Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 8: NORTHUMBERLAND V LINCOLNSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 22, Tuesday 23 June 1914 Result: Northumberland won by 54 runs Points: Northumberland 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland 3 (J K Craig, W H Hickton, T P Smith); Lincolnshire 3 (Capt G T Cliff, S W Curtis, J Kitchen) First day score: Northumberland 174 and 102-6 wickets (Skinner 13*); Lincolnshire 161 Northumberland C F Stanger-Leathes b Broughton 12 (1) lbw b Broughton 5 W W Meldon c Pullein b Broughton 33 (2) b Broughton 8 Milne, G T c Day b Broughton 11 (5) c Pullein b Broughton 11 T P Smith c Riley b Broughton 0 (8) c Kitchen b Broughton 10 Wingham, G C run out 36 (3) c Pullein b Day 19 J S Nesbit c Pullein b Broughton 0 (4) b Riley 29 C G Arkwright c and b Broughton 2 (6) b Williamson 7 * C M Skinner hit wicket b Broughton 13 (7) b Day 23 Hickton, W H c Williamson b Broughton 8 (9) c Day b Williamson 13 J L Towler not out 16 (10) c Kitchen b Day 1 + J K Craig st Rose b Broughton 41 (11) not out 0 Extras 2 nb 2 14 Total (all out) 174 (all out) 140 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 51 51 56 60 66 84 114 119 174 Second innings 7 32 69 69 80 102 140 Day 21 5 74 0 - - (3) 10 4 15 3 - - Broughton 25.1 4 80 9 - - (2) 16 1 63 4 - 1 Williamson 4 1 4 0 - - (4) 5.1 1 23 2 - - Riley 1 0 14 0 - - (1) 15 5 25 1 - 1 Extras - - 2 1 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 51.1 10 174 10 - - 46.1 11 140 10 0 2 Lincolnshire E Pullein b Milne 33 (1) c Craig b Skinner 12 Kitchen, J b Milne 16 (7) c Wingham b Milne 5 S T Haddelsey b Milne 0 (9) not out 25 S W Curtis c and b Skinner 37 (5) b Skinner 5 Day, J W c Meldon b Hickton 15 (2) b Milne 1 Broughton, J J c Smith b Milne 3 (3) b Skinner 1 Riley, E E b Wingham 15 (8) c Towler b Skinner 12 + W R Rose b Milne 22 (6) c Arkwright b Milne 0 * C J Nevile b Skinner 5 (4) c Craig b Skinner 7 C J Williamson b Skinner 10 (10) c Craig b Milne 6 Capt G T Cliff not out 0 (11) st Craig b Hickton 17 Extras 5 8 Total (all out) 161 (all out) 99 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 36 57 78 90 111 161 161 Second innings 30 34 53 99 Milne 22.1 5 64 5 - - (1) 18 4 47 4 - - Hickton 18 2 64 1 - - (3) 1.2 0 5 1 - - Wingham 4 2 10 1 - - (4) 1 0 2 0 - - Skinner 5 0 18 3 - - (2) 18 6 37 5 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 49.1 9 161 10 - - 38.2 10 99 10 - - Notes: Northumberland won this match by 54 runs on the second day just before 2 o’clock, lunch having been delayed until the end of the match. Overnight rain on Monday night gave the advantage to the bowlers on the following day. For the winners Craig top-scored with 41 in the first innings, with Towler he added 55 runs for the tenth wicket. Milne took 5 wickets for 64 runs in the Lincolnshire first innings and Skinner 5 for 37 in the second innings. For Lincolnshire Curtis top-scored with 37 in the first innings before being out to a brilliant caught and bowled by Skinner. Broughton took 13 wickets in the match for 143 runs including 9 for 80 in the Northumberland first innings, the other batsman being run out. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 23,24 June; Boston Guardian 27 June; Grantham Journal 27 June; Grimsby News 26 June; Lincoln Leader 27 June; Lincolnshire Echo 27 June; World of Cricket 27 June, p 291. 50