The MInor Counties Championship 1900

36 MATCH NUMBER 17 : STAFFORDSHIRE V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 July 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (G Booth); Northamptonshire 1 (C R Wetherall) First day score: Staffordshire 179; Northamptonshire 115-5 wickets (G H Colson 44*, F Warren 16*) Staffordshire Hollowood, A b Thompson 20 (2) lbw b Driffield 20 W E Harrison c Thompson b Driffield 19 (1) c Smith b Thompson 39 Brown, W b Driffield 18 (3) b Driffield 0 A E Rider c Kingston b Driffield 0 (4) b East 14 H D Stratton c and b East 6 (5) b Wetherall 29 * C C Mott b Driffield 10 (6) lbw b Driffield 99 Hassall, F H not out 69 (7) not out 19 Grimshaw, T c Horton b Thompson 10 (8) c Smith b East 3 H C B Cummins b Thompson 0 (9) not out 0 Booth, G b Thompson 4 + J Poole c Knight b Thompson 13 Extras nb 3 10 nb 2 10 Total 179 (7 wickets) 233 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 52 58 63 73 89 132 132 148 179 Second innings 46 46 73 75 180 - - - Thompson 16.3 1 57 5 - 1 (1) 17 4 50 1 - - Driffield 22 6 61 4 - - (2) 23 7 62 3 - - East 12 3 30 1 - 1 (3) 21 8 31 2 - 2 Cox 5 1 21 0 - 1 (5) 9 2 23 0 - - Horton (4) 6 0 30 0 - - Wetherall (6) 3 0 27 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 55.3 11 179 10 0 3 79 21 233 7 0 2 Northamptonshire W H Kingston run out 4 Thompson, G J c Hollowood b Cummins 9 Colson, G H not out 107 C R Wetherall c Poole b Cummins 9 L T Driffield b Cummins 24 East, W b Cummins 0 F Warren b Harrison 29 R F Knight c Cummins b Booth 6 + B C Smith b Grimshaw 15 * T Horton c and b Grimshaw 11 Cox, M c and b Cummins 4 Extras w 1 19 Total 237 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 24 37 84 84 150 198 211 237 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Grimshaw 23 11 31 2 - - Cummins 28.4 8 64 5 1 - Booth 15 6 38 1 - - Brown 17 2 43 0 - - Harrison 9 1 32 1 - - Hassall 5 2 10 0 - - Extras - - 19 1 - - Total 97.4 30 237 10 1 0 Notes: The return match ended in a draw, as had the game between the two teams at Northampton in June. For Staffordshire, Mottís 99 included 15 fours and Hassallís 69 contained 2 fives and 5 fours. In the Staffordshire second innings, Stratton and Mott added 105 runs for the fifth wicket, which was the third highest for that wicket during the season. Colsonís 107 not out for the visitors contained 16 fours and 3 threes, and he batted for all but 7 runs of the Northamptonshire innings. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Staffordshire 2 nd inns fall of 6 th and 7 th wickets; in Northamptonshire inns duration and ëtwosí in Colsonís 107 not out, and fall of 7 th wicket.] Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 21 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 16,17,18 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 17,18 July; Northampton Herald 21 July; The Sportsman 17,18 July.