The Minor Counties Championship 1903

25 MATCH NUMBER 2 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Monday 1, Tuesday 2 June 1903 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 6 runs Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: D Bookless and J T Parnham Debutants: Northamptonshire 1 (A W Mold); Bedfordshire 1 (AE Holmes-Brown) First day score: Bedfordshire 56 and 55-5 wickets (H W Oclee 33*); Northamptonshire 168 Bedfordshire Taylor, F c Mold b Thompson 1 (2) b Thompson 4 Pollitt, G c Mold b East 1 (1) b Thompson 7 Wharmby, G E b East 11 (6) c Pool b Kingston 3 * H R Orr b Thompson 8 (4) c Pool b Kingston 3 Brown, T A c Cockerill b Thompson 5 (5) c Smith b Thompson 2 L G Stileman-Gibbard b Thompson 0 (9) c Cox b Kingston 4 Rev R H Moss c Kingston b Thompson 4 (8) c Cox b Hawkins 18 A E Holmes-Brown c Smith b East 0 (7) c Smith b Kingston 2 + Capt E F Rowe b Thompson 4 (10) c Papillon b Hawkins 16 H W Oclee not out 7 (3) b Thompson 34 F J Rainsford b Thompson 7 (11) not out 4 Extras b 8 8 b 7, nb 2 9 Total 56 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 5 20 26 30 30 34 34 42 56 Second innings 7 30 39 44 55 56 60 64 97 106 Thompson 13 2 36 7 - - (1) 17 5 39 4 - 2 East 12 6 12 3 - - (5) 2 0 5 0 - - Mold (2) 7 1 17 0 - - Hawkins (3) 3.3 1 10 2 - - Kingston (4) 8 1 26 4 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 25 8 56 10 0 0 37.3 8 106 10 0 2 Northamptonshire G K Papillon b Moss 15 H E Kingston b Wharmby 49 Cox, M lbw b Wharmby 9 C J T Pool c Rowe b Moss 1 * T Horton c and b Wharmby 1 Thompson, G J c Wharmby b Brown 20 East, W lbw b Wharmby 7 F C Cockerill b Wharmby 6 + B C Smith c Rainsford b Brown 10 H Hawkins c Oclee b Wharmby 12 Mold, A W not out 10 Extras b 24, lb 4 28 Total 168 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 61 68 92 92 114 125 132 141 168 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wharmby 35.5 19 44 6 - - Brown 23 5 48 2 - - Moss 17 6 43 2 - - Oclee 4 1 5 0 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - Total 79.5 31 168 10 0 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 6 runs at 12.10 pm on the second day. For the winners, Thompson took 11 wickets in the match for 75 runs. Kingston top scored in the match with 49. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Northampton Herald 6 June; Northampton Mercury 5 June; Northampton Daily Chronicle 2 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 2 June; Bedford Record 2 June; Bedfordshire Mercury 5 June; Bedfordshire Standard 5 June; Bedfordshire Times 5 June; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 6 June; The Sportsman 2,3 June.