Notes
--> JW Welford scored 1 five in the Durham second innings
This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt Match drawn after the Durham second innings declaration left Cheshire a victory target of 193 runs in 90 minutes. On the first day the game started two hours late, at 2.30pm, because the Cheshire team missed their connecting train at Leeds. For the visitors, there were 17 fours, 2 threes and 6 twos in Pointon's 110. It was the first century scored in a Championship match. Davenport's 57 included 9 fours. In the Cheshire first innings, Pointon and Davenport added 107 runs for the third wicket. For Durham, Crosby's 103 contained 17 fours, 2 threes and 6 twos, coincidentally the same innings breakdown as in Pointon's century. There was 1 five and 11 fours in Welford's 64. In the Durham second innings, Crosby and Young put on 142 runs for the first wicket, and Welford and W F Whitwell 54 runs for the eighth wicket. Durham's second innings total of 329 for 8 wickets was the joint second highest of the season. The match run aggregate of 779 runs was also the second highest of the year. [Missing: In Durham 2nd inns duration of Crosby's innings of 103; in Cheshire 1st inns duration of Pointon's innings of 110.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 25,26 June, 4 July; Northern Echo 25,26 June; North Star 25,26 June; Cheshire County News 28 June; The Sportsman 24,25,26 June.
