minc83	Northamptonshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 8th, 9th July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 1; Northumberland -1
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 71/5 (Simpson 43*, Walters 7*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FGH Clayton	c Smith b Thompson	8
*EWR Walters	run out	19
RGE Mortimer	run out	0
J Hansell	b Thompson	13
G Simpson	c Eales b HE Kingston	44
RF Cumberlege	b Thompson	0
EW Taylor	c Eales b Thompson	0
G Elsey	b East	0
E Tomlin	b Thompson	4
+J Murphy	not out	30
WE Robinson	c Eales b HE Kingston	14
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-41, 4-41, 5-41, 6-41, 7-44, 8-69, 9-110, 10-138 (43 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	18	6	58	5	-	-
East	19	5	47	1	-	-
HE Kingston	4	0	25	2	-	-
Law	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Colson	b Robinson	14
HE Kingston	b Robinson	28
CJT Pool	c Tomlin b Elsey	4
WH Kingston	c Murphy b Elsey	11
GJ Thompson	c Clayton b Robinson	3
TA Brown	st Murphy b Elsey	1
W East	b Robinson	24
*T Horton	run out	22
+BC Smith	c Mortimer b Elsey	13
CC Eales	c Hansell b Elsey	0
L Law	not out	0
Extras		14
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-58, 3-62, 4-69, 5-74, 6-75, 7-113, 8-126, 9-129, 10-134 (56.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	23.2	9	50	4	-	-
Tomlin	10	0	30	0	-	-
Elsey	18	6	32	5	-	-
Simpson	3	2	2	0	-	-
Walters	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGE Mortimer	c Brown b Thompson	0
G Simpson	c and b East	63
EW Taylor	b Thompson	0
G Elsey	b Thompson	2
J Hansell	b Law	15
FGH Clayton	b Law	0
*EWR Walters	b Thompson	11
RF Cumberlege	b Thompson	0
+J Murphy	b Thompson	0
E Tomlin	not out	0
WE Robinson	b East	0
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 31.4 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-6, 4-39, 5-39, 6-82, 7-82, 8-82, 9-92, 10-92 (31.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	14	7	28	6	-	-
East	9.4	0	35	2	-	-
Law	5	1	18	2	-	-
HE Kingston	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Colson	lbw b Tomlin	38
HE Kingston	not out	48
CJT Pool	b Tomlin	0
WH Kingston	not out	9
GJ Thompson	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
W East	did not bat
*T Horton	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
CC Eales	did not bat
L Law	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(2 wickets, 30.1 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-68

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	10	1	22	0	-	-
Robinson	8	3	26	0	-	-
Tomlin	7	0	28	2	-	-
Walters	2	0	10	0	-	-
Mortimer	3.1	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> E Tomlin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EW Taylor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Murphy (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 6-40)
--> GJ Thompson completed a hat-trick in the Northumberland second innings (Walters, Cumberlege, Murphy)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Though behind on first innings, Northamptonshire won this match by eight wickets at 1.45 pm on the second day. For the winners, Thompson took 11 wickets for 86 runs He was given a sovereign by his Captain and a collection on the ground realised £1-11s-6d. Simpson's 63 for the losers contained 9 fours.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 8 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 8 July; Northampton Mercury 9 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 9,10 July; The Sportsman 9,10 July.

 

 

 

 

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