The MInor Counties Championship 1900

47 MATCH NUMBER 28 : NORTHUMBERLAND V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 30, Tuesday 31 July 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northumberland Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland none; Northamptonshire none First day score: Northumberland 191; Northamptonshire 193-7 wickets (L T Driffield 7*, B C Smith 3*) Northumberland V Thompson b G J Thompson 3 (6) c East b Horton 58 Chambers, M c East b Driffield 23 (1) c W H Kingston b East 3 J Hansell c G J Thompson b Driffield 19 (3) b G J Thompson 57 S P Bell b East 41 (4) b Pinner 21 Elsey, G b Driffield 1 (9) b East 9 * F G H Clayton b G J Thompson 43 (5) b Driffield 8 R G E Mortimer b East 11 (2) c Pool b Driffield 57 Maj C E Greenway b G J Thompson 0 (8) b G J Thompson 33 Marshall, J not out 13 (7) c W H Kingston b Driffield 0 Tomlin, E c G J Thompson b East 22 (10) run out 42 + Greenwood, L W b East 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 15 w 1, nb 3 21 Total 191 309 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 40 64 68 108 144 145 158 191 191 Second innings 9 120 141 161 161 161 224 241 309 309 Thompson, G J 23 5 71 3 - - (1) 31 10 99 2 - 3 East 23 6 49 4 - - (2) 21 10 41 2 - - Driffield 11 4 28 3 - - (3) 22 8 81 3 1 - Pinner 7 0 11 0 - - (4) 11 4 53 1 - - H E Kingston 2 0 17 0 - - Horton (5) 1.2 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 21 1 - - Total 66 15 191 10 - - 86.2 32 309 10 1 3 Northamptonshire C J T Pool c Greenwood b Elsey 7 (2) c Chambers b Marshall 25 Thompson, G J c Greenwood b Elsey 14 (3) c Elsey b Marshall 1 W H Kingston b Tomlin 7 (4) c Bell b Chambers 21 Colson, G H c Greenwood b Tomlin 59 (5) not out 13 East, W c Marshall b Hansell 36 (6) not out 3 F Warren c Tomlin b Elsey 44 L T Driffield c Bell b Elsey 31 H E Kingston c Greenwood b Elsey 0 + B C Smith b Clayton 45 * T Horton not out 11 (1) b Marshall 2 W G Pinner b Clayton 1 Extras 16 1 Total 271 (4 wickets) 66 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 26 32 90 175 189 189 243 269 271 Second innings 15 24 28 61 - - - - - - Elsey 33 12 82 5 - - Tomlin 30 7 99 2 - - Clayton 10.5 3 15 2 - - (2) 10 5 14 1 - - Marshall 10 5 17 0 - - (1) 13 5 29 2 - - Hansell 3 0 20 1 - - (4) 2 0 11 0 - - Chambers 5 1 22 0 - - (3) 5 2 7 1 - - Mortimer (5) 2 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 91.5 28 271 10 - - 32 12 66 4 - - Notes: This return match was drawn, as had been the previous contest between the two teams at Northampton in June. For the home team, V Thompsonís 58 included 9 fours, Hansellís 57 contained 10 fours and Mortimerís 57 included 1 five and 8 fours. In the Northumberland second innings, Mortimer and Hansell put on 111 for the second wicket, V Thompson and Greenway 63 for the seventh wicket, and V Thompson and Tomlin 68 for the ninth. The latter was the joint third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Northamptonshire, Colsonís 59 contained 9 fours. In the Northamptonshire first innings, Driffield and Smith put on 54 runs for the eighth wicket. The 170 runs conceded in the match by G J Thompson were the third highest number during the season. When dismissing Pool in the Northamptonshire first innings, Elsey took his one hundredth wicket in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Chronicle 31 July, 1 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 31 July, 1 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 1 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 30 July, 1 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 31 July; Northampton Herald 4 August; Northampton Mercury 3 August; The Sportsman 31 July, 1 August.