Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 62: CHESHIRE V DURHAM At The New Brighton Cricket Club Ground, Rake Lane, Liscard, Wallasey on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1914 Result: Durham won by an innings and 119 runs Points: Durham 5 Toss: Cheshire Umpires: W Caldow and W H Harden Debutants: Cheshire none; Durham 1 (T Patterson) First day score: Cheshire 113; Durham 303-9 wickets (F Harry 35*, A Morris 0*) Cheshire F C Wild b Morris 21 (1) c Hendren b Morris 2 W E Jones c Patterson b Morris 20 (3) c Hudson b Hendren 19 L N Jones c Dales b Morris 1 (6) b Hendren 8 R Z H Voss b Morris 13 (2) b Morris 7 H G Horspool b Morris 11 (8) b Adamson 0 D Boumphrey b Morris 16 (5) lbw b Adamson 6 * V Hope b Harry 12 (4) b Adamson 17 Smoker, H G c Hall b Morris 4 (9) not out 4 C Danson b Morris 5 (7) b Adamson 11 Williams, A not out 0 (10) b Adamson 0 + Tipping, J D, sen b Morris 0 (11) b Hendren 5 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 b 18, lb 1 19 Total (all out) 113 (all out) 98 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 42 65 66 77 83 104 113 113 113 Second innings 10 11 59 63 75 79 82 89 89 98 Morris 24.3 15 36 9 - - (1) 13 7 31 2 - - Harry 13 2 41 1 - - (2) 13 7 14 0 - - Adamson 11 2 26 0 - - (3) 11 6 13 5 - - Hendren (4) 9.2 4 21 3 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 19 0 - - Total 48.3 19 113 10 0 0 46.2 24 98 10 0 0 Durham A F Maynard c L N Jones b Williams 29 Hendren, D lbw b Hope 3 A P Ashley b Smoker 5 H L Dales b Smoker 127 * C Y Adamson c Wild b Smoker 0 S Hall b Smoker 3 T Patterson b Smoker 0 R P M Hudson b Smoker 43 Harry, F not out 50 + F W Burgoyne-Johnson c Hope b Smoker 13 Morris, A b Smoker 6 Extras b 31, lb 17, nb 3 51 Total (all out) 330 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 29 53 61 77 77 218 273 303 330 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Smoker 32.4 7 100 8 - - Hope 17 4 70 1 - 3 Williams 16 1 72 1 - - W E Jones 5 1 14 0 - - Horspool 3 0 12 0 - - L N Jones 3 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 51 0 - - Total 76.4 13 330 10 0 3 Notes: Durham won this return match by an innings and 119 runs on the second day. Cheshire had won the match between the two sides at Stanley in July. For Durham there were 3 sixes and 16 fours in Dales’s 127, an innings of 150 minutes, and 1 six and 7 fours in Harry’s unbeaten 50. Dales and Hendren added 141 for the seventh wicket in 70 minutes. Morris took 11 wickets for 67 runs in the match, including 9 for 36 in the Cheshire first innings, during which he bowled unchanged. He finished the innings with a hat-trick, consisting of Smoker, Danson, and Tipping. Adamson took 5 wickets for 13 runs in the Cheshire second innings. For Cheshire no batsman passed 21. Smoker took 8 wickets for 100 runs. This was the first Championship match at this ground. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Birkenhead News 12 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 435. 101