The MInor Counties Championship 1900

29 MATCH NUMBER 10 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 22, Saturday 23 June 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northumberland Umpires: C E Bartram and unknown Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 248 Northumberland R G E Mortimer c Kingston b G J Thompson 26 (1) c Kingston b Pinner 30 Chambers, M c Kingston b Pinner 28 (2) c Kingston b G J Thompson 0 J Hansell b Horton 90 (3) b G J Thompson 6 S P Bell b G J Thompson 19 (4) b G J Thompson 21 V Thompson c Warren b East 4 (5) b G J Thompson 4 * F G H Clayton st Smith b G J Thompson 0 (6) b G J Thompson 13 Elsey, G c Horton b Pinner 7 (7) not out 15 F W Gillespie b Pinner 27 Marshall, J c Colson b Pinner 22 Tomlin, E b G J Thompson 11 + Greenwood, L not out 0 Extras w 1, nb 2 14 6 Total 248 (6 wickets) 95 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 35 108 158 167 168 179 208 211 246 248 Second innings 13 59 95 - - - - Thompson, G J 31 9 72 4 - 2 (1) 21.2 8 44 5 - - Driffield 17 7 36 0 - - (4) 2 0 5 0 - - Cox 11 5 19 0 1 - East 24 8 56 1 - - (2) 7 3 17 0 - - Pinner 20.1 7 35 4 - - (3) 12 4 23 1 - - Horton 5 1 16 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 108.1 37 248 10 1 2 42.2 15 95 6 - - Northamptonshire W H Kingston c Gillespie b Elsey 0 Thompson, G J b Tomlin 11 L T Driffield b Elsey 11 East, W c and b Tomlin 5 Colson, G H b Tomlin 22 F Warren b Marshall 23 R F Knight c and b Elsey 1 + B C Smith c Bell b Marshall 74 * T Horton b Tomlin 79 Cox, M b Clayton 26 W G Pinner not out 0 Extras 9 Total 261 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 21 25 40 57 58 99 180 261 261 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Elsey 32 3 89 3 - - Tomlin 28.4 6 57 4 - - Marshall 17 3 42 2 - - Clayton 17 5 33 1 - - Hansell 6 0 12 0 - - Mortimer 3 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - Total 103.4 17 261 10 - - Notes: A heavy shower on the first day delayed play until 12.30 pm and this relatively slow scoring match ended in a draw. For Northumberland, there were 8 fours in Hansellís 90. For the home team, there were two partnerships of 81 runs between Smith and Horton for the eighth wicket and between Horton and Cox for the ninth. The partnership for the eighth wicket was the highest for that wicket during the season, and the partnership for the ninth wicket was the second highest. Hortonís 79 included 6 fours and Smithís 74 contained 5 fours. [Missing: One umpire; extras breakdown; in Northumberland 2 nd inns fall of 1 st , 4 th and 5 th wickets.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 22,23 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 23 June; Northampton Mercury 29 June; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 23,25 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 23,25 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 22,23,24 June; The Sportsman 23,25 June.