 7 (4) b J A Harrison 0 Wingham, G C b J A Harrison 24 (5) b J A Harrison 87 Richardson, O c Tipping b J A Harrison 18 (6) c Barrell b Fairbank 6 Milne, G T c Chambers b J A Harrison 0 (7) run out 0 C M Skinner b J A Harrison 16 (8) b J A Harrison 31 L D Plummer not out 1 (9) c Barrell b Prescott 0 J L Towler c Tipping b J A Harrison 0 (10) c Chambers b J A Harrison 22 G H Watson c Turner b Barrell 2 (11) not out 23 Extras nb 1 6 nb 1 9 Total (all out) 124 (all out) 191 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 72 124 Second innings 191 Fairbank 8 0 27 0 - - (1) 5 0 37 1 - - Prescott 14 1 46 3 - - (2) 10 0 40 1 - - Chambers 5 0 17 1 - - (3) 6 1 18 0 - - J A Harrison 5 2 18 5 - 1 (4) 16.3 3 70 7 - 1 Barrell 5 0 10 1 - - (5) 5 1 16 0 - - Jones (6) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 37 3 124 10 0 1 43.3 5 191 10 0 1 Cheshire J C Fallows c Milne b Skinner 9 (5) st Morrison b Milne 25 Barrell, B c Plummer b Milne 10 (7) c Plummer b Skinner 0 H J Harrison c Wingham b Milne 6 (6) c Arkwright b Skinner 38 Chambers, W T run out 7 (8) lbw b Skinner 0 L N Jones b Milne 0 (9) c and b Skinner 1 * F Fairbank c Morrison b Skinner 12 (3) c Wingham b Milne 19 G Molyneux b Milne 0 (4) lbw b Milne 9 J A Harrison b Skinner 0 (10) c Watson b Skinner 17 A S Turner b Skinner 7 (11) not out 17 D Prescott run out 2 (1) b Milne 0 + J D Tipping, sen not out 0 (2) b Skinner 0 Extras 9 4 Total (all out) 62 (all out) 130 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 62 Second innings 12 34 91 91 91 95 130 Skinner 14.1 2 37 4 - - (1) 13.3 7 18 6 - - Milne 14 6 16 4 - - (2) 23 5 68 4 - - Wingham (3) 15 3 40 0 - - Extras - - 9 2 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 28.1 8 62 10 - - 51.3 15 130 10 - - Notes: Northumberland won by 123 runs on the second day after rain had prevented a start until 1 o’clock. For the winners Wingham scored 87 in the second innings with 1 six and 14 fours. C M Skinner completed a hat-trick in the Cheshire second innings, dismissing H J Harrison, Barrell, and Chambers in successive balls. He took 10 wickets in the match for 55 runs including 6 for 18 in the second Cheshire innings. Skinner was only playing as Norbury was unavailable. For the losers J A Harrison was the pick of their bowlers - coming on with the score at 92 in the first innings, he took 5 for 18. He followed this up with 7 for 70 in the second innings giving him match figures of 12 for 88, all done in a day. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Macclesfield Courier 12 July; Newcastle Journal 11,12 July; Cricket 26 July, p 440. 50