The MInor Counties Championship 1900

127 MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB AND GROUND V MINOR COUNTIES ñ REPRESENTATIVE MATCH At Lordís Cricket Ground, St Johnís Wood, London on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 July 1900 Result: MCC won by 325 runs Toss: MCC Umpires: V A Titchmarsh and W A J West First day score: MCC 412; Minor Counties 62-2 wicket (J Hansell 9*, G J Thompson 0*) Second day score: MCC 412 and 323; Minor Counties 216 and 56-1 wicket (T A Brown 19, G J Thompson 30) Marylebone Cricket Club Capt E G Wynyard c W H Brain b Russell 80 (2) b Brown 44 Hearne, A b Thompson 12 ( ) lbw b Russell 10 A E Stoddart, c Brown b Thompson 45 (1) c Russell b Creber 136 King, J H st W H Brain b Russsell 50 ( ) st W H Brain b Creber 59 A W F Somerset c Schwarz b Creber 40 ( ) b Schwarz 0 * G F Vernon c and b Tomlin 64 ( ) st W H Brain b Creber 40 J Leigh b Russell 67 ( ) c W H Brain b Creber 0 C C T Doll st W H Brain b Creber 11 ( ) st W H Brain b Creber 1 G Howard Smith c Tomlin b Creber 4 ( ) b Schwarz 7 + Huish, F H c J H Brain b Thompson 15 ( ) not out 10 Geeson, F not out 14 ( ) b Schwarz 1 Extras b 2, lb 4, nb 4 10 b 12, w 2, nb 1 15 Total 412 323 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 82 180 209 292 304 412 Second innings 102 323 Thompson 37 3 154 3 - - (1) 10 1 41 0 1 - Creber 28 2 101 3 - - (2) 16 2 96 5 1 - Russell 30.5 5 91 3 - - (3) 15 1 65 1 - - Tomlin 8 0 45 1 - 4 Brown 6 3 11 0 - - (4) 13 2 54 1 - - Schwartz (5) 11 0 52 3 - 1 Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 109.5 13 412 10 0 4 65 6 323 10 2 1 Minor Counties Brown, T A Beds c Somerset b Geeson 18 (1) c King b Hearne 21 * T Horton Northants run out 29 (2) b Geeson 3 J Hansell Northland c substitute b Geeson 10 (4) lbw b Hearne 4 Thompson, G J Northants c Geeson b Hearne 31 (3) c and b Geeson 100 J H Brain Glamorgan c Wynyard b Geeson 5 ( ) c Hearne b Geeson 7 Russell, W Glamorgan c Stoddart b Geeson 30 ( ) c Hearne b Geeson 1 + W H Brain Glamorgan run out 18 ( ) c Hearne b Geeson 0 R O Schwarz Oxon b Hearne 19 ( ) c Huish b King 28 A B Horsley Durham c Stoddart b Howard Smith 31 ( ) c Doll b King 3 Tomlin, E Northland c Hearne b Wynyard 7 (11) not out 4 Creber, H Glamorgan not out 0 ( ) b Geeson 0 Extras b 7, lb 7, nb 4 18 b 18, lb 2, nb 3 23 Total 216 194 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 73 134 134 176 187 216 216 Second innings 64 74 87 99 173 180 180 194 Geeson 39 9 96 4 - - ( ) 32.3 8 83 6 - - King 20 6 45 0 - 4 ( ) 11 3 24 2 - 2 Hearne 18 4 46 2 - - ( ) 22 7 37 2 - - Wynyard 2 0 4 1 - - Howard Smith 1.1 0 7 1 - - ( ) 4 0 11 0 - - Stoddart ( ) 5 0 16 0 - 1 Extras - - 18 2 - - - - 23 0 - - Total 80.1 19 216 10 0 4 73.3 18 194 10 0 3 Notes: MCC won by 325 runs at 2 pm on the third day, after the Minor Counties were set a victory target in their second innings of 520 runs. This was the fourth representative match played by the Minor Counties and the second of the season, the match at Northampton in June having been won by the West Indies. For the first time 3 days were allocated to the match, but it was not first-class. For the MCC there were 1 five and 26 fours in Stoddartís 136, an innings of just two hours. King played two innings of 50 and 59, while Wynyardís 80 included 11 fours, Leighís 67 contained 6 fours and Vernonís 64 included 6 fours. In the MCC second innings, Stoddart and Wynyard put on 102 runs for the first wicket. Geeson took 10 wickets in the match for 179 runs. For the Minor Counties, Thompsonís 100 contained 15 fours, 3 threes and 5 twos, scored in shortly over three hours. Only three of the team that had played against the West Indians also played against the MCC ñ Creber, Horton and Thompson. The seven Minor Counties debutants were the two Brains, Brown, Horsley, Russell, Schwarz and Tomlin. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in MCC 1 st inns boundaries in Kingís 50; in MCC 2 nd inns twos and threes in Stoddartís 136, boundaries in Kingís 59, and part batting order; in Minor Counties 1 st inns who held substitute catch; in Minor Counties 2nd inns batting order, and bowling order.] Sources: Wisden 1901, p 291-292; MCC Scores 1900, p 20; The Sportsman 10,11,12 July; Sporting Chronicle 10,11,12 July; Sporting Life 10,11,12 July; The Times 10,11,12 July.