The Minor Counties Championship 1901

58 MATCH NUMBER 35 : NORTHUMBERLAND V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 29, Tuesday 30 July 1901 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 202 runs Points: Northamptonshire +1, Northumberland -1 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland none; Northamptonshire none First day score: Northamptonshire 276; Northumberland 45 Northamptonshire W H Kingston b Mortimer 107 Thompson, G J b Mortimer 53 East, W lbw b Marshall 43 C R Wetherall run out 1 A S Wetherall c Brutton b Marshall 2 R F Knight c Greenwood b Tomlin 8 Cox, M c Gillespie b Tomlin 10 * T Horton c Hansell b Elsey 14 + B C Smith b Clayton 23 L C Crockett lbw b Elsey 4 L T Driffield not out 0 Extras 11 Total 276 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 110 211 211 213 214 230 235 272 272 276 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Elsey 26.5 12 50 2 - - Lowings 20 7 47 0 - - Marshall 31 11 60 2 - - Tomlin 12 2 22 2 - - Clayton 18 8 30 1 - - Mortimer 18 1 56 2 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - Total 125.5 41 276 10 - - Northumberland (Followed on) * F G H Clayton b East 1 (2) b East 0 R G E Mortimer b East 2 (1) b Thompson 7 J Hansell b Thompson 2 (3) b East 1 S Brutton c Kingston b East 0 (4) b Thompson 0 Marshall, J b Thompson 1 (5) lbw b Thompson 0 F W Gillespie b East 6 (6) b Thompson 8 Elsey, G b Thompson 0 (7) b Thompson 10 Maj C E Greenway c Horton b East 13 (8) b Thompson 2 Tomlin, E b Thompson 0 (10) c Knight b Thompson 0 Lowings, A not out 8 (9) b East 0 + Greenwood, L W c C R Wetherall b Thompson 8 (11) not out 0 Extras 4 1 Total 45 29 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 9 9 9 12 14 16 29 29 45 Second innings 6 8 8 8 9 20 22 29 29 29 Thompson 12.2 6 17 5 - - (1) 6.5 0 18 7 - - East 12 5 24 5 - - (2) 6 2 10 3 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 24.2 11 45 10 - - 12.5 2 29 10 - - Notes: This return match was won by Northamptonshire at 11.45 am on the second day by the margin of an innings and 202 runs. The high-scoring game between the two sides at Northampton in June had been drawn. For the winners, Thompson took 12 wickets in the match for 35 runs and East 8 for 34. They bowled unchanged in both innings. Kingston’s 107 was scored in 3 hours and 15 minutes, and contained 11 fours, 2 threes and 16 twos, while Thompson’s 53 included 6 fours. In the Northamptonshire first innings, Kingston and Thompson put on 110 runs for the first wicket, and Kingston and East 101 for the second. The two Northumberland innings lasted 45 and 40 minutes respectively. The Newcastle Daily Journal pointed out that the wicket was ‘even more tricky’ on the second day than it had been on the afternoon of the first. The Northumberland second innings total of 29 was the second lowest of the season for a completed innings, and the match aggregate of 350 runs was the third lowest for a completed match. The Northumberland combined innings total of 74 runs was a new low for the Championship. In the Northumberland innings, when his score was 81, W H Kingston reached the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 30,31 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 30,31 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 30 July; Northampton Herald 3 August; Northampton Mercury 2 August; Yorkshire Post 30,31 July; The Sportsman 30,31 July.