This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change. This high-scoring match ended as a draw. The match aggregate of 970 runs was the highest of the season. The average runs per wicket was 46.19. For Northumberland, there were 17 fours, 1 three and 7 twos in Clayton's 116, scored in two hours and 10 minutes. Marshall scored 67 with 6 fours, Greenway 57 and Mortimer 55. Clayton and Mortimer put on 177 runs for the Northumberland first wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Northamptonshire, Papillon scored 97 with 9 fours, Kingston 68 not out, and Hall 51 with 8 fours. In the home team's first innings, Papillon and Hall put on 112 runs for the third wicket. In the same innings, G J Thompson was dismissed off the seventh ball of an Elsey over. The 48 overs bowled by G J Thompson and the 166 runs he conceded were both second highest for an innings during the season. During the match, 15 players bowled. [Missing: Part extras breakdown; in Northumberland inns boundaries in Greenway's 57 and Mortimer's 55, and fall of ninth wicket; in Northamptonshire 1st inns extras breakdown 3 short; in Northamptonshire 2nd inns boundaries in Kingston's 68*.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 29 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 1 July; Northampton Herald 29 June; Northampton Mercury 5 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 29 June, 1 July.
