The MInor Counties Championship 1900

35 MATCH NUMBER 16 : HERTFORDSHIRE V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The West Herts Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Monday 2, Tuesday 3 July 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: A Stockwin and W T Westell Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (C S B Higgs); Northamptonshire none First day score: Northamptonshire 131-6 wickets (G H Colson 21*, R F Knight 14*) Northamptonshire * T Horton b Marsh 20 Thompson, G J b White 54 W H Kingston b Wilders 4 L T Driffield c Golding b Coleman 12 East, W b White 3 Colson, G H b White 21 F Warren b White 2 R F Knight c Butcher b White 32 + B C Smith not out 45 W G Pinner lbw b White 0 Cox, M st Fastnedge b White 3 Extras b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 Total 206 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 49 62 81 92 97 109 132 159 175 206 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 35.2 9 72 7 - 1 Coleman 22 8 46 1 - - Stevens 6 0 14 0 - - Golding 4 0 9 0 - - Marsh 13 3 33 1 - - Wilders 7 1 22 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 87.2 21 206 10 0 1 Hertfordshire Golding, A J b Driffield 2 J H Hickin b Thompson 45 W H Marsh c Thompson b Cox 57 A Butcher c Thompson b Driffield 18 H J Hill c Smith b Driffield 0 White, H E b Pinner 20 C S B Higgs c Thompson b Driffield 24 Coleman, W E not out 2 * + C D Fastnedge Stevens, H W Wilders, G Extras b 2, w 5, nb 1 8 Total (7 wickets) 176 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 95 130 130 150 170 176 - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Driffield 29 9 56 4 4 - Thompson 25 8 60 1 - - East 14 6 29 0 - - Cox 5 4 8 1 1 1 Pinner 5 0 15 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 78 27 176 7 5 1 Notes: Rain interrupted the cricket on several occasions on the first day in this drawn return match, and no play was possible on the final day after 3.45 pm. The match between the two sides at Northampton in June had been won by Northamptonshire. For Northamptonshire, there were 2 fours in Thompsonís 54. For Hertfordshire, Marsh top-scored in the match with 57, which included 7 fours. White took 7 wickets for 72 runs in the Northamptonshire innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Northampton Daily Chronicle 4 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 3 July; Northampton Herald 7 July; Northampton Mercury 6 July; Herts Advertiser 7 July; Watford Observer 7 July; The Sportsman 7 July.