First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 17, 18, 19, 1908. Essex won by an innings and 70 runs. ESSEX 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c Vials b Driffield 8 2 W.Reeves c Knight b Driffield 6 3 P.A.Perrin lbw b East 15 4 *C.P.McGahey b East 230 5 A.J.Turner c Bird b East 117 6 J.R.Freeman c Vials b Wells 32 7 C.P.Buckenham b Wells 9 8 C.E.Benham not out 65 9 A.H.Read c Thompson b East 26 10 W.Mead c Knight b East 5 11 †A.E.Russell not out 48 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 3 12 —— (9 wickets, declared) 573 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-20, 3-53, 4-289, 5-380, 6-398, 7-441, 8-473, 9-488 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 W.H.Kingston lbw b Douglas 6 b Read 34 2 F.N.Bird c Perrin b Douglas 20 (3) b Read 4 3 R.F.Knight b Douglas 0 (7) b Read 3 4 G.J.Thompson c Freeman b Douglas 28 lbw b Read 2 5 W.Wells b Mead 14 run out 27 6 W.East c Freeman b Reeves 23 b Read 5 7 C.J.T.Pool lbw b Mead 1 (2) c Freeman b Read 111 8 G.A.T.Vials st Freeman b McGahey 25 not out 30 9 R.W.R.Hawtin not out 37 b Read 30 10 L.T.Driffield b Buckenham 35 c Freeman b Buckenham 5 11 †W.A.Buswell b Mead 20 c Freeman b Buckenham 5 Extras b 7, lb 8, nb 1 16 b 17, lb 5 22 —— —— 225 278 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-13, 3-48, 4-75, 5-81, 6-88, 7-118, 8-132, 9-187, 10-225 FoW (2): 1-126, 2-130, 3-160, 4-167, 5-193, 6-194, 7-196, 8-253, 9-264, 10-278 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Driffield 42 8 119 2 Wells 44 12 106 2 3nb Thompson 28 1 101 0 East 29 4 93 5 Hawtin 12 0 62 0 2w Knight 14 1 68 0 Kingston 1 0 12 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Buckenham 20 5 53 1 14.3 0 57 2 Douglas 24 2 60 4 10 1 37 0 Mead 16 7 27 3 1nb 15 5 28 0 Reeves 7 3 12 1 9 2 26 0 Benham 4 1 13 0 McGahey 8 2 16 1 (5) 8 3 33 0 Read 6 0 28 0 (6) 27 10 75 7 Umpires: G.P.Harrison and A.Millward. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 346-4 (McGahey 175*, Freeman 14*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (1) 212-9 (Hawtin 29*, Buswell 15*). C.P.McGahey’s 230 took 360 minutes and included 25 fours. A.J.Turner’s 117 took 205 minutes and included 14 fours. C.J.T.Pool’s 111 took 130 minutes and included 16 fours. 237