The MInor Counties Championship 1900

25 MATCH NUMBER 6 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 June 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire 1 (E V Grimsdell); Staffordshire 4 (S B Ashworth, J A Bourne, F Ellams, A E Mouel) First day score: Staffordshire 225; Northamptonshire 18-1 wicket (W H Kingston 4*, G J Thompson 13*) Staffordshire Hollowood, A c Grimsdell b Thompson 37 J A Bourne c East b Thompson 0 Brown, W c Thompson b Grimsdell 63 * C C Mott c Colson b Cox 27 Grimshaw, T b Grimsdell 5 Hassall, F H c Smith b East 51 F Ellams run out 15 Beckwith, J st Smith b Cox 1 A E Mouel not out 14 S B Ashworth c Knight b Cox 2 + G McHarg run out 4 Extras b 2, lb 4 6 Total 225 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 96 112 124 182 204 225 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Thompson 27 10 39 2 - - East 30 10 69 1 - - Cox 19.1 6 27 3 - - H E Kingston 8 0 55 0 - - Grimsdell 9 1 27 2 - - Horton 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 6 2 - - Total 94.1 27 225 10 0 0 Northamptonshire * T Horton b Grimshaw 0 W H Kingston c and b Brown 14 Thompson, G J c McHarg b Ellams 47 H E Kingston lbw b Grimshaw 6 East, W not out 117 F Warren c Beckwith b Mouel 43 Colson, G H c Beckwith b Hassall 29 R F Knight not out 12 Cox, M E V Grimsdell + B C Smith Extras b 6, lb 3, nb 2 11 Total (6 wickets) 279 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 40 55 105 180 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Grimshaw 34 12 77 2 - 1 Brown 23 7 48 1 - - Ellams 8 1 35 1 - - Mouel 16 3 39 1 - - Hassall 11 2 42 1 - 1 Beckwith 13 4 27 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 105 29 279 6 0 2 Notes: This rain-restricted match ended as a draw. Half an hour was lost to rain on the first day with an early ending of play, and on the second day there were several further interruptions amounting to between two to three hours. For Northamptonshire, Eastís 117 not out, his maiden century, contained 11fours, 7 threes and 8 twos and he batted for four hours. For the visitors, Brownís 63 included 3 fours and Hassallís 51 was scored in just over an hour. [Missing: Umpires; in Staffordshire inns boundaries in Hassallís 51, and fall of 7 th to 9 th wickets; in Northamptonshire inns fall of 6 th wicket.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 6,7 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 6,7 June; Northampton Herald 9 June; Northampton Mercury 8 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 9 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 7,8,9 June; The Sportsman 7,8 June.