First-Class Cricket Matches 1907

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 29, 30, 1907. Essex won by eight wickets. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 M.Cox c Russell b Douglas 57 (2) b Douglas 3 2 G.J.Thompson c Douglas b Buckenham 6 (5) b Douglas 4 3 L.T.Driffield b Mead 15 (8) b Buckenham 20 4 N.F.Norman b Buckenham 0 c Reeves b Young 14 5 H.C.Pretty b Buckenham 1 (3) b Douglas 23 6 C.J.T.Pool c Buckenham b Douglas 30 b Buckenham 28 7 W.H.Kingston b Buckenham 19 c and b Douglas 4 8 R.W.R.Hawtin b Buckenham 6 (1) c Russell b Buckenham 0 9 W.Wells not out 17 c Benham b Buckenham 11 10 †W.A.Buswell b Buckenham 18 b Douglas 1 11 R.Falconer b Douglas 0 not out 0 Extras lb 4, nb 2 6 b 6 6 —— —— 175 114 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-48, 3-49, 4-53, 5-123, 6-123, 7-140, 8-144, 9-170, 10-175 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-7, 3-36, 4-48, 5-65, 6-71, 7-108, 8-111, 9-114, 10-114 ESSEX 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c Buswell b Driffield 5 b Thompson 6 2 S.P.Meston c Buswell b Driffield 8 b Driffield 2 3 P.A.Perrin c Buswell b Thompson 63 not out 42 4 *C.P.McGahey lbw b Thompson 32 not out 42 5 E.J.Freeman b Thompson 5 6 C.P.Buckenham b Driffield 1 7 W.Reeves c Pool b Falconer 64 8 C.E.Benham b Driffield 0 9 H.I.Young c and b Driffield 0 10 †A.E.Russell b Driffield 3 11 W.Mead not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 17 —— —— 198 (2 wickets) 92 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-19, 3-84, 4-94, 5-99, 6-191, 7-191, 8-195, 9-195, 10-198 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-11 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Buckenham 24 0 67 6 2nb 14.4 1 50 4 Douglas 17 2 71 3 14 1 53 5 Mead 7 4 4 1 1 0 3 0 Benham 3 0 19 0 Young 3 0 8 0 (4) 1 0 2 1 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Driffield 23.2 11 39 6 10 3 19 1 Thompson 27 6 71 3 1w,1nb 10 0 40 1 Falconer 10 2 26 1 0.4 0 2 0 Wells 12 3 27 0 4 0 11 0 Hawtin 5 1 18 0 5 0 20 0 Umpires: G.P.Harrison and J.Moss. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 101-5 (Perrin 41*, Reeves 2*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 269