The Minor Counties Championship 1901

41 MATCH NUMBER 18 : STAFFORDSHIRE V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Walsall Cricket Club Ground, The Chuckery, Walsall on Monday 8, Tuesday 9 July 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: D Bookless and A Pike Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (W Preston); Northamptonshire none First day score: Northamptonshire 301; Staffordshire 57-1 wicket (A Hollowood 40*, J Poole 2*) Northamptonshire Thompson, G J b Grimshaw 38 W H Kingston c Brown b Grimshaw 82 (3) not out 24 H St A Hall b Grimshaw 26 (4) c Brown b Barnsby 1 East, W c Chavasse b Cummins 1 Colson, G H c Preston b Grimshaw 40 (5) c and b Grimshaw 34 C R Wetherall b Grimshaw 18 Cox, M b Cummins 18 F Warren not out 18 (2) b Clapham 12 * T Horton b Cummins 0 + B C Smith b Barnsby 30 (1) b Barnsby 32 Thompson, H b Barnsby 0 Extras b 17, lb 13 30 b 4, lb 2 6 Total 301 (4 wickets declared) 109 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 80 147 160 160 209 240 254 254 301 301 Second innings 43 45 51 109 - - - - - - Grimshaw 37 6 108 5 - - (2) 9.3 0 30 1 - - Brown 14 5 39 0 - - (5) 6 2 7 0 - - Cummins 22 4 67 3 - - (1) 8 0 31 0 - - Clapham 15 5 42 0 - - (3) 8 3 7 1 - - Barnsby 3.1 0 15 2 - - (4) 12 1 28 2 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 91.1 20 301 10 0 0 43.3 6 109 4 0 0 Staffordshire C F Chavasse lbw b G J Thompson 15 Hollowood, A b Cox 66 + J Poole b G J Thompson 2 Brown, W b G J Thompson 92 * H D Stratton b G J Thompson 2 (3) c G J Thompson b Horton 10 H C B Cummins b G J Thompson 7 (4) c Warren b H Thompson 11 Hassall, F H b G J Thompson 2 (1) b East 16 D A N Barnsby b G J Thompson 2 W Preston b G J Thompson 0 (5) not out 0 Grimshaw, T not out 11 (2) b East 24 Clapham, J R st Smith b G J Thompson 0 Extras b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 10 b 8, lb 6, nb 2 16 Total 209 (4 wickets) 77 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 50 58 112 128 138 150 168 168 208 209 Second innings 38 52 73 77 - - - - - - G J Thompson 29.4 4 79 9 1 1 (1) 8 2 17 0 - 2 East 19 5 59 0 - 1 (2) 9 1 31 2 - - H Thompson 7 0 27 0 - - (3) 2 1 9 1 - - Cox 8 0 34 1 - - Horton (4) 0.3 0 4 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 63.4 9 209 10 1 2 19.3 4 77 4 0 2 Notes: This return match was drawn. Northamptonshire had won the game at Northampton in May. For the visitors, G J Thompson took 9 wickets for 79 runs in the Staffordshire first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season. There were 12 fours in Kingston’s 82. For Staffordshire, Brown’s 92 included 14 fours and Hollowood’s 66 contained 12 fours. In the Northamptonshire second innings when his score was 30, Smith reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 13 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 9,10 July; Northampton Mercury 12 July; The Sportsman 9,10 July.