The Minor Counties Championship 1901

38 MATCH NUMBER 15 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 28, Saturday 29 June 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northumberland Umpires: R Rogers and J Yeadon Debutants: Northamptonshire 1 (H Thompson); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 485 Northumberland * F G H Clayton c Wetherall b H Thompson 116 R G E Mortimer c G J Thompson b H Thompson 55 J Hansell b G J Thompson 40 S Brutton b Horton 38 + C Page b H Thompson 11 Marshall, J b H Thompson 67 F W Gillespie c and b G J Thompson 47 Maj C E Greenway st Smith b Colson 57 Elsey, G not out 16 Tomlin, E c Smith b Colson 0 Lowings, A c Wetherall b Colson 17 Extras b 9, lb 8, nb 4 21 Total 485 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 177 178 235 254 304 380 420 463 485 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Thompson, G J 48 5 166 2 - 3 East 33 4 83 0 - - Cox 16 1 70 0 - - Thompson, H 22 2 85 4 - - Wetherall 2 0 17 0 - 1 Horton 3 0 25 1 - - Colson 3 0 18 3 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - Total 127 12 485 10 0 4 Northamptonshire (Followed on) G K Papillon b Lowings 97 W H Kingston b Tomlin 3 (2) not out 68 Thompson, G J lbw b Elsey 0 (3) not out 19 H St A Hall c Marshall b Lowings 51 East, W c Page b Lowings 33 Colson, G H c Brutton b Clayton 13 C R Wetherall c Greenway b Marshall 21 * T Horton c Page b Marshall 29 Cox, M not out 32 (1) c Page b Hansell 45 + B C Smith c Page b Lowings 9 Thompson, H b Elsey 22 Extras w 1 37 6 Total 347 (1 wicket) 138 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 26 138 217 217 237 260 297 308 347 Second innings 91 - - - - - - - - - Tomlin 18 1 67 1 - - (1) 8 3 15 0 - - Elsey 10.4 3 40 2 - - (2) 8 0 23 0 - - Marshall 21 3 52 2 - - (5) 5 1 19 0 - - Lowings 28 5 86 4 - - Mortimer 6 0 24 0 - - (3) 4 1 17 0 - - Brutton 2 0 5 0 1 - Clayton 13 2 36 1 - - (6) 5 1 7 0 - - Hansell (4) 14 1 51 1 - - Extras - - 37 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 98.4 14 347 10 1 0 44 7 138 1 - - Notes: This high-scoring match ended as a draw. The match aggregate of 970 runs was the highest of the season. The average runs per wicket was 46.19. For Northumberland, there were 17 fours, 1 three and 7 twos in Clayton’s 116, scored in two hours and 10 minutes. Marshall scored 67 with 6 fours, Greenway 57 and Mortimer 55. Clayton and Mortimer put on 177 runs for the Northumberland first wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Northamptonshire, Papillon scored 97 with 9 fours, Kingston 68 not out, and Hall 51 with 8 fours. In the home team’s first innings, Papillon and Hall put on 112 runs for the third wicket. In the same innings, G J Thompson was dismissed off the seventh ball of an Elsey over. The 48 overs bowled by G J Thompson and the 166 runs he conceded were both second highest for an innings during the season. During the match, 15 players bowled. [In the Northamptonshire first innings, the Northampton Daily Chronicle gives the extras breakdown as 26 byes, 7 leg byes and 1 wide, which adds incorrectly to 34 rather than 37.] [Missing: Part extras breakdown; in Northumberland inns boundaries in Greenway’s 57 and Mortimer’s 55, and fall of ninth wicket; in Northamptonshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Kingston’s 68 not out.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 29 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 1 July; Northampton Herald 29 June; Northampton Mercury 5 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 29 June, 1 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 29 June, 1 July.