The Minor Counties Championship 1902

28 MATCH NUMBER 5 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 6 [no play], Saturday 7 June 1902 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 7 runs Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: D Bookless and J Yeadon Debutants: Northamptonshire 1 (J Haviland); Hertfordshire 3 (E W Bishop, E G Blow, G G Dumbleton) First day score: Rain prevented play Hertfordshire A Butcher c Kingston b Thompson 4 (4) c East b Thompson 1 White, H E c Cockerill b East 10 (1) c Thompson b East 11 Golding, A J c Smith b East 2 (3) b Thompson 2 E H Wales b Thompson 2 (2) b Thompson 6 E W Bishop c Eales b East 5 (5) b Thompson 9 Coleman, W E c Kingston b Thompson 0 (6) b Thompson 2 G G Dumbleton c Haviland b Thompson 0 (11) not out 1 W H Marsh st Smith b Thompson 0 (7) c Cox b Thompson 0 E G Blow c Horton b Thompson 1 (8) c Kingston b East 4 * + C D Fastnedge not out 5 (9) c Cockerill b East 8 Rudd, W J c and b Thompson 0 (10) b East 1 Extras lb 2 2 b 12, lb 2 14 Total 31 59 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 14 18 18 21 23 23 25 31 31 Second innings 17 19 23 23 33 33 43 43 59 Thompson 11.5 5 13 7 - - (1) 15 5 26 6 - - East 11 3 16 3 - - (2) 12.1 6 15 4 - - Hawkins (3) 2 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 22.5 8 31 10 0 0 29.1 11 59 10 0 0 Northamptonshire * T Horton c Fastnedge b Coleman 2 W H Kingston b Coleman 7 Cox, M b Coleman 0 H C Boycott b White 11 Thompson, G J not out 46 C C Eales b Rudd 9 + B C Smith b Golding 14 F C Cockerill East, W J Haviland H Hawkins Extras b 7, lb 1 8 Total (6 wickets declared) 97 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 11 14 40 74 97 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 11 1 34 1 - - Coleman 15 5 27 3 - - Rudd 6 1 23 1 - - Golding 1.4 0 5 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 33.4 7 97 6 0 0 Notes: Despite the weather preventing any play on the first day and several rain interruptions on the second, Northamptonshire won this match by an innings and 7 runs with 27 minutes to spare. For the winners, Thompson took 13 wickets for 39 runs, including 7 for 13 in the Hertfordshire first innings. He also top-scored with 46 not out, an innings which contained 4 fours. The Hertfordshire first innings total of 31 was the lowest of the season. The match aggregate of 187 runs for a completed match was also the lowest of the season and a new record for the Championship, beating the 196 runs in the match between Northamptonshire and Berkshire at Northampton in 1900. Dumbleton split a finger while fielding in the Northamptonshire innings and batted as last man in the visiting team’s second innings. Horton acted as the substitute fielder. When dismissing Blow in the Hertfordshire first innings Thompson became the first bowler to reach the career milestone of 400 wickets in championship matches. [Missing: In Hertfordshire 2 nd inns fall of ninth wicket.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 7 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 7,9 June; Northampton Herald 14 June; Herts Advertiser 14 June; Hertfordshire Standard 13 June; Watford Observer 14 June; The Sportsman 9 June.