The MInor Counties Championship 1900

64 MATCH NUMBER 45 : BERKSHIRE V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: J Relf and A Stockwin Debutants: Berkshire none; Northamptonshire none First day score: Northamptonshire 387-5 wickets (W East 40*, H E Kingston 18*) Northamptonshire * T Horton c Barker b Williams 25 C J T Pool b Williams 116 Thompson, G J c Henderson b Worsley 112 W H Kingston c Strange b Williams 52 Colson, G H c Henderson b Brown 5 East, W not out 40 H E Kingston not out 18 (1) not out 24 R F Knight (2) c and b Croome 12 F Warren (3) b Brown 12 + B C Smith (4) not out 1 W G Pinner Extras b 7, lb 8, w 3, nb 1 19 b 5, lb 6, w 2 13 Total (5 wickets declared) 387 (2 wickets) 62 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 50 220 303 319 347 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - Barker 23 1 79 0 - - Brown 21 4 57 1 - - (3) 5 1 6 1 - - Williams 32 5 100 3 1 1 Croome 23 7 48 0 - - (2) 11 3 15 1 - - Collins 18 2 41 0 1 - Worsley 9 0 31 1 1 - (1) 7 1 28 0 2 - Chapman 1 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 127 19 387 5 3 1 23 5 62 2 2 0 Berkshire L G A Collins retired hurt 21 F M Ingram c Smith b East 5 H M Worsley b Horton 52 Watts, E b East 4 R A Williams c Smith b Thompson 60 * A C M Croome b Horton 22 + A Henderson not out 73 F E Chapman c Colson b H E Kingston 31 A P Strange st Smith b East 19 Brown, C E b Pinner 0 Barker, W b Colson 31 Extras b 13, lb 5, nb 3 21 Total 339 Fall of innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 50 126 173 178 234 263 268 339 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Thompson 34 7 109 1 - 2 East 31 7 69 3 - 1 Pinner 21 5 48 1 - - H E Kingston 6 0 41 1 - - Horton 16 3 50 2 - - Colson 0.4 0 1 1 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - Total 108.4 22 339 9 0 3 Notes: This match was drawn. The game between the two teams at Northampton the previous week had been won by Northamptonshire. Batsmen had the upper hand with each wicket averaging 49 runs per dismissal. For the visitors, there were 12 fours, 6 threes and 7 twos in Poolís 116, and 21 fours and 5 twos in Thompsonís 112. They put on 170 runs for the second wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. W H Kingstonís 52 contained 4 fours. For the home team, there were 9 fours in Hendersonís 73 not out, 6 fours in Williamsís 60 and 1 six and 5 fours in Worsleyís 52. Henderson and Barker put on 71 runs for the ninth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. In the Berkshire innings, Collins retired hurt with a split middle finger when the score was 33 for 1 wicket and took no further part in the match. During the Northamptonshire first innings when he had scored 59 runs, Thompson reached the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches. He was the first player to achieve this feat. [Missing: In Northamptonshire 1 st inns duration of Poolís 116 and Thompsonís 112; in Northamptonshire 2 nd inns fall of 1 st and 2 nd wickets.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 18 August; Reading Standard 18 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 15 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 13,14 August; Northampton Herald 18 August; Northampton Mercury 17 August; The Sportsman 14,15 August.