The Minor Counties Championship 1901

70 MATCH NUMBER 47 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: W Cherry and W T Westell Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 205 and 3-0 wicket (W T Graburn 1*, L M H Gooder 2*); Northamptonshire 108 Surrey 2 nd XI Moulder, J H b East 3 (4) c Horton b Driffield 55 Baker, A lbw b H E Kingston 45 (3) not out 74 Thompson, H b East 8 (5) c W H Kingston b Driffield 4 Gooder, L M H c Knight b Driffield 35 (2) c Knight b Driffield 53 Penfold, R F c B C Smith b East 29 * W T Graburn c B C Smith b East 14 (1) b Driffield 23 Clode, H P c W H Kingston b G J Thompson 21 (6) c G J Thompson b Driffield 21 Kersley, T c Colson b G J Thompson 23 (7) not out 2 Nice, E H L run out 1 Smith, W C c Knight b G J Thompson 9 + Strudwick, H not out 1 Extras b 10, lb 4, nb 2 16 b 7, w 1 8 Total 205 (5 wickets declared) 240 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 25 80 115 130 166 178 188 196 205 Second innings 73 76 190 198 230 - - - - - Thompson, G J 22 3 82 3 - 2 (1) 22 5 86 0 - - East 25 4 70 4 - - (2) 17 2 45 0 - - Driffield 16 7 27 1 - - (3) 22 6 48 5 - - H E Kingston 4 0 10 1 - - (5) 3 0 25 0 - - Horton (4) 6 1 20 0 - - Colson (6) 2 0 8 0 1 - Extras - - 16 1 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 67 14 205 10 0 2 72 14 240 5 1 0 Northamptonshire G K Papillon c Gooder b W C Smith 0 (2) lbw b Nice 5 W H Kingston b Nice 5 (1) c Clode b Gooder 34 Thompson, G J b W C Smith 2 (7) b Gooder 0 East, W b W C Smith 3 (5) c Gooder b Clode 1 H E Kingston b Nice 10 (4) c Penfold b Clode 36 Colson, G H c H Thompson b Kersley 35 (3) c Strudwick b Nice 0 C R Wetherall b W C Smith 2 (6) b W C Smith 27 * T Horton not out 30 (8) not out 30 R F Knight b Kersley 1 (9) b W C Smith 5 + B C Smith c and b Kersley 12 (10) not out 9 L T Driffield c Strudwick b W C Smith 1 Extras b 6, lb 1 7 b 17, lb 5, nb 1 23 Total 108 (8 wickets) 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 7 9 22 28 41 91 108 Second innings 8 18 74 82 90 90 132 149 - - Smith, W C 19.2 4 33 5 - - (1) 20 9 35 2 - - Nice 16 6 34 2 - - (2) 18 5 37 2 - - Kersley 8 1 20 3 - - (3) 16 4 28 0 - - Gooder 5 3 14 0 - - (5) 12 5 27 2 - 1 Clode (4) 21 11 20 2 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 23 0 - - Total 48.2 14 108 10 0 0 87 34 170 8 0 1 Notes: Northamptonshire were able to salvage a draw, when at one stage it looked as if their record of being unbeaten for three years was going to be broken. The Surrey 2 nd XI declaration set the home team a target of 338 runs in three and a half hours. Eight wickets were down with 20 minutes to go, but Horton and B C Smith held out until stumps were drawn. Previously, Northamptonshire had saved the follow on by the narrow margin of 3 runs, due largely to Colson and Horton adding 50 runs for the seventh wicket. For Surrey 2 nd XI, there were 8 fours in Baker’s 74 not out, 8 fours in Moulder’s 55 and 7 fours in Gooder’s 53. In the Surrey 2 nd XI second innings, Baker and Moulder put on 114 runs for the third wicket, which was the third highest for that wicket during the season. G J Thompson was reported as being “very unwell” during the game, but batted and bowled. [Missing: In Northamptonshire 1 st inns fall of eighth and ninth wickets.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 7,8,10 August; Northampton Herald 10 August; Northampton Mercury 9 August; Surrey Year Book 1901, p 129; Sporting Life 8,9 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August.