minc527	Northamptonshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 23rd, 24th May 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 159 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	CE Bartram, J Clifton
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 282/6 (Knight 42*, Vials 4*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	b Thompson	13
JB Fereday	b East	9
P Briggs	b Thompson	2
*HD Stratton	b Thompson	4
A Hollowood	lbw b East	25
AE Rider	b East	7
WJ Beddows	b East	4
A Fereday	b East	0
JN Burns	b Thompson	3
WH Turner	st Smith b East	4
+H Dearing	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-30, 4-31, 5-47, 6-66, 7-66, 8-75, 9-79, 10-80 (41.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	21	5	49	4	-	-
East	20.1	9	23	6	-	2

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Kingston	c Turner b JB Fereday	91
GJ Thompson	c Dearing b JB Fereday	83
M Cox	b Turner	1
*T Horton	c Burns b JB Fereday	7
EM Crosse	lbw b Turner	2
W East	c A Fereday b JB Fereday	44
RF Knight	c JB Fereday b A Fereday	66
GAT Vials	c and b JB Fereday	48
FC Cockerill	c Briggs b A Fereday	5
+BC Smith	c Beddows b Turner	0
H Hawkins	not out	22
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 111.3 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-178, 2-181, 3-185, 4-192, 5-194, 6-269, 7-318, 8-326, 9-326, 10-379 (111.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	42	7	137	3	-	-
JB Fereday	36.3	5	97	5	-	-
A Fereday	16	1	61	2	-	-
Briggs	6	0	31	0	-	-
Stratton	3	0	11	0	-	-
Hollowood	8	1	32	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Fereday	b East	9
W Brown	c Smith b Cockerill	33
*HD Stratton	c Cockerill b East	0
A Hollowood	c and b Thompson	37
P Briggs	run out	9
WJ Beddows	lbw b Cockerill	4
AE Rider	not out	26
A Fereday	b Thompson	2
JN Burns	lbw b Thompson	0
WH Turner	b Thompson	4
+H Dearing	c Kingston b Thompson	2
Extras	(12 b, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-39, 3-62, 4-90, 5-96, 6-106, 7-122, 8-126, 9-136, 10-140 (64.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	21.1	10	36	5	-	-
East	18	8	20	2	-	2
Cox	3	1	11	0	-	-
Cockerill	10	3	32	2	-	-
Hawkins	8	3	11	0	-	-
Knight	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GAT Vials made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Fereday made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JN Burns made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 51
--> AE Rider (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JB Fereday achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-37)
--> JB Fereday achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire 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 4.05 pm on the second day.
The start was delayed by 30 minutes on the first day, yet Staffordshire were still bowled out before lunch.
For the winners, there were 2 fives and 3 fours in Kingston's 91, 6 fours in Thompson's 83 and 1 five and 3 fours
in Knight's 66.
In the Northamptonshire innings, Kingston and Thompson put on 178 runs for the first wicket.
Vials and Hawkins added 53 for the tenth wicket.
Thompson took 9 wickets in the match for 85 runs.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Northampton Daily Chronicle 24 May; Northampton Daily Reporter 24 May; Northampton Herald 27 May; Northampton Mercury 27 May; Staffordshire Advertiser 28 May; Staffordshire Sentinel 23,24 May; Sporting Life 25 May; The Sportsman 24,25 May.

 

 

 

 

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