The Minor Counties Championship 1902

76 MATCH NUMBER 53 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 8 [no play], Saturday 9 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – Northamptonshire won on first innings Points: Northamptonshire 1 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: H J Quinell and R Rogers Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Rain prevented play Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A lbw b Thompson 0 (1) lbw b Dickens 52 E Wiltshire b Thompson 16 (2) b Hawkins 41 J E Raphael b Thompson 10 (3) run out 32 Moulder, J H b Thompson 0 (4) not out 3 Davis, W E c Wetherall b Thompson 10 Gooder, L M H c Wetherall b Thompson 21 Lees, W S lbw b Thompson 16 * K E M Barker b Thompson 2 Nice, E H L c Horton b Thompson 1 G H Hadfield b Hawkins 0 + Strudwick, H not out 12 Extras lb 1 1 lb 1 1 Total 89 (3 wickets) 129 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 23 23 37 41 64 64 71 77 89 Second innings 72 129 - - - - - - - Thompson 17.2 5 45 9 - - (1) 18 4 62 0 - - Hawkins 8 1 23 1 - - (4) 5 1 20 1 - - Cox 3 1 9 0 - - Dickens 6 2 11 0 - - (2) 12 3 28 1 - - H E Kingston (3) 4 0 18 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 1 1 - - Total 34.2 9 89 10 0 0 39 8 129 3 0 0 Northamptonshire W H Kingston b Lees 9 H E Kingston c Strudwick b Hadfield 4 G K Papillon lbw b Barker 13 Cox, M run out 13 Thompson, G J b Davis 25 * T Horton c Raphael b Barker 3 F C Cockerill b Barker 0 A S Wetherall b Davis 11 + B C Smith not out 10 A Dickens st Strudwick b Davis 3 H Hawkins b Davis 0 Extras b 15, lb 2, nb 1 18 Total 109 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 14 48 69 77 77 94 97 105 109 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Lees 20 9 25 1 - - Hadfield 11 7 15 1 - - Gooder 6 2 16 0 - - Nice 4 2 3 0 - 1 Barker 8 1 24 3 - - Davis 4.1 1 8 4 - - Extras - - 18 1 - - Total 53.1 22 109 10 0 1 Notes: This return match was drawn with Northamptonshire winning on first innings. The game at The Oval in May had also been drawn, but with Surrey 2 nd XI leading on first innings. For Northamptonshire, Thompson took 9 wickets in the Surrey first innings for 45 runs. Statistically, it was the best innings bowling performance of the season. When the home team batted, Thompson top-scored with 25. For the visitors, there were 6 fours in Baker’s 52. When he scored 5 in the Northamptonshire innings, Thompson reached the career milestone of 3,000 runs in championship matches. He was the first player to do so. [Missing: In Surrey 2 nd inns fall of second wicket.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 11 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 11 August; Northampton Herald 16 August; Northampton Mercury 15 August; Surrey Year Book 1902, p 128; The Sportsman 11 August.