The Minor Counties Championship 1902

53 MATCH NUMBER 30 : NORTHUMBERLAND V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 21, Tuesday 22 July 1902 Result: Match drawn - Northamptonshire won on first innings Points: Northamptonshire 1 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northumberland none; Northamptonshire none First day score: Northamptonshire 233; Northumberland 93-5 wickets (J Hansell 24*, C Page 7*) Northamptonshire W H Kingston b Elsey 10 (4) c substitute (A Lowings) b Hansell 52 Thompson, G J c V Thompson b Marshall 32 (8) not out 28 H E Kingston b Elsey 48 (1) b Tomlin 5 Cox, M b Clayton 28 (6) not out 16 East, W lbw b Elsey 1 * T Horton c Page b Elsey 56 (3) lbw b Tomlin 3 A S Wetherall b Elsey 22 (7) c Gillespie b Tomlin 7 + B C Smith b Elsey 4 (2) c Clayton b Tomlin 2 L T Driffield not out 21 (5) b Tomlin 33 H Hawkins b Elsey 6 Thorneycroft, C B c Mortimer b Elsey 0 Extras 5 4 Total 233 (6 wickets declared) 150 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 28 49 114 115 128 177 183 224 229 233 Second innings 13 23 42 98 99 119 - - - - Elsey 35.1 10 58 8 - - Tomlin 20 6 48 0 - - (1) 22 6 58 5 - - Clayton 23 2 72 1 - - (3) 5 0 17 0 - - Marshall 17 6 31 1 - - (4) 13 1 57 0 - - Mortimer 3 0 19 0 - - Hansell (2) 4 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 98.1 24 233 10 - - 44 7 150 6 - - Northumberland * F G H Clayton c G J Thompson b East 5 (1) c Thorneycroft b East 22 S P Bell c Thorneycroft b G J Thompson 11 (2) b G J Thompson 8 V Thompson b G J Thompson 14 (4) c East b G J Thompson 35 J Hansell c Thorneycroft b G J Thompson 34 (3) c W H Kingston b G J Thompson 1 R G E Mortimer lbw b East 2 (7) not out 0 F W Gillespie c H E Kingston b Driffield 19 (6) c Smith b East 7 C Page not out 32 (5) not out 56 Marshall, J b G J Thompson 0 Tomlin, E b G J Thompson 1 Elsey, G retired hurt 3 + Greenwood, L W run out 0 Extras 15 3 Total 136 (5 wickets) 132 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 27 40 43 78 116 116 120 136 - Second innings 25 27 44 105 132 - - - - - Thompson, G J 27 9 56 5 - - (1) 22 5 48 3 - - East 27.5 6 57 2 - - (2) 16.4 5 35 2 - - Driffield 5 2 8 1 - - (4) 4 1 13 0 - - Hawkins (3) 8 2 13 0 - - Thorneycroft (5) 4 1 6 0 - - Horton (6) 4 0 11 0 - - Cox (7) 1 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 15 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 59.5 17 136 9 - - 59.4 14 132 5 - - Notes: This return match was drawn with Northamptonshire gaining the lead on first innings. The Northamptonshire declaration set Northumberland a victory target of 248 runs in 2¾ hours. Bad light stopped play early shortly before 6.20 pm. The game at Northampton in June had been won by Northamptonshire. For the visitors, Horton scored 56 with 4 fours and W H Kingston 52 with 5 fours. For the home team, Page batted 2¼ hours to score 56 not out with 5 fours. Elsey, who took 8 wickets for 58 runs in the Northamptonshire first innings, was badly injured in the Northumberland first innings when, having been winded by a ball from East, a ball from G J Thompson hit him in the eye. He received medical attention on the ground and was sent to the Newcastle Eye Infirmary where he was detained. He did not play again for the County until their last match of the season. A Lowings acted as substitute fielder in the Northamptonshire second innings and caught W H Kingston. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Chronicle 21,22,23 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 22,23 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 21,22,23 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 22,23 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 22 July; Northampton Herald 26 July; Northampton Mercury 25 July; The Sportsman 22,23 July.