First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 14, 15, 17, 1914. Northamptonshire won by 156 runs. (Points: Northamptonshire 5, Essex 0) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 W.H.Denton c C.H.Douglas b Reeves 38 run out 17 2 J.S.Denton b J.W.H.T.Douglas 15 c Reeves b Tremlin 4 3 R.A.Haywood lbw b J.W.H.T.Douglas 0 c J.W.H.T.Douglas b Dixon 52 4 *S.G.Smith b J.W.H.T.Douglas 12 c Reeves b Davies 22 5 G.J.Thompson not out 124 lbw b Davies 26 6 C.N.Woolley c Reeves b Tremlin 42 b J.W.H.T.Douglas 13 7 A.D.Denton b Dixon 32 (8) b Davies 0 8 W.Wells b Dixon 0 (7) c J.W.H.T.Douglas b Reeves 119 9 W.East c and b Dixon 0 not out 17 10 S.T.Askham c Reeves b J.W.H.T.Douglas 4 not out 4 11 †W.A.Buswell c Russell b J.W.H.T.Douglas 7 Extras b 8, lb 6, w 1 15 b 11, lb 5, nb 2 18 —— —— 289 (8 wickets, declared) 292 FoW (1): 1-46, 2-46, 3-62, 4-90, 5-162, 6-242, 7-242, 8-244, 9-253, 10-289 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-57, 3-98, 4-103, 5-127, 6-205, 7-205, 8-286 ESSEX 1 †C.D.McIver lbw b East 63 st Buswell b Smith 52 2 H.A.Carpenter c Thompson b Smith 23 (4) c J.S.Denton b Smith 24 3 J.R.Freeman b Wells 40 b Wells 8 4 C.A.G.Russell st Buswell b Smith 16 (2) b Wells 0 5 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Thompson b Smith 8 c Thompson b Woolley 14 6 C.P.McGahey c Smith b Wells 3 c Buswell b Smith 4 7 C.H.Douglas b Woolley 23 c Wells b Smith 12 8 J.G.Dixon c Buswell b Wells 0 c Haywood b Woolley 8 9 W.Reeves c Buswell b Smith 0 not out 16 10 G.B.Davies b Wells 21 st Buswell b Smith 19 11 B.Tremlin not out 46 lbw b Smith 4 Extras b 9, lb 5, nb 4 18 b 2, nb 1 3 —— —— 261 164 FoW (1): 1-43, 2-109, 3-136, 4-144, 5-156, 6-158, 7-161, 8-162, 9-196, 10-261 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-9, 3-57, 4-92, 5-96, 6-108, 7-122, 8-131, 9-160, 10-164 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W J.W.H.T.Douglas 25 2 95 5 1w 20 7 50 1 2nb Tremlin 20 5 58 1 18 3 64 1 Reeves 11 2 34 1 (5) 5 0 37 1 Davies 10 4 19 0 (3) 20 2 94 3 Dixon 13 2 43 3 (4) 13 3 29 1 McGahey 4 0 25 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Wells 29 3 106 4 4nb 7 0 41 2 1nb East 16 3 49 1 (3) 13 4 22 0 Smith 29 7 60 4 (2) 22.1 5 63 6 Woolley 5.5 2 9 1 10 3 24 2 Thompson 10 2 19 0 J.S.Denton (5) 7 5 11 0 Umpires: W.Richards and C.E.Richardson. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 47-1 (McIver 21*, Freeman 3*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 116-4 (Thompson 5*, Woolley 6*). G.J.Thompson’s 124 took 220 minutes and included 17 fours. W.Wells’s 119 included 20 fours and 2 sixes. 250