minc77	Northamptonshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 7th, 8th June 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	Day, A Stockwin
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 256/7 (Horton 10*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Phillips	c Mason b Thompson	0
T Grimshaw	c Colson b Thompson	12
W Brown	c Smith b Law	6
AH Heath	c Horton b Thompson	2
W Eve	c Mason b Thompson	4
JE Days	b Thompson	1
JF Darlow	st Smith b Law	1
WE Walker	c Pool b HE Kingston	11
*PE Mainwaring	b HE Kingston	33
+G McHarg	b Thompson	11
J McCartney	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-19, 4-21, 5-26, 6-27, 7-27, 8-59, 9-81, 10-83 (45.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	18	8	40	6	-	-
Law	13	6	21	2	-	-
HE Kingston	14.3	0	20	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Thompson	b Darlow	5
GH Colson	st McHarg b McCartney	25
CJT Pool	c Eve b Walker	9
WH Kingston	c Eve b Walker	88
W East	c Mainwaring b McCartney	0
HE Kingston	c and b Walker	79
E Mason	c Brown b Darlow	25
*T Horton	not out	10
CC Eales	did not bat
L Law	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
Extras		15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 90.4 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-32, 3-52, 4-56, 5-205, 6-219, 7-256 (90.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	26	11	55	3	-	-
Darlow	14.4	0	42	2	-	-
Brown	6	3	19	0	-	-
McCartney	12	0	57	2	-	-
Eve	2	0	11	0	-	-
Grimshaw	12	3	25	0	-	-
Days	18	7	32	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Heath	c Eales b HE Kingston	4
*PE Mainwaring	c WH Kingston b HE Kingston	10
J McCartney	c Horton b HE Kingston	46
W Brown	c Thompson b HE Kingston	6
T Grimshaw	b HE Kingston	3
W Eve	b Thompson	0
JE Days	b HE Kingston	4
+G McHarg	c sub (E Scriven) b Thompson	1
WE Walker	not out	13
HJ Phillips	not out	30
JF Darlow	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 59 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-?, 3-34, 4-52, 5-53, 6-74, 7-75, 8-78

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	17	2	61	2	-	-
HE Kingston	22	1	38	6	-	-
East	10	8	9	0	-	-
Law	7	1	8	0	-	-
Colson	3	2	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HJ Phillips made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Grimshaw made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Eve made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Days made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J McCartney made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Kingston (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE Kingston (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Mason made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 5-26)
--> HE Kingston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 3-45)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This opening Championship match of the season ended as a draw, with an undefeated second innings ninth wicket partnership of 42 runs between Walker and Phillips denying the home team victory. Rain prevented any play on the second day before 4.15 pm. For Northamptonshire, there were 9 fours in W H Kingston's 88 and 5 fours in H E Kingston's 79, and the pair put on 149 runs for the fifth wicket, a new record for the competition, exceeding the unbroken 143 put on by L G A Collins and F M Ingram for Berkshire in their second innings versus Hertfordshire at Watford in 1896. In the Staffordshire first innings Eales split his hand badly attempting a catch at point. He had to retire and E Scriven fielded as his substitute. Staffordshire did not qualify for the Championship table. This game, and the return one at Aston later on in June were the only two Championship matches played by Staffordshire during the season.
[Missing: Umpire Day's initials; in Staffordshire 2nd inns fall of 2nd wicket; in Northamptonshire inns extras breakdown.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 8,9 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 8,9 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 12 June; The Sportsman 7,8,9 June.

 

 

 

 

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