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| Venue | Prince Consort Road, Gateshead on 19th, 20th July 1897 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Durham 0; Norfolk 0 |
| Close of play day 1 | Norfolk (2) 55/0 (GB Raikes 11*, Page 33*) |
| Norfolk first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GB Raikes | b Gregory | 2 | - | - | |||
| T Morley | c Lambert b Middlemiss | 20 | 2 | - | |||
| F Davies | c Gibbon b Lee | 40 | 6 | - | |||
| *WFG Sandwith | c Gibbon b Gregory | 16 | 2 | - | |||
| L Barratt | b Gregory | 49 | 9 | - | |||
| BK Wilson | b Simpson | 3 | - | - | |||
| SD Page | run out | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| +GF Blake | c Gregory b Crichton | 27 | 4 | - | |||
| SRB Cowles | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| EB Raikes | b Crichton | 0 | - | - | |||
| C Shore | b Crichton | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-46, 3-67, 4-113, 5-122, 6-133, 7-164, 8-176, 9-176, 10-176 (60 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gregory | 19 | 9 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Middlemiss | 10 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gowland | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lee | 11 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 11 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Crichton | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Young | c and b Morley | 0 | - | - | |||
| +T Lambert | c and b Shore | 20 | 3 | - | |||
| *EW Elliot | c Morley b Shore | 10 | 2 | - | |||
| F Simpson | c Davies b Shore | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| J Bewick | b Morley | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||
| AW Gowland | b Morley | 2 | - | - | |||
| DG Crichton | c Sandwith b Shore | 0 | - | - | |||
| J Gregory | b GB Raikes | 71 | 7 | 4 | |||
| JW Gibbon | b Shore | 18 | 2 | - | |||
| G Middlemiss | not out | 12 | 1 | - | |||
| J Lee | hit wkt b Shore | 7 | - | 1 | |||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-15, 3-29, 4-48, 5-48, 6-48, 7-69, 8-136, 9-150, 10-164 (55 ov) | |||||||
| Norfolk bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shore | 15 | 4 | 68 | 6 | - | - | |
| Morley | 23 | 9 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| GB Raikes | 8 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| EB Raikes | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowles | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Norfolk second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GB Raikes | not out | 11 | - | - | |||
| SD Page | not out | 33 | 5 | - | |||
| T Morley | did not bat | ||||||
| F Davies | did not bat | ||||||
| *WFG Sandwith | did not bat | ||||||
| L Barratt | did not bat | ||||||
| BK Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| +GF Blake | did not bat | ||||||
| SRB Cowles | did not bat | ||||||
| EB Raikes | did not bat | ||||||
| C Shore | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 19 overs) | 55 | |||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Crichton | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gregory | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lee | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> BK Wilson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Crichton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Gibbon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Young made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Barratt (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Gregory (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Crichton completed a hat-trick in the Norfolk first innings (Blake, Raikes, Shore)
This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
This match was drawn, with play on the second day lost through rain. Gregory's 71 contained 4 sixes and 7 fours. In the Durham innings Gregory and Gibbon added 67 runs for the eighth wicket. In the absence of Mallett and Adamson, Elliot captained Durham.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Journal 20,21 July; Northern Echo 20,21 July; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1898, p 22-23; Eastern Daily Press 20,21 July; Norwich Mercury 24 July; The Sportsman 21 July.
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