minc275	Northamptonshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1900
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 8th August 1900 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 34 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 1; Berkshire -1
Umpires	[unknown], J Relf

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ACM Croome	b Thompson	0
AP Strange	b Thompson	15
EA Watts	b Thompson	0
CE Brown	b Thompson	1
HM Worsley	c Smith b Cox	23
HL Collmann	b Thompson	0
JA Yates	c Horton b Thompson	0
+HW Edwards	b Thompson	2
W Barker	c Smith b Thompson	4
WO Nares	c WH Kingston b Cox	0
RR Relf	not out	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 26.3 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-12, 4-19, 5-19, 6-19, 7-39, 8-47, 9-47, 10-47 (26.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	13.3	5	17	8	-	-
Cox	13	3	28	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Thompson	c Brown b Croome	33
WH Kingston	c Yates b Croome	40
GH Colson	c Edwards b Croome	9
W East	b Brown	4
FO Warren	b Croome	2
HE Kingston	c and b Brown	1
RF Knight	c Relf b Brown	5
+BC Smith	c and b Croome	11
*T Horton	lbw b Brown	0
WG Pinner	not out	4
M Cox	run out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-77, 3-86, 4-89, 5-90, 6-94, 7-103, 8-105, 9-?, 10-115 (60.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	13	5	29	0	-	-
Brown	27	14	29	4	-	-
Croome	18.4	3	36	5	2	-
Worsley	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	b East	5
CE Brown	b East	0
HM Worsley	b Thompson	0
EA Watts	c Smith b East	8
*ACM Croome	st Smith b Thompson	0
HL Collmann	b East	0
JA Yates	c Smith b Thompson	7
+HW Edwards	b East	1
W Barker	b Thompson	4
WO Nares	not out	2
RR Relf	c HE Kingston b East	5
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 15.3 overs)	34
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-6, 3-6, 4-7, 5-8, 6-21, 7-21, 8-27, 9-27, 10-34 (15.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	8	2	21	4	-	-
East	7.3	3	11	6	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.
--> RR Relf made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HL Collmann made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Yates made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WO Nares made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 8-81)
--> W East achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 6-33)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
The match was completed on the first day, with Northamptonshire winning by an innings and 34 runs. For the winners, Thompson took 12 wickets in the match for 38 runs. W H Kingston top-scored with 40. The match aggregate of 196 runs was the lowest of the season for a completed match, and it was also a new low for the Championship, the previous lowest aggregate being 232 runs when Worcestershire beat Norfolk at Worcester in 1896. Berkshire's second innings total of 34 was the second lowest of the season. Berkshire were dismissed twice for under fifty. The Berkshire run aggregate of 81 was also a new low for the competition; the previous low was 91 runs by Norfolk against Hertfordshire at Bishop's Stortord in 1895. The game marked R R Relf's debut for Berkshire at age 16. Interspersed with a career with Sussex, he was to play his final championship match for Berkshire in the 1946 season.
[Missing: One umpire; in Northamptonshire inns fall of 9th wicket; time completed.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 8 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 8,9 August; Northampton Herald 11 August; Northampton Mercury 10 August; Berkshire Chronicle 11 August; Reading Mercury 10 August; Reading Standard 10 August.

 

 

 

 

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