The MInor Counties Championship 1900

58 MATCH NUMBER 39 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Wednesday 8 August 1900 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 34 runs Points: Northamptonshire 1, Berkshire -1 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: J Relf and not known Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Berkshire 1 (R R Relf) First day score: Match completed on first day Berkshire * A C M Croome b Thompson 0 (5) st Smith b Thompson 0 A P Strange b Thompson 15 (1) b East 5 Watts, E b Thompson 0 (4) c Smith b East 8 Brown, C E b Thompson 1 (2) b East 0 H M Worsley c Smith b Cox 23 (3) b Thompson 0 H L Collmann b Thompson 0 (6) b East 0 J A Yates c Horton b Thompson 0 (7) c Smith b Thompson 7 + Edwards, H b Thompson 2 (8) b East 1 Barker, W c Smith b Thompson 4 (9) b Thompson 4 W O Nares c W H Kingston b Cox 0 (10) not out 2 Relf, R R not out 0 (11) c H E Kingston b East 5 Extras b 2 2 b 2 2 Total 47 34 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 6 12 19 19 19 39 47 47 47 Second innings 5 6 6 7 8 21 21 27 27 34 Thompson 13.3 5 17 8 - - (1) 8 2 21 4 - - Cox 13 3 28 2 - - East (2) 7.3 3 11 6 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 26.3 8 47 10 0 0 15.3 5 34 10 0 0 Northamptonshire Thompson, G J c Brown b Croome 33 W H Kingston c Yates b Croome 40 Colson, G H c Edwards b Croome 9 East, W b Brown 4 F Warren b Croome 2 H E Kingston c and b Brown 1 R F Knight c Relf b Brown 5 + B C Smith c and b Croome 11 * T Horton lbw b Brown 0 W G Pinner not out 4 Cox, M run out 0 Extras b 4, w 2 6 Total 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 70 77 86 89 90 94 103 105 115 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 13 5 29 0 - - Brown 27 14 29 4 - - Croome 18.4 3 36 5 2 - Worsley 2 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - Total 60.4 22 115 10 2 0 Notes: The match was completed on the first day, with Northamptonshire winning by an innings and 34 runs. For the winners, Thompson took 12 wickets in the match for 38 runs. W H Kingston top-scored with 40. The match aggregate of 196 runs was the lowest of the season for a completed match, and it was also a new low for the Championship, the previous lowest aggregate being 232 runs when Worcestershire beat Norfolk at Worcester in 1896. Berkshireís second innings total of 34 was the second lowest of the season. Berkshire were dismissed twice for under fifty. The Berkshire run aggregate of 81 was also a new low for the competition; the previous low was 91 runs by Norfolk against Hertfordshire at Bishopís Stortord in 1895. The game marked R R Relfís debut for Berkshire at age 16. Interspersed with a career with Sussex, he was to play his final championship match for Berkshire in the 1946 season. [Missing: One umpire; in Northamptonshire inns fall of 9 th wicket; time completed.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 8 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 8,9 August; Northampton Herald 11 August; Northampton Mercury 10 August; Berkshire Chronicle 11 August; Reading Mercury 10 August; Reading Standard 10 August.