Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 1: NORTHUMBERLAND V DURHAM At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 1, Tuesday 2 June 1914 Result: Durham won by an innings and 41 runs Points: Durham 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: B Brown, T Fenwick Debutants: Northumberland none; Durham 1 (F Mellor) First day score: Northumberland 88; Durham 487-8 wickets (F W Burgoyne-Johnson 16*, A Morris 9*) Northumberland C F Stanger-Leathes lbw b Harry 1 (2) b Smith 130 R G Elliott b Harry 0 (7) b Harry 5 J S Nesbit b Harry 7 (3) c Mellor b Hendren 16 Wingham, G C b Morris 6 (4) c Ashley b Mellor 30 G L Hunting b Harry 12 (5) c Ashley b Smith 0 C G Arkwright b Morris 2 (6) b Morris 32 Milne, G T not out 45 (1) b Morris 30 W W Meldon lbw b Harry 0 (8) not out 76 J T Carr b Harry 0 (10) b Smith 0 * C M Skinner b Harry 0 (9) b Hendren 9 + G E Wilkinson b Morris 1 (11) c and b Hendren 0 Extras b 12, lb 2 14 b 21, lb 7, nb 2 30 Total (all out) 88 (all out) 358 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 6 19 19 31 63 63 65 65 88 Second innings 56 78 161 162 202 209 329 329 358 358 Morris 15.5 4 29 3 - - (1) 19 1 86 2 - - Harry 15 3 45 7 - - (2) 20 3 77 1 - - Smith (3) 19 2 61 3 - 2 Hendren (4) 18 2 77 3 - - Mellor (5) 6 0 27 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 30 0 - - Total 30.5 7 88 10 0 0 82 8 358 10 0 2 Durham * T A Bradford c Hunting b Wingham 93 Hendren, D c Carr b Wingham 23 T Kinch lbw b Skinner 42 H L Dales b Wingham 8 A P Ashley c Wilkinson b Milne 164 J Bennett st Wilkinson b Skinner 13 Harry, F c Nesbit b Skinner 82 F Mellor b Milne 8 + F W Burgoyne-Johnson not out 16 Morris, A not out 9 Smith, T Extras b 15, lb 6, nb 8 29 Total (8 wickets declared) 487 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 66 161 168 176 208 413 416 447 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Milne 25 7 77 2 - - Skinner 27 2 121 3 - 6 Elliott 3 0 25 0 - - Wingham 18 4 65 3 - - Arkwright 9 0 53 0 - 2 Meldon 7 0 31 0 - - Carr 7 0 39 0 - - Stanger-Leathes 2 0 23 0 - - Nesbit 4 1 24 0 - - Extras - - 29 0 - - Total 102 14 487 8 0 8 Notes: Durham won this match by an innings and 41 runs after 4 hours play on the second day, despite Northumberland scoring 358 in their second innings. For the winners there were 31 fours in Ashley’s 164, an innings of 140 minutes, his century coming in 100 minutes, 16 fours in Bradford’s 93, and 14 fours in Harry’s 82. Ashley and Harry added 205 for the sixth wicket. Harry took 7 wickets for 45 runs in the Northumberland first innings, including taking 4 wickets in five balls. He and Morris bowled unchanged in the Northumberland first innings, which lasted for just 30.5 overs. For Northumberland there were 17 fours in Stanger-Leather’s chanceless 130, an innings of just over 210 minutes, his century coming in 175 minutes. There were 3 sixes and 7 fours in Meldon’s 76, an innings of only 70 minutes, during which time he was dropped 6 times. He and Stanger-Leathes added 120 for the seventh wicket. There was a crowd of over 4,000 on the first day. [Missing; Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 2,3 June; World of Cricket 6 June, p 223. 43