The Minor Counties Championship 1902

72 MATCH NUMBER 49 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – Northamptonshire won on first innings Points: Northamptonshire 1 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: C E Bartram and H J Quinell Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (W H Wilkinson) First day score: Northamptonshire 183-6 wickets (M Cox 74*, A S Wetherall 16*) Northamptonshire Thompson, G J c Swalwell b Brown 3 W H Kingston b Ringrose 5 H E Kingston b Wainwright 23 Cox, M b Ringrose 78 G K Papillon c Bedford b Myers 3 * T Horton c Swalwell b Wilkinson 1 East, W c Higgins b Wilkinson 52 A S Wetherall c Brown b Ringrose 28 F C Cockerill not out 40 + B C Smith c Wilkinson b Wainwright 7 H Hawkins c Ringrose b Wainwright 12 Extras b 2, lb 2, nb 2 6 Total 258 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 13 52 67 79 153 187 210 236 258 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Ringrose 24 8 61 3 - - Brown 21 2 73 1 - 2 Wainwright 16.1 2 46 3 - - Myers 5 0 16 1 - - Wilkinson 9 0 32 2 - - Bedford 6 1 18 0 - - Swalwell 2 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 83.1 13 258 10 0 2 Yorkshire 2 nd XI (Followed on) * R S Swalwell c Thompson b East 4 (1) st Smith b H E Kingston 10 Rudston, H c W H Kingston b Hawkins 11 F W Elam b Thompson 36 Outram, R c Cox b Thompson 13 Bedford, W [Rotherham] c W H Kingston b Thompson 1 (3) not out 3 Myers, H c Cockerill b H E Kingston 6 Wilkinson, W H c Thompson b H E Kingston 4 + Higgins, J not out 8 (2) not out 9 Wainwright, W st Smith b H E Kingston 3 Ringrose, W lbw b H E Kingston 0 Brown, W c Cox b H E Kingston 3 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 0 Total 98 (1 wicket) 22 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 43 73 74 80 80 84 94 94 98 Second innings 16 - - - - - - - - - Thompson 19 7 38 3 - - (1) 8 5 5 0 - - East 8 1 19 1 - - Hawkins 6 1 16 1 - - H E Kingston 4.3 0 16 5 - - (2) 7 1 17 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 37.3 9 98 10 0 0 15 6 22 1 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn with Northamptonshire winning on first innings. The game in June at Barnsley had been won by Northamptonshire. Rain prevented play on the first day until 3.05 pm. For Northamptonshire, Cox’s 78 included 5 fours and East’s 52 7 fours. For Yorkshire 2 nd XI, Ellam top-scored with 36. When stumping Swalwell in the Yorkshire second innings, Smith reached the career milestone of 100 dismissals in championship matches. [Missing: Complete] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Northampton Daily Reporter 6,8 August; Northampton Herald 9 August; Northampton Mercury 8 August; Yorkshire Post 7,8 August; The Sportsman 7,8 August.