The Minor Counties Championship 1902

38 MATCH NUMBER 15 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 27, Saturday 28 June 1902 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 10 runs Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: H Briscoe and J Yeadon Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 88; Northamptonshire 286-7 wickets (F C Cockerill 14*, A S Wetherall 3*) Northumberland * F G H Clayton b Thompson 13 (1) b East 13 R G E Mortimer b Thompson 10 (4) c Smith b East 26 J Hansell b East 3 (5) not out 69 S P Bell b Cockerill 29 (2) b Thompson 8 F W Gillespie c Thorneycroft b Thompson 4 (3) c Kingston b East 57 Marshall, J b East 2 (7) b East 0 + C Page c East b Cockerill 16 (6) b East 17 E Mortimer b Thompson 1 (8) lbw b Thompson 0 Elsey, G c Horton b Thompson 1 (9) c Thorneycroft b Thompson 7 E Lowes c Smith b Cockerill 1 (10) c Thorneycroft b Thompson 0 Lowings, A not out 3 (11) b East 1 Extras lb 5 5 10 Total 88 208 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 25 33 43 56 71 76 84 84 88 Second innings 23 31 95 122 190 190 191 207 207 208 Thompson 23 7 45 5 - - (1) 38 10 84 4 - - East 18 5 31 2 - - (2) 34.2 16 41 6 - - Cockerill 5 2 7 3 - - (3) 13 5 29 0 - - Cox (4) 6 1 21 0 - - Thorneycroft (5) 6 2 10 0 - - Horton (6) 6 2 13 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 46 14 88 10 0 0 103.2 36 208 10 - - Northamptonshire W H Kingston run out 40 Cox, M c Marshall b R G E Mortimer 36 Thompson, G J b Lowings 69 East, W b Elsey 11 J Haviland b Elsey 6 * T Horton b Elsey 86 + B C Smith c Elsey b Lowings 6 F C Cockerill not out 19 A S Wetherall c E Mortimer b Elsey 8 E Scriven c Page b Elsey 0 Thorneycroft, C B lbw b Lowings 4 Extras b 14, lb 6, w 1 21 Total 306 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 77 89 122 230 273 291 296 306 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Elsey 28 4 88 5 - - Lowes 2 0 7 0 - - Lowings 24.5 4 59 3 - - Clayton 10 1 40 0 - - Marshall 14 1 47 0 - - R G E Mortimer 8 0 32 1 1 - Hansell 3 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 21 1 - - Total 89.5 10 306 10 1 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 10 runs on the second day. For the winners, there were 7 fours in Horton’s 86 and 6 fours in Thompson’s 69. The pair put on 108 runs for the fifth wicket. The latter also took 9 wickets in the match for 129 runs. For Northumberland, Hansell’s 69 not out, scored in three hours, and Gillespie’s 57 both contained 7 fours. [Missing: In Northumberland 2 nd inns extras breakdown; in Northamptonshire inns fall of third and sixth wickets; time completed.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 28 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 28 June; Northampton Herald 5 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 27,28,30 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 28,30 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 27,28,30 June; The Sportsman 28,30 June.