Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 35: DURHAM V CHESHIRE At South Moor Cricket Club Ground, Stanley on Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 July 1914 Result: Cheshire won by 34 runs Points: Cheshire 5 Toss: Durham Umpires: B Brown and T Fenwick Debutants: Durham none; Cheshire none First day score: Cheshire 189 and 92-5 wickets (V Hope 12*, L N Jones 14*); Durham 92 Cheshire F C Wild lbw b Morris 2 (1) lbw b Harry 12 L Wyatt c Hendren b Morris 32 (2) c Hendren b Morris 18 D Boumphrey b Morris 0 (3) run out (Proud) 5 D H Coomber b Morris 4 (4) c Ashley b Morris 2 Chambers, W T b Morris 11 (5) b Morris 20 * V Hope b Morris 16 (7) c Hendren b Harry 30 L N Jones b Morris 37 (6) c Adamson b Morris 26 Smoker, H G b Harry 29 (8) c Hendren b Harry 5 Williams, J not out 28 (9) b Morris 0 Williams, A b Adamson 21 (10) not out 5 + Tipping, J D, sen c Horsley b Adamson 1 (11) b Harry 0 Extras b 1, lb 6, nb 1 8 b 6, lb 3 9 Total (all out) 189 (all out) 132 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 14 18 49 67 68 126 146 184 189 Second innings 29 42 42 64 65 118 126 127 131 132 Morris 28 6 88 7 - 1 (1) 21 4 46 5 - - Harry 20 4 52 1 - - (2) 15.5 2 72 4 - - Adamson 11.2 2 26 2 - - (3) 5 2 5 0 - - Hendren 1 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 60.2 12 189 10 0 1 41.5 8 132 10 0 0 Durham A B Horsley b Smoker 28 (1) b Smoker 21 Hendren, D lbw b Smoker 19 (2) lbw b Smoker 8 A P Ashley c Tipping b Smoker 6 (3) c Tipping b Hope 4 H L Dales not out 12 (4) c Smoker b J Williams 49 C Y Adamson c J Williams b Smoker 3 (5) b A Williams 30 Harry, F c Tipping b Smoker 1 (6) b J Williams 8 R H Callender b A Williams 6 (7) lbw b J Williams 5 A F Maynard c Jones b Smoker 8 (8) c Tipping b A Williams 17 * E B Proud b Smoker 0 (9) b A Williams 1 + F W Burgoyne-Johnson b Smoker 0 (10) c Hope b Smoker 23 Morris, A c Hope b Smoker 5 (11) not out 11 Extras lb 1, nb 3 4 b 9, lb 7, nb 2 18 Total (all out) 92 (all out) 195 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 54 56 60 62 75 86 86 86 92 Second innings 16 21 41 113 132 137 141 153 176 195 Smoker 17.3 7 37 9 - - (1) 24.5 5 55 3 - - J Williams 5 1 23 0 - 1 (3) 14 4 22 3 - - A Williams 12 2 28 1 - 2 (4) 23 2 73 3 - 1 Hope (2) 15 5 27 1 - 1 Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 18 0 - - Total 34.3 10 92 10 0 3 76.5 16 195 10 0 2 Notes: Cheshire won the first Championship match played on this ground by 34 runs on the second day. For the winners Jones top- scored with 37. Smoker took 12 wickets for 92 runs in the match, including 9 for 37 in the Durham first innings; he bowled unchanged as Durham were dismissed in just 34.3 overs. Tipping took 2 catches in both innings. For Durham Dales top- scored with 49. Morris took 12 wickets for 134 runs in the match, including 7 for 88 in the Cheshire first innings and 5 for 46 in the second, during which he bowled unchanged. Hendren took 4 catches in the match. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Birkenhead Advertiser 29 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 23 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 23,24 July; Sunderland Daily Echo 23,24 July; World of Cricket 1 August, p 394. 77