Minor Counties Championship 1895

36 MATCH NUMBER 23 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1895 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire 2 (H E Kingston, C J B Wood); Staffordshire 1 (A Sulley) First day score: Northamptonshire 156; Staffordshire 90-7 wickets (P Briggs 0*) Northamptonshire C J B Wood b Gilbert 13 (6) not out 40 + B C Smith b Gilbert 34 (3) c W Brown b Turner 6 T Horton lbw b Darlow 20 (4) c Sulley b J Brown 24 G J Thompson c King b J Brown 6 (8) c Harrison b Gilbert 4 * A G Henfrey b Turner 41 (5) lbw b Turner 36 W H Kingston b Turner 1 (7) c and b Gilbert 9 E Scriven b Turner 9 (9) run out 1 Colson, G H b Turner 0 (2) run out 1 H E Kingston not out 23 (1) c Mott b Briggs 16 Eales, C C b Turner 0 (10) not out 30 Smith, F c Sulley b J Brown 3 Extras nb 1 6 4 Total 156 (8 wickets declared) 171 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 46 61 70 86 96 118 118 135 137 156 Second innings 1 18 26 84 96 116 124 125 - - Darlow 14 5 25 1 - - (4) 7 2 20 0 - - Turner 22 8 25 5 - - (2) 23 4 46 2 - - King 4 0 7 0 - 1 Briggs 4 1 10 0 - - (3) 4 2 7 1 - - Brown, J 31 11 50 2 - - (1) 28 14 34 1 - - Gilbert 9 1 33 2 - - (6) 9 1 35 2 - - Sulley (5) 2 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 4 2 - - Total 84 26 156 10 - 1 73 23 170x 8 - - 171 Staffordshire King, J b Thompson 0 (3) not out 38 * C C Mott b F Smith 12 (1) run out 1 Brown, W b F Smith 3 (2) not out 45 A Sulley c F Smith b Thompson 9 Brown, J b Thompson 6 C A W Gilbert c B C Smith b Wood 36 W E Harrison b Wood 13 P Briggs c H E Kingston b Eales 14 W H Turner lbw b H E Kingston 24 + G McHarg b H E Kingston 4 Darlow, J F not out 5 Extras nb 1 15 9 Total 141 (1 wicket) 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 10 25 34 51 79 90 117 127 141 Second innings 1 - - - - - - - - - Thompson 24 8 45 3 - - (2) 12 5 19 0 - - Smith, F 18 3 41 2 - - (3) 9 5 8 0 - - Colson 7 2 16 0 - - (5) 3 2 1 0 - - Wood 9 4 13 2 - 1 (4) 9 3 22 0 - - Eales 5 3 3 1 - - (6) 5 1 13 0 - - H E Kingston 5 1 8 2 - - (1) 12 2 21 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 68 21 141 10 - 1 50 18 93 1 - - Notes: Drawn return match, after the Northamptonshire second innings declaration left Staffordshire a victory target of 187 runs in an hour and 35 minutes. The game between the two sides at Stoke-on-Trent in June had been won by Northamptonshire. The match was played in fine weather on both days with no rain interruptions. The scoring rate was just over two runs per over. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Northamptonshire 2 nd inns runs bowling 1 short in all sources listed that give bowling analyses; overs rounded?] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 7,8 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 7,8 August; Northampton Herald 10 August; Staffordshire Post 8 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 7,8,9 August; Sporting Chronicle 8,9 August; The Sportsman 7,8,9 August.