The MInor Counties Championship 1900

75 MATCH NUMBER 56 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V DURHAM At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 17, Saturday 18 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Durham none First day score: Northamptonshire 123; Durham 160-5 wickets (L Smith 32*, R Clarke 23*) Northamptonshire * T Horton b Clarke 7 C J T Pool c Clarke b Butler 10 (1) c L Smith b Burn 61 Thompson, G J c Elliot b Clarke 9 (5) not out 40 W H Kingston c Bousfield b Butler 25 (2) c Burn b Butler 76 Colson, G H b Burn 9 (3) c Shaw b Butler 8 East, W run out 22 (4) lbw b Burn 30 H E Kingston c Kirtley b Clarke 5 (6) c L Smith b Butler 3 R F Knight c and b Butler 2 (7) c and b Butler 2 + B C Smith c L Smith b Butler 22 (8) not out 7 F Warren not out 2 W G Pinner run out 1 Extras b 1, lb 7, w 1 9 b 7, w 2 9 Total 123 (6 wickets declared) 236 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 19 29 67 67 76 85 120 121 123 Second innings 106 136 159 206 217 219 - - - - W F Whitwell 2 0 6 0 - - Clarke 31.4 14 50 3 - - (1) 22 5 53 0 - - Butler 33 11 45 4 - - (2) 36 8 84 4 2 - Shaw 5 3 2 0 - - (4) 18 2 55 0 - - Burn 8 3 11 1 1 - (3) 17 7 35 2 - - Extras - - 9 2 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 79.4 31 123 10 1 0 93 22 236 6 2 0 Durham R Bousfield run out 7 (1) c H E Kingston b Thompson 5 * J F Whitwell b Pinner 23 (2) not out 6 E W Elliot c W H Kingston b East 71 (3) b East 12 A Burn c and b H E Kingston 0 L Smith lbw b East 34 T Coulson b East 0 Clarke, R b Pinner 46 W F Whitwell b East 9 Butler, J b East 6 E Shaw c B C Smith b East 1 + J Kirtley not out 11 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 2, w 1 3 Total 213 (2 wickets) 26 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 78 79 115 115 175 193 199 200 213 Second innings 13 26 - - - - - - - - Thompson 26 6 75 0 - - (1) 6 2 17 1 1 - East 30.3 9 55 6 - - (2) 5.4 3 6 1 - - Pinner 18 5 36 2 - - Horton 3 0 15 0 - - H E Kingston 4 0 20 1 - - Colson 2 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 83.3 20 213 10 0 0 11.4 5 26 2 1 0 Notes: In this drawn return match, the Northamptonshire declaration set Durham a second innings victory target of 147 runs in 50 minutes. Both teams were leading contenders for the Championship. If either Durham or Northamptonshire won this match, they had the prospect of sharing the Championship alone with Glamorgan. Bad light ended play 15 minutes early. The game between the two teams at South Shields in July had also been drawn. For the home team, there were 6 fours in W H Kingstonís 76 and 5 fours in Poolís 61. These two batsmen put on 106 runs for the first wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Durham, Elliotís 71 contained 5 fours. The 69 overs bowled by Butler were the second highest number in a match during the season. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Northampton Daily Reporter 18 August; Northampton Herald 25 August; Northampton Mercury 24 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 18,20 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 18,20 August; The Sportsman 18,20 August.