The Minor Counties Championship 1902

83 MATCH NUMBER 60 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V DURHAM At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Monday 18 [no play], Tuesday 19 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Durham Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Durham 1 (L V Lodge) First day score: Rain prevented play Durham R Bousfield b Cockerill 40 * J F Whitwell c Cox b Thompson 55 A Burn c Cockerill b Thompson 17 C Y Adamson c Horton b Thompson 3 L V Lodge c Cockerill b H E Kingston 10 T Coulson c Cockerill b Thompson 13 Turnbull, G c Cockerill b H E Kingston 12 R C Cumberlege c and b H E Kingston 0 W F Whitwell not out 10 Butler, J + J Kirtley Extras b 3, lb 2 5 Total (8 wickets declared) 165 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 65 109 117 119 131 150 151 165 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Thompson 24.2 5 68 4 - - H E Kingston 9 0 40 3 - - Thorneycroft 2 0 13 0 - - Cockerill 7 0 26 1 - - Horton 6 1 13 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 48.2 6 165 8 0 0 Northamptonshire H E Kingston st Kirtley b Butler 39 W H Kingston b Turnbull 12 G K Papillon b Turnbull 5 Cox, M b Turnbull 0 C R Wetherall b Turnbull 2 Thompson, G J b Turnbull 0 F C Cockerill b Turnbull 0 * T Horton not out 9 A S Wetherall c Turnbull b W F Whitwell 1 + B C Smith Thorneycroft, C B Extras b 4 4 Total (8 wickets) 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 52 58 58 58 62 63 72 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Butler 14 5 35 1 - - Turnbull 15 3 33 6 - - W F Whitwell 1.1 1 0 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - Total 30.1 9 72 8 0 0 Notes: This return match was drawn with no decision on first innings. The match between the two sides at Sunderland in July had been won by Northamptonshire. There was under four hours play on the second day, after the first day had been rained off. For Durham, there were 2 fours in J F Whitwell’s 55. For the home team, H E Kingston top-scored with 39 which included 2 fours. When dismissing Coulson, Thompson took his one hundredth wicket of the season. It was the second season running that he had achieved the feat. The 4 catches held by Cockerill in the Durham innings equalled the record for the Championship achieved on ten previous occasions. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Northampton Daily Chronicle 19 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 20 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 18,19,20 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 19,20 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 18,19,20 August.