The Minor Counties Championship 1901

24 MATCH NUMBER 1 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Monday 27, Tuesday 28 May 1901 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 260 runs Points: Northamptonshire +1, Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: D Bookless and J Gregory Debutants: Northamptonshire 2 (H St A Hall, G K Papillon); Hertfordshire 2 (C H Cook, W J Rudd) First day score: Hertfordshire 104; Northamptonshire 322-3 wickets (H St A Hall 66*, G H Colson 23*) Hertfordshire White, H E c Horton b East 15 (1) b Thompson 8 Golding, A J b Thompson 28 (2) b Thompson 43 H J Hill c Kingston b East 0 (3) b Thompson 6 W H Marsh c and b Thompson 2 (4) c Papillon b Thompson 9 Coleman, W E c Wetherall b Thompson 11 (5) c Thompson b Dickens 16 J A Prout c East b Dickens 12 (6) b Dickens 0 * + C D Fastnedge c Kingston b Thompson 1 (7) c Kingston b Thompson 7 C H Cook c Kingston b Thompson 4 (11) not out 1 Stevens, H W c and b Thompson 0 (9) c Smith b Dickens 4 Rudd, W J not out 15 (8) b Dickens 1 C C Hoyer Millar run out 11 (10) c Wetherall b Thompson 1 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 b 7, lb 3 10 Total 104 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 35 38 48 51 60 63 73 77 78 104 Second innings 20 38 60 85 89 89 94 103 103 106 Thompson 22.2 5 41 6 - 1 (1) 19.3 5 49 6 - - East 13 4 35 2 - - (2) 9 1 21 0 - - Dickens 9 2 23 1 - - (3) 10 3 26 4 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 44.2 11 104 10 0 1 38.3 9 106 10 0 0 Northamptonshire * T Horton st Fastnedge b White 95 W H Kingston c Cook b Rudd 43 Thompson, G J c and b Rudd 79 H St A Hall b Coleman 90 Colson, G H c and b White 40 East, W b Coleman 49 R F Knight c Prout b White 3 G K Papillon b Coleman 0 C R Wetherall not out 32 + B C Smith c Fastnedge b Coleman 5 A Dickens b Rudd 12 Extras b 14, lb 6, w 2 22 Total 470 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 102 166 274 352 411 416 416 429 436 470 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 38 3 143 3 - - Coleman 23 3 99 4 - - Rudd 38.3 9 111 3 - - Golding 6 1 26 0 - - Marsh 4 1 9 0 - - Stevens 13 1 46 0 1 - Hoyer Millar 4 1 14 0 1 - Extras - - 22 0 - - Total 126.3 19 470 10 2 0 Notes: One of three opening matches of the season, Northamptonshire won by an innings and 260 runs at 4.10 pm on the second day. For the winners, Thompson took 12 wickets in the match for 90 runs. There were 14 fours in Horton’s 95, 2 fives, and 11 fours in debutant Hall’s 90, and 8 fours in Thompson’s 79. In the Northamptonshire innings, Horton and Kingston put on 102 for the first wicket, and Thompson and Hall 108 for the third wicket. The margin of victory was the largest of the season, and a new record for the Championship, exceeding the innings and 233 runs win by Surrey 2 nd XI against Wiltshire at The Oval in 1899. Northamptonshire’s 470 runs innings total was the largest of the season without a century. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Advertiser 1 June; Northampton Daily Chronicle 28 May; Northampton Daily Reporter 28,29 May; Northampton Herald 1 June; Northampton Mercury 31 May; The Sportsman 28,29 May.