The Minor Counties Championship 1902

27 MATCH NUMBER 4 : SURREY 2 ND XI V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Oval, Kennington, London on Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 May 1902 Result: Match drawn – Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Surrey 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: J J Tuck and R Rogers Debutants: Surrey 2 nd XI none; Northamptonshire 2 (H C Boycott, F C Cockerill) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 121 and 94-3 wickets (A Baker 46*); Northamptonshire 102 Surrey 2 nd XI Holland, F C c Thompson b East 1 (1) b Thompson 41 Baker, A b Thompson 24 (2) b East 49 Moulder, J H b Thompson 0 (3) c Thompson b Horton 5 Goatly, E G c Smith b Thompson 18 (4) c Hawkins b Horton 1 Davis, W E c East b Thompson 17 (5) not out 42 Lees, W S c Hawkins b Pinner 24 (6) b Thompson 18 * K E M Barker b Pinner 3 (7) b Thompson 1 Gooder, L M H b East 16 (8) c Cockerill b Pinner 2 Nice, E H L b Hawkins 16 (9) c Cox b Thompson 7 Kersley, T b East 0 (10) b Thompson 0 + Strudwick, H not out 0 (11) c Kingston b East 5 Extras b 2 2 b 4, lb 1 5 Total 121 176 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 14 39 46 77 87 87 115 118 121 Second innings 87 92 94 101 124 126 140 147 176 Thompson 20 4 73 4 - - (1) 29 8 86 5 - - East 15.2 4 25 3 - - (2) 21 7 28 2 - - Pinner 6 1 16 2 - - (3) 4 1 13 1 - - Hawkins 2 0 5 1 - - Cox (4) 5 1 11 0 - - Knight (5) 3 0 15 0 - - Cockerill (6) 3 1 15 0 - - Horton (7) 4 2 3 2 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 43.2 9 121 10 0 0 69 20 176 10 0 0 Northamptonshire * T Horton c Strudwick b Nice 14 W H Kingston lbw b Lees 16 (1) b Lees 0 East, W c Moulder b Nice 0 (3) b Lees 12 H C Boycott b Nice 13 (4) not out 2 Thompson, G J b Nice 10 (5) not out 5 Cox, M b Lees 1 (2) b Nice 11 R F Knight b Nice 4 + B C Smith c Strudwick b Davis 15 F C Cockerill not out 19 H Hawkins st Strudwick b Davis 6 W G Pinner c Holland b Nice 2 Extras b 1, nb1 2 b 2, nb 1 3 Total 102 (3 wickets) 33 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 21 38 50 55 59 61 85 99 102 Second innings 0 17 25 - - - - - - - Nice 22 7 58 6 - 1 (2) 8 2 11 1 - 1 Lees 20 7 32 2 - - (1) 9 2 19 2 - - Davis 2 0 10 2 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 44 14 102 10 0 1 17 4 33 3 0 1 Notes: In this drawn match, Surrey 2 nd XI won on first innings. Rain prevented any play after lunch on the second day. For Surrey 2 nd XI, Baker top-scored with 49. For Northamptonshire, Thompson took 9 wickets in the match for 159 runs. When catching Holland in the Surrey first innings, Thompson reached the career milestone of 50 catches in championship matches. [Missing: In Surrey 2 nd inns fall of ninth wicket.] Sources: Surrey Year Book 1902, p 119; Northampton Daily Chronicle 22 May; Northampton Herald 24 May; Northampton Mercury 23 May; Sporting Life 22,23 May; The Sportsman 22,23 May. -