minc106	Northumberland v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 4th, 5th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 0; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	CE Bartram, A Stockwin
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 72/3 (Hansell 27*, Simpson 6*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJT Pool	c Simpson b Robinson	56
GH Colson	c Baker b Simpson	2
GJ Thompson	c Robson b Mortimer	89
HE Kingston	b Clayton	30
WH Kingston	b Clayton	14
TA Brown	b Simpson	0
W East	c Clayton b Mortimer	7
+BC Smith	c Mortimer b Simpson	6
G Parkin	c Murphy b Simpson	1
*T Horton	b Robson	14
L Law	not out	13
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 119.3 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-92, 3-160, 4-186, 5-197, 6-205, 7-208, 8-211, 9-218, 10-245 (119.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	34	12	72	1	2	-
Simpson	43	21	65	4	-	-
Clayton	23	10	45	2	-	-
Robson	10.3	4	17	1	-	-
Walters	2	0	7	0	-	-
Mortimer	7	0	26	2	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FGH Clayton	b Thompson	1
RGE Mortimer	b Thompson	12
*EWR Walters	lbw b Thompson	18
J Hansell	b Law	42
G Simpson	not out	141
V Thompson	b Law	4
AW Baker	c Smith b Law	4
CO Brutton	b Law	0
G Robson	b Law	0
+J Murphy	c Brown b East	28
WE Robinson	c Pool b East	29
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-29, 3-44, 4-104, 5-108, 6-130, 7-130, 8-152, 9-248, 10-294 (78.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	29	9	90	3	-	-
Law	29	4	78	5	-	-
East	10.2	3	27	2	-	-
HE Kingston	4	0	33	0	-	-
Brown	6	0	51	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJT Pool	c Robson b Clayton	50
GH Colson	not out	44
GJ Thompson	not out	1
HE Kingston	did not bat
WH Kingston	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
W East	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
G Parkin	did not bat
*T Horton	did not bat
L Law	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(1 wicket, 31 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-92

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walters	7	2	21	0	-	-
Robinson	6	2	16	0	-	-
Clayton	9	5	11	1	-	-
Simpson	5	0	26	0	-	-
Mortimer	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 61
--> HE Kingston (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> G Parkin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Law (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Simpson (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match ended as a draw. Bad light stopped play at 3.30 pm on the second day, and was followed by heavy rain which caused play to be abandoned. The meeting between these two teams in July had ended in an eight-wicket victory for Northamptonshire. Due to ninth and tenth wicket partnerships by Simpson with Murphy of 96 and with Robinson of 46, the home side gained a first innings lead that appeared unlikely when 8 wickets were down for 152 and saving the follow-on was still 13 runs away. Simpson's 141 not out was the third highest individual score of the season and included 4 sixes and 18 fours.
For the visitors Pool had scores of 56, with 9 fours, and 50. G J Thompson's 89 included 13 fours. Smith was injured keeping wicket in the Northumberland innings and Pool took his place.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Northamptonshire 2nd inns boundaries in Pool 50; in Northumberland inns duration of, and 3's and 2's in Simpson's 141 not out.]
Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 5,6 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 5 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 4,5 August; Northampton Mercury 6 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August.

 

 

 

 

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