Minor Counties Championship 1895

15 MATCH NUMBER 2 : STAFFORDSHIRE V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 June 1895 Result: Northamptonshire won by four wickets Points: Staffordshire -1 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: A Stockwin and unknown Debutants: Staffordshire 11 (Whole team); Northamptonshire 11 (Whole team) First day score: Staffordshire 127; Northamptonshire 154-9 wickets (E Scriven 15*) Staffordshire C C Mott b Thompson 11 (1) b F Smith 8 G E Simmonds run out 6 (2) b F Smith 12 Brown, W b Colson 20 (3) b Thompson 1 S E Thomas b Colson 33 (4) b Thompson 4 * A H Heath b Thompson 22 (5) b F Smith 4 T S Fishwick b Colson 12 (6) c and b F Smith 4 O Briggs c W H Kingston b Colson 0 (7) b Thompson 9 Darlow, J F not out 3 (8) not out 0 Turner, W H lbw b Thompson 10 (9) b F Smith 2 + J Poole b Colson 1 (10) c and b F Smith 0 J Lightfoot c Thompson b Colson 0 (11) c Colson b F Smith 10 Extras b 2, lb 6, nb 1 9 b 3 3 Total 127 57 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 20 69 78 110 112 112 126 127 127 Second innings 16 17 23 29 34 45 45 47 47 57 Smith, F 15 6 25 0 - - (1) 14.3 5 29 7 - - Thompson 24 7 40 3 - 1 (2) 14 5 25 3 - - Eales 4 0 18 0 - - Horton 3 0 8 0 - - Colson 14 2 27 6 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 60 15 127 10 0 1 28.3 10 57 10 0 0 Northamptonshire C A Kingston c Poole b Darlow 15 (3) lbw b Turner 1 Colson, G H lbw b Lightfoot 7 (1) lbw b Darlow 12 * A G Henfrey c and b Brown 40 (8) not out 0 + B C Smith b Turner 20 W H Kingston c Briggs b Lightfoot 15 (6) b Darlow 0 T Horton b Darlow 12 G J Thompson st Poole b Briggs 4 (4) c and b Darlow 0 E Scriven not out 15 (2) b Darlow 8 J F Stops b Briggs 0 (7) not out 0 Eales, C C lbw b Darlow 3 (5) b Turner 5 Smith, F c and b Darlow 0 Extras b 16, lb 6, w 1 23 b 4, lb 1 5 Total 154 (6 wickets) 31 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 39 98 106 125 134 134 147 150 154 Second innings 17 20 21 25 30 30 - - - - Darlow 15 4 41 4 - - (1) 11.2 4 12 4 - - Lightfoot 14 8 17 2 1 - (2) 4 1 10 0 - - Turner 14 4 21 1 - - (3) 7 6 4 2 - - Briggs 10 4 29 2 - - Brown 6 1 23 1 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 59 21 154 10 1 0 22.2 11 31 6 0 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets before lunch was taken at 2.10 pm on the second day. Needing 31 runs for victory in their second innings, the visitors lost six wickets before the winning run – a bye - was scored. The game was the second of two opening fixtures in the new Minor Counties Championship, though only Staffordshire ‘qualified’ for the final table, with Northamptonshire playing just home and away matches versus Staffordshire. For the winners, F Smith took 7 wickets for 29 runs in the Staffordshire second innings. C A Kingston did not arrive before lunch on the first day and a substitute fielded in his place. [Missing: Second umpire.] Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 8 June; Staffordshire Chronicle 8 June; Staffordshire Post 8 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 4,8 June; Birmingham Daily Post 4 June; Northampton Daily Chronicle 4,5 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 4,5 June; Northampton Herald 8 June; The Sportsman 3,4,5 June.