The Minor Counties Championship 1902

25 MATCH NUMBER 2 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 May 1902 Result: Northamptonshire won by ten wickets Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: R Barber and J Gregory Debutants: Northamptonshire 1 (H Hawkins); Bedfordshire 2 (R Keens,G E Wharmby) First day score: Bedfordshire 67; Northamptonshire 183 Bedfordshire * H R Orr b Driffield 11 (5) c Dickens b Thompson 4 Pollitt, G b Thompson 1 (2) c Cox b Thompson 24 Taylor, F c and b Driffield 0 (1) c Papillon b Cox 0 B L Peel c Smith b Driffield 5 (4) b Cox 0 Brown, T A b Thompson 7 (6) c and b Cox 9 Wharmby, G E c Smith b Thompson 7 (7) b East 4 L Parbury b Thompson 1 (9) b Dickens 2 Rev R H Moss b Thompson 17 (8) c Horton b Driffield 57 R Keens not out 9 (3) b Thompson 4 H V Baumgartner b Thompson 4 (10) st Smith b East 6 + W R Jeakings c Driffield b Thompson 3 (11) not out 4 Extras b 2 2 b 4, lb 1 5 Total 67 119 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 12 16 23 38 38 42 51 55 67 Second innings 0 4 9 16 28 42 61 86 107 119 Thompson 13.5 4 31 7 - - (1) 12 4 21 3 - - Driffield 13 2 34 3 - - (5) 1.5 1 8 1 - - Cox (2) 9 3 23 3 - - Dickens (3) 7 0 36 1 - - East (4) 8 0 26 2 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 26.5 6 67 10 0 0 37.5 8 119 10 0 0 Northamptonshire W H Kingston b Brown 5 * T Horton b Wharmby 17 (1) not out 1 East, W b Brown 9 G K Papillon b Wharmby 23 Thompson, G J lbw b Wharmby 56 Cox, M c and b Wharmby 6 R F Knight c Taylor b Moss 4 + B C Smith b Brown 11 (2) not out 5 L T Driffield c Wharmby b Brown 25 A Dickens c and b Brown 0 H Hawkins not out 15 Extras b 4, lb 8 12 0 Total 183 (no wicket) 6 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 33 33 60 100 117 137 137 148 183 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wharmby 38 15 68 4 - - (1) 1 0 2 0 - - Brown 30.4 6 81 5 - - (2) 0.1 0 4 0 - - Moss 11 3 22 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 79.4 24 183 10 0 0 1.1 0 6 0 0 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by ten wickets shortly before the lunch interval on the second day. The match was played in ‘cold wintry weather’. On the first day, there were several interruptions for rain and further play was prevented from 5.15 pm after the end of the Northamptonshire first innings. For the winners, Thompson took 10 wickets for 52 runs, and there were 6 fours in his 56. Moss’s 57 for Bedfordshire also contained 6 fours. Pollitt retired hurt in the Bedfordshire second innings with the score at 28, having twice been hit by balls from Dickens. He resumed his innings at 86 after the fall of the eighth wicket. When catching Moss in the Bedfordshire second innings, Horton reached the career milestone of 50 catches in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 20 May; Northampton Daily Reporter 20 May; Northampton Herald 24 May; Northampton Mercury 23 May; Bedford Record 20 May; Bedfordshire Standard 23 May; Birmingham Daily Gazette 21 May; Birmingham Daily Post 20,21 May; The Sportsman 20,21 May.