The Minor Counties Championship 1901

148 MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB AND GROUND V MINOR COUNTIES : REPRESENTATIVE MATCH At Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood, London on Monday 17, Tuesday 18 June 1901 Result: Minor Counties won by ten wickets Toss: MCC Umpires: G Bean and W Roche Minor Counties Debutants 7 (R Clarke, C D Fastnedge, T Grimshaw, W S Medlicott, R H Mallett, A J Silverlock and R Steeples) First day score: MCC 149; Minor Counties 322-7 wickets (T Horton 51*, C D Faatnedge 15*) Marylebone Cricket Club W T Payne-Gallwey b Steeples 1 (7) c Medlicott b Williams 14 Atfield, A J b Thompson 9 (2) lbw b Clarke 25 Dr A I Conan Doyle c Fastnedge b Thompson 7 (5) c Steeples b Williams 8 T A D Bevington c and b Thompson 0 ( ) not out 28 C C T Doll b Thompson 0 ( ) b Grimshaw 8 Cox, G R b Thompson 21 (3) c Fastnedge b Clarke 18 A E Leatham c Medlicott b Thompson 29 (6) c Horton b Williams 20 C H Hulls b Thompson 25 (1) b Clarke 30 + Murrell, H R lbw b Thompson 32 (4) st Fastnedge b Williams 41 Handford, A c Hill b Thompson 21 ( ) lbw b Grimshaw 19 Martin, F not out 2 (11) b Thompson 12 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 14 Total 149 237 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 12 12 31 149 Second innings 51 56 104 122 163 207 237 Thompson 20.3 2 59 9 - - (1) 18.5 1 82 1 - - Steeples 16 4 44 1 - - (2) 10 3 19 0 - - Grimshaw 9 0 44 0 - - (3) 6 0 22 2 - - Williams (4) 20 2 66 4 1 2 Clarke (5) 19 4 34 3 - 1 Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 14 0 - - 45.3 6 149 10 0 0 73.5 10 237 10 1 3 Minor Counties R H Mallett Durham b Cox 14 (1) not out 10 Silverlock, A J Monmouth b Handford 80 Thompson, G J Northants b Handford 0 R A Williams Berkshire c and b Payne-Gallwey 16 H J Hill Herts b Conan Doyle 55 W S Medlicott Wiltshire c Martin b Leathem 58 Grimshaw, T Staffs b Conan Doyle 9 * T Horton Northants b Cox 66 + C D Fastnedge Herts c Murrell b Cox 28 Clarke, R Durham not out 6 (2) not out 9 Steeples, R Monmouth b Payne-Gallwey 3 Extras b 23, lb 4, w 2, nb 3 32 b 1 1 Total 367 (no wicket) 20 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 61 163 193 367 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Payne-Gallwey 16.1 5 49 2 - 3 Cox 31 5 88 3 - - Handford 19 1 73 2 - - (1) 3 0 9 0 - - Martin 5 1 31 0 - - Bevington 4 0 18 0 - - (2) 3 0 10 0 - - Conan Doyle 10 3 43 2 - - Atfield 3 0 14 0 1 - Leathem 2 0 19 1 1 - (3) 0.1 0 0 0 - - Extras - - 32 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 90.1 15 367 10 2 3 6.1 0 20 0 0 0 Notes: The Minor Counties won by ten wickets at 5.00 pm on the second day. The fixture had been arranged for three days, but it was not a first-class fixture. For the winners, Thompson took ten wickets in the match for 141 runs, including 9 for 59 in the MCC first innings. There were 8 fours in Silverlock’s 80, scored in 2 hours and ten minutes. Horton scored 66, Medlicott 58, and Hill 55 with 7 fours. In the Minor Counties first innings, Silverlock and Hill added 102 runs for the third wicket and Medlicott and Horton 90 for the seventh wicket. For the MCC, Murrell top scored with 41. There was some strong criticism in press reports of the MCC for fielding a “weak team”. The attendances on both days were small. There were seven debutants in the Minor Counties team, including two from Monmouthshire, the first time that county had been represented. [An alternative version of the score for the Minor Counties first innings has .the second wicket falling at 33 and the third at 62. All sources listed give umpire Roche’s initial as R, but it may be W Roche who was on the MCC groundstaff.] [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in MCC 2 nd inns part batting order; in Minor Counties 1 st inns innings boundaries in Horton’s 66 and Medlicott’s 58.] Sources: MCC Scores 1901; Wisden 1902, p 294; The Sportsman 18,19 June; Sporting Life 18,19 June; The Times 18,19 June.