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minc23 Northamptonshire v Staffordshire

Minor Counties Championship 1895

Venue County Ground, Northampton on 7th, 8th August 1895 (2-day match)

Balls per over 5

Toss Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat

Result Match drawn

Close of play day 1 Staffordshire (1) 90/7 (Briggs 0*)

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Gilbert	13
+BC Smith	b Gilbert	34
T Horton	lbw b Darlow	20
GJ Thompson	c King b J Brown	6
*AG Henfrey	b Turner	41
WH Kingston	b Turner	1
E Scriven	b Turner	9
GH Colson	b Turner	0
HE Kingston	not out	23
CC Eales	b Turner	0
F Smith	c Sulley b J Brown	3
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	6
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	156
Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-61, 3-70, 4-86, 5-96, 6-118, 7-118, 8-135, 9-137, 10-156 (84 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darlow	14	5	25	1	-	-
Turner	22	8	25	5	-	-
King	4	0	7	0	-	1
Briggs	4	1	10	0	-	-
J Brown	31	11	50	2	-	-
Gilbert	9	1	33	2	-	-

Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J King	b Thompson	0
*CC Mott	b F Smith	12
W Brown	b F Smith	3
A Sulley	c F Smith b Thompson	9
J Brown	b Thompson	6
CAW Gilbert	c BC Smith b Wood	36
WE Harrison	b Wood	13
P Briggs	c HE Kingston b Eales	14
WH Turner	lbw b HE Kingston	24
+G McHarg	b HE Kingston	4
JF Darlow	not out	5
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	15
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	141
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-10, 3-25, 4-34, 5-51, 6-79, 7-90, 8-117, 9-127, 10-141 (68 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	24	8	45	3	-	-
F Smith	18	3	41	2	-	-
Colson	7	2	16	0	-	-
Wood	9	4	13	2	-	1
Eales	5	3	3	1	-	-
HE Kingston	5	1	8	2	-	-

Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Kingston	c Mott b Briggs	16
GH Colson	run out	1
+BC Smith	c W Brown b Turner	6
T Horton	c Sulley b J Brown	24
*AG Henfrey	lbw b Turner	36
CJB Wood	not out	40
WH Kingston	c and b Gilbert	9
GJ Thompson	c Harrison b Gilbert	4
E Scriven	run out	1
CC Eales	not out	30
F Smith	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	171
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-18, 3-26, 4-84, 5-96, 6-116, 7-124, 8-125

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
J Brown	28	14	34	1	-	-
Turner	23	4	46	2	-	-
Briggs	4	2	7	1	-	-
Darlow	7	2	20	0	-	-
Sulley	2	0	24	0	-	-
Gilbert	9	1	35	2	-	-

Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	run out	1
W Brown	not out	45
J King	not out	38
A Sulley	did not bat
J Brown	did not bat
CAW Gilbert	did not bat
WE Harrison	did not bat
P Briggs	did not bat
WH Turner	did not bat
+G McHarg	did not bat
JF Darlow	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(1 wicket, 50 overs)	93
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Mott)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
HE Kingston	12	2	21	0	-	-
Thompson	12	5	19	0	-	-
F Smith	9	5	8	0	-	-
Wood	9	3	22	0	-	-
Colson	3	2	1	0	-	-
Eales	5	1	13	0	-	-

Notes
--> Bowling in the Northamptonshire second innings adds 1 run under

This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project.
Drawn return match, after the Northamptonshire second innings declaration left Staffordshire a victory target of 187 runs in an hour and 35 minutes.
The game between the two sides at Stoke-on-Trent in June had been won by Northamptonshire.
The match was played in fine weather on both days with no rain interruptions.
The scoring rate was just over two runs per over.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Northamptonshire 2nd inns runs bowling 1 short in all sources listed that give bowling analyses; overs rounded?]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 7,8 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 7,8 August; Northampton Herald 10 August; Staffordshire Post 8 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 7,8,9 August; Sporting Chronicle 8,9 August; The Sportsman 7,8,9 August.

minc23	Northamptonshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 7th, 8th August 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 90/7 (Briggs 0*)