minc465	Northamptonshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 26th, 27th June 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 36 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Northumberland 0
Umpires	J O'Connor, R Rogers
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 183/6 (Horton 46*, Manning 4*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FGH Clayton	b Thompson	6
CF Stanger-Leathes	b Thompson	8
J Hansell	c Papillon b Thompson	1
JH Marshall	c Mold b Thompson	31
W Milne	b Thompson	14
G Simpson	b Thompson	18
FW Gillespie	b Thompson	0
RGE Mortimer	run out	4
M Chambers	run out	26
G Elsey	not out	40
+L Greenwood	b Thompson	6
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-22, 4-44, 5-70, 6-70, 7-87, 8-87, 9-150, 10-163 (60.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	30.5	12	62	8	-	-
East	19	3	56	0	-	1
Mold	11	1	36	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Kingston	c Elsey b Clayton	103
GK Papillon	b Elsey	6
M Cox	c Elsey b Clayton	6
CJT Pool	c Simpson b Marshall	1
GJ Thompson	c Clayton b Marshall	2
*T Horton	c Mortimer b Marshall	62
W East	b Clayton	9
TE Manning	c and b Simpson	25
+BC Smith	lbw b Marshall	8
H Hawkins	not out	9
AW Mold	c Simpson b Marshall	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-?, 3-?, 4-51, 5-165, 6-?, 7-219, 8-224, 9-238, 10-246 (103.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Simpson	29	11	48	1	-	-
Elsey	25	3	54	1	-	2
Clayton	18	4	44	3	-	-
Marshall	25.5	6	59	5	-	-
Chambers	6	0	31	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FGH Clayton	b Thompson	4
M Chambers	b East	14
J Hansell	b Thompson	4
JH Marshall	b Thompson	3
W Milne	c Thompson b East	6
G Simpson	b Thompson	2
CF Stanger-Leathes	b East	6
RGE Mortimer	b Thompson	1
FW Gillespie	not out	3
G Elsey	c Mold b East	0
+L Greenwood	b Thompson	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 28.4 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-13, 3-25, 4-29, 5-35, 6-40, 7-44, 8-44, 9-44, 10-47 (28.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	14.4	4	32	6	-	-
East	14	6	11	4	1	1

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Notes
--> TE Manning made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Kingston (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 91
--> GJ Thompson reached 500 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Northumberland first innings

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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.
Northamptonshire won by an innings half an hour after lunch on the second day. For the winners, there were 3 fours, 5 threes and 13 twos in Kingston's 103 scored in 2½ hours, and 1 four in Horton's 62. Thompson took 14 wickets in the match for 94 runs, including 8 for 62 in the Northumberland first innings. Thompson's match bowling performance was statistically the second best of the season. In the Northamptonshire innings, Kingston and Horton put on 114 runs for the fifth wicket. When on 75, Kingston had been caught off a no-ball. In the Northumberland first innings, Chambers and Elsey added 63 for the ninth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season.
[Missing: In Northamptonshire innings fall of second, third and sixth wickets; precise time completed.]
Sources: Northampton Herald 27 June; Northampton Mercury 26 June,3 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 27 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 27 June; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 27,29 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 27,29 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 27,29 June; The Sportsman 27,29 June.

 

 

 

 

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