The MInor Counties Championship 1900

24 MATCH NUMBER 5 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Monday 4, Tuesday 5 June 1900 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 40 runs Points: Northamptonshire 1, Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire 1 (R F Knight); Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 63 and 11-4 wickets (W H Marsh 1*); Northamptonshire 279 Hertfordshire A Butcher b Thompson 12 (1) b Thompson 2 H E White b Thompson 1 (6) c East b Dickens 10 Golding, A J c Smith b East 17 (2) b Thompson 6 H M Harford b Thompson 0 (5) c Smith b Dickens 1 W H Marsh b Thompson 2 (3) b Dickens 3 Field, F c Warren b East 3 (7) c Colson b Thompson 29 Coleman, W E c Horton b Thompson 6 (9) b Thompson 33 * + C D Fastnedge not out 15 (8) not out 73 Stevens, H W run out 0 (4) b Thompson 0 Wilders, G b Thompson 0 (11) c Colson b East 1 Fox, R c East b Thompson 4 (10) run out 4 Extras b 3 3 b 3, lb 7, nb 4 14 Total 63 176 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 25 27 33 35 41 47 53 63 63 Second innings 7 10 10 11 22 28 108 159 175 178 Thompson 12 2 30 7 - - (1) 18 5 36 5 - 1 East 11.2 2 30 2 - - (2) 14 1 62 1 - - Dickens (3) 12 2 28 3 - 2 Cox (4) 8 0 36 0 - 1 Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 14 1 - - Total 23.2 4 63 10 0 0 52 8 176 10 0 4 Northamptonshire * T Horton b Coleman 17 H E Kingston c Fastnedge b Coleman 18 W H Kingston c Fastnedge b Coleman 0 Thompson, G J c Fox b Coleman 12 East, W c Fastnedge b White 11 F Warren b Fox 21 R F Knight b Golding 79 Colson, G H c Golding b Wilders 85 + B C Smith c Wilders b Fox 4 A Dickens c White b Golding 0 Cox, M not out 9 Extras b 14, lb 8, nb 1 23 Total 279 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 23 42 53 63 92 231 242 243 279 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 21 4 69 1 - - Coleman 16 3 41 4 - - Fox 18 2 68 2 - 1 Golding 11 1 33 2 - - Stevens 5 0 22 0 - - Wilders 7.3 2 23 1 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - Total 78.3 12 279 10 0 1 Notes: Northamptonshire won by an innings just before lunch on the second day. For the winners, Thompson took 12 wickets in the match for 66 runs. There were 7 fours in Colsonís 85 and 9 fours in debutant Knightís 79. They put on 139 for the home teamís seventh wicket, which was the largest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Hertfordshire, Fastnedgeís 73 not out included 8 fours. In the Hertfordshire second innings, Field and Fastnedge put on 80 runs for the seventh wicket and Fastnedge and Coleman 51 runs for the eighth wicket. Coleman was taken ill after lunch on the first day and Horton fielded as substitute for the visitors while 190 runs were added. [Missing: Umpires; precise time completed.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Northampton Daily Chronicle 4,5 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 5 June; Northampton Herald 9 June; Northampton Mercury 8 June; Herts Advertiser 9 June; Watford Observer 8 June; The Sportsman 5,6 June.