The Minor Counties Championship 1903

28 MATCH NUMBER 5 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Wednesday 3, Thursday 4 June 1903 Result: Northamptonshire won by six wickets Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: D Bookless and J T Parnham Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 162 and 36-1 wicket (E G Goatly 12*, W C Smith 0*); Northamptonshire 160 Surrey 2 nd XI Moulder, J H c and b Thompson 5 (5) c Papillon b Thompson 21 Goatly, E G b East 51 (1) c Mold b East 54 * E Wiltshire lbw b Thompson 18 (4) lbw b East 0 Gooder, L M H c Horton b Mold 10 (8) c Papillon b Mold 16 + Stedman, F b East 8 (7) c Papillon b Thompson 2 Davis, W E retired hurt 0 absent hurt - Clode, H P not out 46 (6) c Kingston b Thompson 9 Montgomery, W b Thompson 8 (2) b Thompson 23 C Kenward b Thompson 0 (9) c Papillon b Mold 9 Kersley, T b Thompson 0 (10) not out 0 Smith, W C c Papillon b East 9 (3) c Mold b East 3 Extras b 3, lb 4 7 b 2, lb 1, nb 1 4 Total 162 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 56 91 91 107 143 153 153 162 - Second innings 44 44 77 92 96 121 137 141 - Thompson 14 1 44 5 - - (1) 19 3 65 4 - 1 East 12.3 0 48 3 - - (2) 13 3 30 3 - - Mold 11 2 50 1 - - (3) 12 2 34 2 - - Hawkins 4 1 13 0 - - Kingston (4) 1 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 41.3 4 162 9 0 0 45 8 141 9 0 1 Northamptonshire H E Kingston c Stedman b Gooder 1 (2) lbw b Kenward 40 G K Papillon b Kenward 38 (1) b Kersley 6 Thompson, G J c Montgomery b Kersley 1 (5) not out 19 Cox, M c Gooder b Kersley 6 (3) b Gooder 5 C J T Pool b Gooder 0 (4) c Kersley b Clode 59 * T Horton b Gooder 73 (6) not out 10 East, W lbw b W C Smith 8 F C Cockerill c Stedman b W C Smith 11 + B C Smith c Stedman b Montgomery 10 H Hawkins run out 2 Mold, A W not out 3 Extras b 7 7 b 7 7 Total 160 (4 wickets) 146 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 3 19 20 74 98 110 152 160 Second innings 15 20 73 129 - - - - - - Kersley 18 7 39 2 - - (2) 8 1 14 1 - - Gooder 29.3 6 52 3 - - (1) 12 0 37 1 - - Kenward 5 0 12 1 - - (3) 6 0 20 1 - - Clode 5 2 11 0 - - (6) 7 1 28 1 - - Smith, W C 6 0 24 2 - - (5) 4 0 15 0 - - Montgomery 5 0 15 1 - - (4) 5 0 25 0 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 68.3 15 160 10 0 0 42 2 146 4 0 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets at 3.45 pm on the second day. It was the first time Northamptonshire had defeated Surrey 2 nd XI at Northampton in this the fifth season that the sides had met in championship fixtures. For the winners, there was 1 six and 8 fours in Horton’s 73 and 5 fours in Pool’s 59. The 4 catches held by Papillon in the Surrey second innings equalled the Championship record achieved on 11 previous occasions. The five catches he held in the match were the most in the season, equalled by two others. For the losers, there was 1 five and 4 fours, and 5 fours respectively in Goatly’s two innings of 51 and 54. In the Surrey 2 nd XI first innings Davis was hit in the face by a rising ball from East and was forced to retire from the match. [Missing: In Surrey second innings fall of first wicket; in Northamptonshire first innings fall of eighth wicket.] Sources: Northampton Herald 6 June; Northampton Mercury 5 June; Northampton Daily Chronicle 3,4 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 3,4 June; Surrey Year Book 1903, p 117; The Sportsman 4,5 June.