f16451 cc8038	Northamptonshire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 10th, 11th, 12th May 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Hampshire 4
Umpires	E Cooke, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 441/7 (Creese 209*, Boyes 13*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 46/1 (Greenwood 19*, Brookes 19*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	lbw b Merritt	48
J Bailey	c James b Buswell	19
G Hill	c and b Merritt	21
WCL Creese	c Herbert b Partridge	241
AG Holt	c Brookes b Merritt	25
AE Pothecary	c James b Partridge	40
DF Walker	b Herbert	21
*CGA Paris	c and b Partridge	17
GS Boyes	c O'Brien b Buswell	20
RCL Court	not out	13
GEM Heath	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	35
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 115.7 overs)	500
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-75, 3-131, 4-178, 5-308, 6-372, 7-412, 8-452, 9-500 (115.7 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	22	4	87	2	-	-
Partridge	26.7	2	107	3	-	-
Timms	14	3	39	0	-	-
Herbert	17	4	70	1	-	-
Merritt	33	1	154	3	-	-
Nelson	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Snowden	c Creese b Heath	23
HW Greenwood	b Court	7
D Brookes	c Boyes b Creese	50
JE Timms	b Hill	114
*RP Nelson	b Heath	40
+KC James	b Hill	2
FP O'Brien	b Court	9
WE Merritt	lbw b Heath	27
RJ Partridge	b Hill	6
EJ Herbert	not out	4
JE Buswell	st McCorkell b Hill	7
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-51, 3-130, 4-210, 5-215, 6-230, 7-258, 8-266, 9-290, 10-299 (74.4 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heath	24	2	83	3	-	-
Court	16	1	79	2	-	-
Boyes	8	0	25	0	-	-
Hill	18.4	4	50	4	-	-
Creese	5	0	30	1	-	-
Bailey	3	0	22	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Snowden	b Heath	6
HW Greenwood	lbw b Boyes	59
D Brookes	c Boyes b Court	47
JE Timms	c and b Heath	70
*RP Nelson	not out	79
+KC James	c McCorkell b Heath	0
FP O'Brien	b Hill	8
WE Merritt	not out	4
RJ Partridge	did not bat
EJ Herbert	did not bat
JE Buswell	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 72.1 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-109, 3-121, 4-242, 5-242, 6-264

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heath	20	2	80	3	-	-
Court	12	0	82	1	-	-
Boyes	14	3	43	1	-	-
Hill	17.1	3	38	1	-	-
Bailey	9	2	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Merritt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WCL Creese (1) passed his previous highest score of 165 in First-Class matches
--> WCL Creese (1) passed his previous highest score of 165 in County Championship matches
--> D Brookes (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34
--> JE Timms (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 95
--> WE Merritt reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hampshire first innings
--> WCL Creese reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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