minc479	Yorkshire Second XI v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Thrum Hall, Halifax on 20th, 21st July 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire Second XI 0; Northamptonshire 1
Umpires	W Copeland, J Gregory
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire Second XI (1) 87/3 (Wilkinson 22*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Thompson	c Higgins b Frank	29
WH Kingston	st Higgins b Frank	31
M Cox	b Hartington	25
HE Kingston	c Higgins b Elms	53
*T Horton	b Elms	5
W East	hit wkt b Frank	16
AE Worsley	b Elms	14
NF Norman	b Hartington	16
C Thorneycroft	c Higgins b Elms	18
+BC Smith	c Hartington b Frank	16
JW Shaw	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-63, 3-122, 4-145, 5-158, 6-164, 7-190, 8-203, 9-229, 10-229 (87.2 ov)

Yorkshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	7	2	16	0	-	-
Ward	13	6	18	0	-	-
Elms	23	3	62	4	-	-
Frank	13.2	2	62	4	-	-
Hartington	23	5	50	2	-	-
Myers	8	3	15	0	-	-

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Yorkshire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Rudston	b Thompson	58
JW Rothery	b Thompson	0
H Wilkinson	c Smith b Thompson	53
S Swithenbank	c Thorneycroft b East	3
H Myers	st Smith b Thorneycroft	33
+J Higgins	b East	3
*RW Frank	b East	0
W Brown	b Thompson	1
JE Elms	not out	14
HE Hartington	c HE Kingston b Thompson	8
F Ward	c East b Thompson	1
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-84, 3-87, 4-144, 5-158, 6-158, 7-159, 8-159, 9-173, 10-182 (99.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	33.2	13	68	6	-	-
East	40	10	54	3	-	-
Thorneycroft	12	3	21	1	-	-
HE Kingston	2	0	10	0	-	-
Cox	12	3	21	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Kingston	not out	1
WH Kingston	not out	3
GJ Thompson	did not bat
M Cox	did not bat
*T Horton	did not bat
W East	did not bat
AE Worsley	did not bat
NF Norman	did not bat
C Thorneycroft	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
JW Shaw	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1 overs)	4

Yorkshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Frank	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Worsley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NF Norman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Shaw made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Thorneycroft (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Elms achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 1-48)

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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 match was drawn with rain preventing any play after lunch on the second day and the game being abandoned at 4.00 pm. For Northamptonshire, there were 6 fours in H E Kingston's 53. For Yorkshire 2nd XI Rudston's 58 contained 7 fours and Wilkinson's 53 included 4 fours.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1904, p 186; Yorkshire Post 22, 22 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 20,21 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 21,22 July; Northampton Herald 25 July; Northampton Mercury 24 July; The Sportsman 21,22 July.

 

 

 

 

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