Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 33: NORTHUMBERLAND V CHESHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 20, Tuesday 21 July 1914 Result: Cheshire won by six wickets Points: Cheshire 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: B Brown and T Fenwick Debutants: Northumberland 2 (R G Morrison, W A Taylor), Cheshire 1 (D Boumphrey) First day score: Northumberland 157 and 83; Cheshire 129 and 51-0 wicket (F C Wild 18*, L Wyatt 29*) Northumberland J S F Morrison c Tipping b A Williams 20 (3) lbw b Hope 12 R G Morrison b Smoker 53 (1) b Smoker 0 Wingham, G C c Jones b A Williams 0 (5) b Hope 9 G L Hunting c Chambers b Hope 22 (4) b Smoker 9 J S Nesbit c J Williams b A Williams 6 (6) b Hope 1 Milne, G T b Smoker 13 (7) c Wyatt b Hope 13 W W Meldon c Wyatt b Smoker 8 (2) c J Williams b Smoker 6 * C M Skinner b Smoker 15 (10) b Hope 9 + J K Craig c and b A Williams 3 (9) lbw b Smoker 1 Hickton, W H not out 5 (8) not out 14 W A Taylor c Jones b A Williams 9 (11) lbw b Hope 0 Extras nb 1 3 nb 1 9 Total (all out) 157 (all out) 83 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 37 80 96 116 117 128 143 143 157 Second innings 1 16 22 40 41 47 58 59 79 83 Smoker 13 4 46 4 - - (1) 13 2 41 4 - - Williams, J 10 4 32 0 - - Williams, A 13 1 61 5 - - Hope 4 0 15 1 - 1 (2) 12 0 33 6 - 1 Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 40 9 157 10 0 1 25 2 83 10 0 1 Cheshire F C Wild c Milne b Skinner 8 (1) b Skinner 30 L Wyatt c Hunting b Meldon 69 (2) c Skinner b Milne 30 D Boumphrey c and b Skinner 0 (3) c Meldon b Skinner 2 D H Coomber c J S F Morrison b Meldon 8 (5) not out 23 Chambers, W T b Meldon 7 (4) c Craig b Skinner 1 * V Hope b Skinner 6 (6) not out 10 L N Jones c Hickton b Skinner 8 Smoker, H G c Meldon b Skinner 5 Williams, J st Craig b Skinner 0 Williams, A c Craig b Milne 8 + Tipping, J D, sen not out 0 Extras nb 1 10 18 Total (all out) 129 (4 wickets) 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 77 77 84 95 96 110 111 115 129 129 Second innings 52 76 78 81 - - - - - - Milne 7 1 27 1 - - (1) 16 5 23 1 - - Hickton 5 0 25 0 - - (2) 3 0 19 0 - - Taylor 2 0 23 0 - - Skinner 13 3 30 6 - 1 (3) 18.3 9 32 3 - - Meldon 10 6 14 3 - - (4) 4 0 22 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 18 0 - - Total 37 10 129 10 0 1 41.3 14 114 4 - - Notes: Cheshire won by 6 wickets on the second day, after 75 minutes of play. For the winners there were 2 sixes and 8 fours in Wyatt’s 69, which was scored out of 77 for the first wicket and took just 40 minutes. In the Cheshire second innings Wild and Wyatt added 51 in 40 minutes for the first wicket before the close of play. In both innings Wyatt hit 2 sixes off the bowling of Hickton. A Williams took 5 wickets for 61 runs in the Northumberland first innings and Hope took 6 wickets for 33 runs in the second, during which he and Smoker, who took 8 wickets in the match, bowled unchanged; the innings lasted for just 25 overs. For Northumberland there were 2 sixes and 5 fours in R G Morrison’s 53, whilst Hunting hit 3 sixes in his 22. Skinner took 9 wickets for 62 runs in the match, including 6 for 30 in the Cheshire first innings, taking 3 wickets in his ninth over. On the second day Craig was hit over the right eye by a ball from Skinner and J S F Morrison took over as wicket-keeper, Clifton fielding as substitute. [Missing: Extras breakdown; identity of the substitute Clifton; precise time completed.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 21,22 July; Macclesfield Advertiser 24 July; Sporting Man 21 July; World of Cricket 25 July, p 379. 75