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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*) |
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 | - | - | |
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 | |||||
EA 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 | - | - | |
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 | |||||
EA 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 | - | - | |
Notes
--> HB Simpson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Parkin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Berwick made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Kingston (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Kingston (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Kingston (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> EA Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts (2) made his first century 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 (Dauglish, Chapman, Barker)
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. 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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