minc319	Staffordshire v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	The Chuckery, Walsall on 8th, 9th July 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	D Bookless, A Pike
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 57/1 (Hollowood 40*, Poole 2*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Thompson	b Grimshaw	38
WH Kingston	c Brown b Grimshaw	82
HS Hall	b Grimshaw	26
W East	c Chavasse b Cummins	1
GH Colson	c Preston b Grimshaw	40
CR Wetherall	b Grimshaw	18
M Cox	b Cummins	18
F Warren	not out	18
*T Horton	b Cummins	0
+BC Smith	b Barnsby	30
H Thompson	b Barnsby	0
Extras	(17 b, 13 lb)	30
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-147, 3-160, 4-160, 5-209, 6-240, 7-254, 8-254, 9-301, 10-301 (91.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	37	6	108	5	-	-
Brown	14	5	39	0	-	-
Cummins	22	4	67	3	-	-
Clapham	15	5	42	0	-	-
Barnsby	3.1	0	15	2	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CF Chavasse	lbw b GJ Thompson	15
A Hollowood	b Cox	66
+J Poole	b GJ Thompson	2
W Brown	b GJ Thompson	92
*HD Stratton	b GJ Thompson	2
HCB Cummins	b GJ Thompson	7
FH Hassall	b GJ Thompson	2
DAN Barnsby	b GJ Thompson	2
W Preston	b GJ Thompson	0
T Grimshaw	not out	11
JR Clapham	st Smith b GJ Thompson	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-58, 3-112, 4-128, 5-138, 6-150, 7-168, 8-168, 9-208, 10-209 (63.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GJ Thompson	29.4	4	79	9	1	1
East	19	5	59	0	-	1
H Thompson	7	0	27	0	-	-
Cox	8	0	34	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BC Smith	b Barnsby	32
F Warren	b Clapham	12
WH Kingston	not out	24
HS Hall	c Brown b Barnsby	1
GH Colson	c and b Grimshaw	34
GJ Thompson	did not bat
W East	did not bat
CR Wetherall	did not bat
M Cox	did not bat
*T Horton	did not bat
H Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 43.3 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-45, 3-51, 4-109 (43.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cummins	8	0	31	0	-	-
Grimshaw	9.3	0	30	1	-	-
Clapham	8	3	7	1	-	-
Barnsby	12	1	28	2	-	-
Brown	6	2	7	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Hassall	b East	16
T Grimshaw	b East	24
*HD Stratton	c GJ Thompson b Horton	10
HCB Cummins	c Warren b H Thompson	11
W Preston	not out	0
CF Chavasse	did not bat
A Hollowood	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
W Brown	did not bat
DAN Barnsby	did not bat
JR Clapham	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, 19.3 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-52, 3-73, 4-77 (19.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GJ Thompson	8	2	17	0	-	2
East	9	1	31	2	-	-
H Thompson	2	1	9	1	-	-
Horton	0.3	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> W Preston made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BC Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 30
--> GJ Thompson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 8-17)

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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.
This return match was drawn.
Northamptonshire had won the game at Northampton in May.
For the visitors, G J Thompson took 9 wickets for 79 runs in the Staffordshire first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season.
There were 12 fours in Kingston's 82.
For Staffordshire, Brown's 92 included 14 fours and Hollowood's 66 contained 12 fours.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 13 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 9.10 July; Northampton Mercury 12 July; The Sportsman 9,10 July.

 

 

 

 

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