First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

ESSEX v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, July 30, 31, August 1, 1908. Essex won by eight wickets. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 W.H.Kingston b Benham 21 b Reeves 64 2 A.P.R.Hawtin lbw b Mead 26 b Douglas 1 3 G.J.Thompson b Douglas 12 (5) b Buckenham 0 4 W.East b Douglas 65 (6) c Buckenham b Reeves 2 5 C.J.T.Pool lbw b Douglas 1 (4) c A.E.Russell b Reeves 27 6 W.Wells c Douglas b Mead 5 (8) b Buckenham 0 7 C.Thorp st A.E.Russell b Read 50 b Buckenham 1 8 R.R.Kimbell b Douglas 0 (10) b Reeves 4 9 C.C.Simpson b Douglas 0 c A.E.Russell b Reeves 3 10 D.Hardy not out 0 (3) b Read 25 11 †W.A.Buswell b Douglas 0 not out 7 Extras b 4, lb 15 19 b 1, lb 10, w 1 12 —— —— 199 146 FoW (1): 1-51, 2-53, 3-80, 4-82, 5-89, 6-199, 7-199, 8-199, 9-199, 10-199 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-54, 3-111, 4-112, 5-115, 6-118, 7-118, 8-127, 9-133, 10-146 ESSEX 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c Hawtin b Simpson 64 2 W.Reeves c Wells b Thompson 5 (1) st Buswell b Kingston 29 3 P.A.Perrin lbw b Wells 50 (2) not out 9 4 J.R.Freeman b Wells 8 (3) st Buswell b Kingston 0 5 C.A.G.Russell c Buswell b East 14 (4) not out 0 6 E.J.Freeman b Thompson 41 7 C.E.Benham b Thompson 20 8 C.P.Buckenham c Buswell b Wells 5 9 †A.E.Russell not out 33 10 A.H.Read b Kimbell 53 11 W.Mead b Kimbell 8 Extras b 2, lb 5, nb 1 8 —— —— 309 (2 wickets) 38 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-91, 3-100, 4-127, 5-167, 6-202, 7-209, 8-210, 9-297, 10-309 FoW (2): 1-35, 2-35 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Buckenham 16 3 44 0 18 6 40 3 Douglas 16.5 0 56 6 12 3 29 1 Benham 14 3 36 1 (4) 5 0 12 0 1w Mead 12 5 15 2 (5) 3 0 13 0 Read 8 4 10 1 (3) 6 1 21 1 Reeves 5 0 19 0 10 4 19 5 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Thompson 35 9 88 3 1nb Wells 32 9 71 3 East 20 4 58 1 Kimbell 12.2 1 45 2 Simpson 10 1 36 1 Hardy 4 3 3 0 Pool (1) 3 1 17 0 Thorp (2) 3.1 1 16 0 Kingston (3) 1 0 5 2 Umpires: J.Moss and W.Richards. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 84-1 (Douglas 31*, Perrin 45*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 111-3 (Kingston 50*). 197