The MInor Counties Championship 1900

27 MATCH NUMBER 8 : SURREY 2 ND XI V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Monday 18, Tuesday 19 June 1900 Result: Northamptonshire won by seven wickets Points: Northamptonshire 1, Surrey 2 nd XI - 1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: A Stockwin and H Thompson Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (D H Butcher); Northamptonshire 1 (W G Pinner) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 236; Northamptonshire 156-4 wickets (G J Thompson 60*, R F Knight 11*) Surrey 2 nd XI Stoner, A c Kingston b Thompson 65 (2) b East 0 D H Butcher c Cox b Grimsdell 39 (1) b Thompson 49 C E Wilson b Thompson 12 (4) b Thompson 1 Penfold, R F c Colson b Pinner 53 (3) c Pinner b Thompson 24 * K E M Barker b Thompson 18 (5) b Thompson 30 Davis, W E lbw b Thompson 0 (6) c Colson b Thompson 19 Kersley, T b Thompson 0 (7) b Pinner 7 H O Dolbey b Thompson 4 (9) c Grimsdell b Thompson 8 Clode, H P c Colson b Pinner 27 (8) c Smith b Thompson 1 Nice, E H L c Warren b Thompson 8 (10) not out 8 + Strudwick, H not out 0 (11) c Horton b Thompson 4 Extras b 5, lb 4, w 1 10 b 2, lb 4, w 1 7 Total 236 158 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 80 114 125 154 154 166 170 214 232 236 Second innings 4 65 67 111 130 130 137 141 149 158 Thompson 29 9 72 7 1 - (1) 22.5 3 81 8 1 - East 15 3 44 0 - - (2) 11 0 30 1 - - Pinner 14 2 65 2 - - (3) 13 3 40 1 - - Grimsdell 3 0 25 1 - - Cox 3 0 20 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 64 14 236 10 1 0 46.5 6 158 10 1 0 Northamptonshire W H Kingston c Strudwick b Davis 30 (2) not out 73 * T Horton b Dolbey 0 Thompson, G J lbw b Stoner 72 Colson, G H c Strudwick b Stoner 16 (1) run out 4 F Warren c Strudwick b Nice 25 (3) b Nice 6 R F Knight c and b Nice 25 (4) b Nice 34 East, W b Nice 0 E V Grimsdell lbw b Nice 0 + B C Smith not out 47 (5) not out 4 Cox, M c and b Clode 16 W G Pinner lbw b Stoner 2 Extras b 8, lb 12, nb 5 25 b 8, lb 6, w 2 16 Total 258 (3 wickets) 137 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 62 97 135 183 183 183 187 240 258 Second innings 31 41 111 - - - - - - - Dolbey 20 5 45 1 - 3 (3) 6 0 33 0 - - Nice 24 10 47 4 - - (1) 16 6 45 2 2 - Clode 18 7 38 1 - - Davis 7 2 31 1 - - Stoner 18.5 8 48 3 - 2 Kersley 7 2 18 0 - - (4) 3 0 17 0 - - Wilson 3 1 6 0 - - Penfold (2) 4 0 20 0 - - Barker (5) 3.1 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 25 0 - - - - 16 1 - - Total 97.5 35 258 10 0 5 32.1 6 137 3 2 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets at 5.55 pm on the second day. For the winners, G J Thompson took 15 wickets in the match for 153 runs, which was statistically the best match bowling performance of the season, with no other bowler taking more than 14 wickets. He also scored 72 runs with 7 fours in his only innings. It was one of the best all-round performances in a match during the season. Kingstonís 73 not out included 2 fives and 11 fours. It was the highest score by a batsman in the fourth innings of a match during the season. In the Northamptonshire first innings, Smith and Cox put on 53 runs for the ninth wicket. For Surrey 2 nd XI, Stonerís 65 included 12 fours and Penfoldís 53 contained 1five and 8 fours. The match was won when Smith scored a single and took the Northamptonshire second innings score to 137, but because the two scoreboards showed different totals, Barker bowled an extra ball which Kingston hit for four. The Northamptonshire section in Wisden gives the total as 137-3 wickets while the Surrey 2 nd XI section gives 141-3 wickets. The former version has been adopted here. In the Northamptonshire first innings, W H Kingston passed the career milestone of 1000 runs in championship matches. In the Surrey second innings when catching Clode, Smith made his fiftieth dismissal in championship matches. [Missing: Complete] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1900, p 119; Northampton Daily Chronicle 19,20 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 19,20 June; Northampton Herald 23 June; Northampton Mercury 22 June; The Sportsman 19,20 June.