minc145	Cambridgeshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 25th, 26th July 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cambridgeshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Cambridgeshire 1; Northumberland -1
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 96/4 (Fawcus 1*, Nesbit 8*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGE Mortimer	b Hayward	16
M Chambers	b Bryan	27
J Hansell	b Hayward	24
FGH Clayton	b Bryan	0
HB Fawcus	c Prest b Bryan	14
JS Nesbit	run out	5
*EWR Walters	lbw b Bryan	5
G Elsey	b Hayward	6
E Tomlin	c Watts b Bryan	0
+L Greenwood	not out	4
W Holland	b Hayward	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-54, 3-54, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-100, 8-?, 9-110, 10-110 (67.2 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	25.2	7	51	4	-	-
O'Connor	7	1	13	0	-	-
Bryan	26	13	28	5	-	-
Arkwright	9	4	9	0	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Lees	c Walters b Tomlin	2
RD Anstead	b Tomlin	0
W Prest	c Nesbit b Walters	27
+GH Watts	run out	55
FJ Peers	c Greenwood b Tomlin	4
WR Thomas	c Fawcus b Walters	5
FW French	run out	6
DM Hayward	c Nesbit b Walters	0
HA Arkwright	not out	5
W Bryan	c Fawcus b Walters	4
J O'Connor	c and b Walters	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-83, 4-87, 5-?, 6-98, 7-99, 8-?, 9-?, 10-108 (31 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holland	5	1	16	0	-	-
Tomlin	10	1	31	3	-	-
Elsey	4	0	19	0	-	-
Clayton	4	0	28	0	-	-
Walters	7	2	12	5	-	-
Chambers	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGE Mortimer	run out	5
M Chambers	c French b Arkwright	42
J Hansell	c Thomas b Arkwright	25
FGH Clayton	b Arkwright	0
HB Fawcus	b Arkwright	7
JS Nesbit	lbw b Hayward	10
*EWR Walters	c Peers b Arkwright	16
G Elsey	b Hayward	6
E Tomlin	c Prest b Arkwright	9
+L Greenwood	b Hayward	16
W Holland	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-62, 3-74, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-130, 9-?, 10-153 (50 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	17	4	34	3	-	-
Bryan	6	2	17	0	-	-
O'Connor	9	2	26	0	-	-
Arkwright	18	2	61	6	2	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Lees	b Walters	0
RD Anstead	c Tomlin b Holland	30
W Prest	b Walters	16
+GH Watts	c and b Walters	5
FJ Peers	c Chambers b Tomlin	11
WR Thomas	lbw b Clayton	48
FW French	not out	38
DM Hayward	not out	0
HA Arkwright	did not bat
W Bryan	did not bat
J O'Connor	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 56.2 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-54, 4-56, 5-90, 6-155

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walters	21	7	44	3	-	-
Tomlin	13	1	41	1	2	-
Holland	8	2	29	1	-	-
Elsey	5.2	1	13	0	-	-
Clayton	6	1	14	1	-	-
Chambers	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> L Greenwood made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Arkwright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RGE Mortimer (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> W Prest (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Chambers (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EWR Walters (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> RD Anstead (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Bryan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 5-40)
--> HA Arkwright achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings
--> EWR Walters reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridgeshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Needing 156 runs for victory in their second innings, Cambridgeshire won this return game at 3.37 pm on the second day by 4 wickets. The margin of victory was the second closest of the season by a team successfully chasing a fourth innings total. The match between the two teams earlier in July at Jesmond had been drawn. Watts's 55 for the winners included 8 fours.
[Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets.]
Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 29 July; Cambridge Express 30 July; Cambridge Independent Press 29 July; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 29 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 26,27 July; East Anglian Daily Times 26,27 July; Sporting Life 27 July; The Sportsman 26,27 July.

 

 

 

 

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