minc1487	Northumberland v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 20th, 21st July 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cheshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Northumberland 0; Cheshire 5
Umpires	B Brown, T Fenwick
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 51/0 (Wild 18*, Wyatt 29*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JSF Morrison	c Tipping b A Williams	20
RG Morrison	b Smoker	53
GC Wingham	c Jones b A Williams	0
GL Hunting	c Chambers b Hope	22
JS Nesbit	c J Williams b A Williams	6
GT Milne	b Smoker	13
WW Meldon	c Wyatt b Smoker	8
*CM Skinner	b Smoker	15
+JK Craig	c and b A Williams	3
WH Hickton	not out	5
WA Taylor	c Jones b A Williams	9
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-80, 4-96, 5-116, 6-117, 7-128, 8-143, 9-143, 10-157 (40 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	13	4	46	4	-	-
J Williams	10	4	32	0	-	-
A Williams	13	1	61	5	-	-
Hope	4	0	15	1	-	1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Wild	c Milne b Skinner	8
L Wyatt	c Hunting b Meldon	69
D Boumphrey	c and b Skinner	0
DH Coomber	c JSF Morrison b Meldon	8
WT Chambers	b Meldon	7
*V Hope	b Skinner	6
LN Jones	c Hickton b Skinner	8
HG Smoker	c Meldon b Skinner	5
J Williams	st Craig b Skinner	0
A Williams	c Craig b Milne	8
+JD Tipping	not out	0
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-77, 3-84, 4-95, 5-96, 6-110, 7-111, 8-115, 9-129, 10-129 (37 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milne	7	1	27	1	-	-
Hickton	5	0	25	0	-	-
Taylor	2	0	23	0	-	-
Skinner	13	3	30	6	-	1
Meldon	10	6	14	3	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Morrison	b Smoker	0
WW Meldon	c J Williams b Smoker	6
JSF Morrison	lbw b Hope	12
GL Hunting	b Smoker	9
GC Wingham	b Hope	9
JS Nesbit	b Hope	1
GT Milne	c Wyatt b Hope	13
WH Hickton	not out	14
+JK Craig	lbw b Smoker	1
*CM Skinner	b Hope	9
WA Taylor	lbw b Hope	0
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 25 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-16, 3-22, 4-40, 5-41, 6-47, 7-58, 8-59, 9-79, 10-83 (25 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	13	2	41	4	-	-
Hope	12	0	33	6	-	1

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Wild	b Skinner	30
L Wyatt	c Skinner b Milne	30
D Boumphrey	c Meldon b Skinner	2
WT Chambers	c Craig b Skinner	1
DH Coomber	not out	23
*V Hope	not out	10
LN Jones	did not bat
HG Smoker	did not bat
J Williams	did not bat
A Williams	did not bat
+JD Tipping	did not bat
Extras		18
Total	(4 wickets, 41.3 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-76, 3-78, 4-81

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milne	16	5	23	1	-	-
Hickton	3	0	19	0	-	-
Skinner	18.3	9	32	3	-	-
Meldon	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Morrison made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WA Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Boumphrey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Morrison made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WA Taylor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Hickton (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FC Wild (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 13
--> WW Meldon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 1-8)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
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 Cheshire's 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 Northumberland’s first innings and Hope took 6 wickets for 33 runs in their second attempt, during which he and Smoker (who took 8 wickets in the match) bowled unchanged; the innings lasted for just 25 overs.
For the losers there were 2 sixes and 5 fours in RG 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 Cheshire’s 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 JSF Morrison took over as 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.

 

 

 

 

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