The MInor Counties Championship 1900

62 MATCH NUMBER 43 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 10, Saturday 11 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Glamorgan 1 (D Binch) First day score: Northamptonshire 60-4 wickets (G H Colson 17*, F Warren 0*) Northamptonshire Thompson, G J c Russell b Creber 3 (5) c Bancroft b Creber 0 C J T Pool c W H Brain b S Lowe 10 (1) c Russell b Creber 34 W H Kingston c W H Brain b S Lowe 18 (3) lbw b R Lowe 0 Colson, G H c W H Brain b Creber 17 (4) run out 2 East, W c W H Brain b S Lowe 8 F Warren c R Lowe b Creber 18 H E Kingston st W H Brain b Creber 22 (8) not out 16 R F Knight c J H Brain b Creber 15 (7) b Binch 33 + B C Smith lbw b S Lowe 13 (6) not out 14 * T Horton st W H Brain b Creber 2 (2) c Russell b Creber 19 W G Pinner not out 0 Extras w 3 4 nb 1 2 Total 130 (6 wickets declared) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 21 42 60 62 96 105 122 130 130 Second innings 53 53 54 57 58 102 - - - - Creber 32 10 84 6 - - (1) 18 3 59 3 - - Russell 1 1 0 0 - - Lowe, S 30.1 15 42 4 3 - (2) 4 0 22 0 - - W Morgan (3) 2 0 11 0 - - Lowe, R (4) 7 1 17 1 - - Binch (5) 5 1 9 1 - 1 Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 63.1 26 130 10 3 0 36 5 120 6 0 1 Glamorgan W Morgan b Thompson 2 (1) b Thompson 6 G E Cording c and b East 6 (4) c Thompson b East 0 Russell, W b Thompson 0 H E Morgan b Thompson 0 (5) b Thompson 3 * J H Brain b Thompson 10 (3) not out 36 Bancroft, W J b Thompson 3 (6) not out 22 Lowe, R c Warren b East 13 + W H Brain not out 6 (2) b East 4 Creber, H c Colson b East 3 Lowe, S b East 6 Binch, D b East 0 Extras nb 2 6 6 Total 55 (4 wickets) 77 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 7 9 11 16 38 41 44 55 55 Second innings 8 40 40 45 - - - - - - Thompson 14 5 29 5 - 1 (1) 16 7 13 2 - - East 13.1 4 20 5 - 1 (2) 15 5 33 2 - - H E Kingston (3) 5 0 11 0 - - Horton (4) 3 1 7 0 - - Pinner (5) 1 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 27.1 9 55 10 0 2 40 13 77 4 0 0 Notes: This return game was drawn, as had been the earlier encounter between these two teams at Cardiff in June. Under the unsatisfactory points scoring system, both teams were keen to avoid defeat as it would have ended their Championship aspirations. The Northamptonshire declaration left Glamorgan 196 runs to win in 90 minutes. On the first day no play was possible before 5.00 pm and play ended early at 6.15 pm. For Glamorgan, J H Brain top-scored in the match with 36 not out, and Creber took 9 wickets in the match for 143 runs. Newspaper reports praised W H Brainís wicket-keeping in the Northamptonshire first innings, when he had a hand in six dismissals with 4 catches and 2 stumpings. It was a new record for the Championship, exceeding the 5 dismissals made by C E Cobb for Buckinghamshire on three separate occasions. His 6 dismissals in the match were the joint highest of the season. He also batted for an hour in the Glamorgan second innings for just 4 runs to help save the match. During the Northamptonshire second innings when his score was 18, Pool reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 11 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 11,13 August; Northampton Herald 18 August; Northampton Mercury 17 August; South Wales Daily News 11,13 August; South Wales Daily Post 11,13 August; South Wales Echo 10,11 August; Western Mail 11,13 August; The Sportsman 11,13 August.