minc85	Northumberland v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 13th, 14th July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Cambridgeshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 7 wickets
Points	Northumberland 1; Cambridgeshire -1
Close of play day 1	Cambridgeshire (2) 0/1 (Robins 0*)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Anstead	b Elsey	17
GPM Robins	c sub b Elsey	15
D Anderson	b Robinson	14
FW French	c Brutton b Robinson	2
+GH Watts	c Miller b Elsey	54
*AC Hall	c Elsey b Simpson	31
DM Hayward	c Elsey b Walters	10
M Bellamy	b Simpson	8
W Bryan	st Murphy b Simpson	6
J O'Connor	not out	1
FE Morgan	absent ill
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-46, 3-50, 4-50, 5-127, 6-145, 7-154, 8-165, 9-166 (72 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	26	6	65	3	-	-
Robinson	24	10	38	2	-	-
Walters	7	2	15	1	-	-
Clayton	3	1	12	0	-	-
Simpson	11	2	24	3	-	-
Mortimer	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FGH Clayton	c Watts b O'Connor	12
RGE Mortimer	b O'Connor	1
*EWR Walters	c Anderson b O'Connor	0
J Hansell	c sub (Ford) b O'Connor	5
G Simpson	c Anderson b Hayward	22
JA Miller	b O'Connor	6
CO Brutton	c Anderson b Bryan	52
RF Cumberlege	b Hayward	2
G Elsey	not out	37
+J Murphy	b Bryan	9
WE Robinson	c Bellamy b Bryan	16
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-16, 4-27, 5-45, 6-59, 7-62, 8-127, 9-151, 10-181 (69.2 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	28	9	75	5	-	-
Hayward	24	10	46	2	-	-
Bellamy	7	2	15	0	-	-
Bryan	10.2	1	26	3	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Bellamy	c Robinson b Walters	0
GPM Robins	c Elsey b Walters	21
RD Anstead	b Robinson	1
D Anderson	lbw b Walters	5
FW French	b Walters	10
+GH Watts	c Simpson b Elsey	49
*AC Hall	c Simpson b Elsey	11
DM Hayward	c Simpson b Elsey	4
FE Morgan	b Simpson	4
W Bryan	not out	9
J O'Connor	c Cumberlege b Simpson	8
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	18
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-31, 4-42, 5-57, 6-84, 7-102, 8-117, 9-129, 10-140 (44.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walters	17	6	55	4	-	2
Robinson	10	4	18	1	-	-
Simpson	5.4	1	27	2	-	-
Elsey	12	7	22	3	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FGH Clayton	b Hayward	27
RGE Mortimer	b O'Connor	25
RF Cumberlege	b Bryan	27
J Hansell	not out	34
G Simpson	not out	8
*EWR Walters	did not bat
JA Miller	did not bat
CO Brutton	did not bat
G Elsey	did not bat
+J Murphy	did not bat
WE Robinson	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(3 wickets, 47.1 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-77, 3-87

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	15	3	41	1	-	-
Hayward	16.1	6	35	1	-	-
Bryan	13	2	36	1	-	-
Bellamy	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RD Anstead made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GPM Robins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Anderson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Hall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Bellamy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Bryan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Morgan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CO Brutton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Simpson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> WE Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Northumberland won this match by seven wickets at 3.45 pm on the second day. For the winners, Brutton scored 52 in his debut innings, which included 1 five and 7 fours. In the Northumberland first innings Brutton and Elsey added 65 runs for the eighth wicket. For Cambridgeshire, there were 9 fours in Watts's 54. Morgan suffered a sudden illness that prevented him attending the ground on the first day, but he was well enough to bat on the second.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Cambridgeshire 1st inns who held substitute catch; in Northumberland 1st inns substitute Ford's initials.]
Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 14,15 July; Cambridge Daily News 13,14 July; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 16 July; Ely Weekly Guardian 16 July; East Anglian Daily Times 15 July; The Sportsman 14,15 July.

 

 

 

 

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