minc155	Northamptonshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 3rd, 4th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Berkshire 0
Umpires	[unknown], A Stockwin
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 31/3 (Collins 2*, Watts 5*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	b Finch	31
GH Colson	c Barker b Finch	5
GJ Thompson	c Shea-Simmons b Barrett	58
WH Kingston	c Collins b Barker	149
HE Kingston	c Dauglish b Barker	5
G Parkin	c Croome b Barrett	0
W East	run out	16
TA Brown	c Wheble b Croome	29
HB Simpson	c Watts b Croome	8
+BC Smith	not out	5
JA Berwick	c Dauglish b Croome	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 125 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-57, 3-151, 4-156, 5-173, 6-216, 7-291, 8-313, 9-313, 10-318 (125 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	42	23	60	2	-	-
Finch	24	2	90	2	-	-
Barrett	27	5	81	2	-	1
Croome	19	7	38	3	-	-
Wheble	13	4	37	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	b Thompson	0
JWS Wheble	c Horton b Berwick	7
SV Shea-Simmons	c Smith b Brown	10
LP Collins	not out	61
E Watts	c and b HE Kingston	34
*ACM Croome	b Thompson	13
H Barrett	b HE Kingston	3
+MJ Dauglish	c and b Brown	18
FE Chapman	b Brown	0
W Barker	lbw b Brown	0
FW Finch	b Brown	1
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-24, 3-26, 4-79, 5-100, 6-104, 7-162, 8-162, 9-162, 10-167 (78 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	22	11	41	2	-	-
Berwick	21	10	35	1	-	-
Brown	15	6	25	5	-	-
HE Kingston	12	1	42	2	-	-
East	8	5	4	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	c and b East	5
JWS Wheble	b East	5
SV Shea-Simmons	lbw b Brown	1
LP Collins	c Smith b East	14
E Watts	not out	104
*ACM Croome	c WH Kingston b East	13
H Barrett	lbw b Berwick	0
+MJ Dauglish	b Berwick	9
FE Chapman	b Brown	27
W Barker	c Brown b HE Kingston	38
FW Finch	b Horton	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-6, 3-26, 4-35, 5-51, 6-53, 7-76, 8-141, 9-225, 10-232 (80 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
East	25	10	43	4	-	-
Brown	19	3	66	2	-	-
Berwick	14	3	21	2	-	-
Thompson	14	2	52	0	1	-
HE Kingston	7	2	27	1	-	-
Horton	1	0	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WH Kingston (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Kingston (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> HB Simpson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Watts (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Barker (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown completed a hat-trick in the Berkshire first innings (victims were MJ Dauglish, FE Chapman, W Barker)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This match was drawn after the visitors followed on 151 runs behind. For Berkshire, Watts's 104 not out was a match-saving innings. In the visitors' second innings, he and Chapman put on 65 runs for the eighth wicket, and with Barker
84 for the ninth.
There were 5 fives and 5 fours in Collins's undefeated 61. In the Berkshire first innings, Collins and Dauglish put on 58 runs for the seventh wicket. For Northamptonshire, W H Kingston's 149 included 25 fours, 6 threes and 6 twos, and was scored in 225 minutes. It was the second highest individual innings of the season. Thompson's 58 contained 7 fours. In the home side's innings, Kingston and Brown added 75 runs for the seventh wicket. Brown took the hat-trick in the Berkshire first innings, his victims being Dauglish, Chapman and Barker. L Law fielded as substitute in the latter part of Berkshire's second innings for Colson who became unwell. It was estimated that there were between 1600 and 1800 spectators present on the first day.
[Missing: One umpire; in Berkshire 2nd inns breakdown and duration of Watts's 104, and extras breakdown.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 3,4 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 3,4 August; Northampton Herald 6 August; Northampton Mercury 5 August; Reading Mercury 6,13 August; Reading Standard 5 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August.

 

 

 

 

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