The Minor Counties Championship 1903

37 MATCH NUMBER 14 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 26, Saturday 27 June 1903 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 36 runs Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: J O’Connor and R Rogers Debutants: Northamptonshire 1 (T E Manning); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 163; Northamptonshire 183-6 wickets (T Horton 46*, T E Manning 4*) Northumberland * F G H Clayton b Thompson 6 (1) b Thompson 4 C F Stanger-Leathes b Thompson 8 (7) b East 6 J Hansell c Papillon b Thompson 1 (3) b Thompson 4 Marshall, J c Mold b Thompson 31 (4) b Thompson 3 W Milne b Thompson 14 (5) c Thompson b East 6 G Simpson b Thompson 18 (6) b Thompson 2 F W Gillespie b Thompson 0 (9) not out 3 R G E Mortimer run out 4 (8) b Thompson 1 Chambers, M run out 26 (2) b East 14 Elsey, G not out 40 (10) c Mold b East 0 + Greenwood, L b Thompson 6 (11) b Thompson 0 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 1 9 b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 4 Total 163 47 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 10 22 44 70 70 87 87 150 163 Second innings 5 13 25 29 35 40 44 44 44 47 Thompson 30.5 12 62 8 - - (1) 14.4 4 32 6 - - East 19 3 56 0 - 1 (2) 14 6 11 4 1 1 Mold 11 1 36 0 - - Extras - - 9 2 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 60.5 16 163 10 0 1 28.4 10 47 10 1 1 Northamptonshire W H Kingston c Elsey b Clayton 103 G K Papillon b Elsey 6 Cox, M c Elsey b Clayton 6 C J T Pool c Simpson b Marshall 1 Thompson, G J c Clayton b Marshall 2 * T Horton c Mortimer b Marshall 62 East, W b Clayton 9 T E Manning c and b Simpson 25 + B C Smith lbw b Marshall 8 H Hawkins not out 9 Mold, A W c Simpson b Marshall 5 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 2 10 Total 246 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 51 165 219 224 238 246 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Simpson 29 11 48 1 - - Elsey 25 3 54 1 - 2 Clayton 18 4 44 3 - - Marshall 25.5 6 59 5 - - Chambers 6 0 31 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 103.5 24 246 10 0 2 Notes: Northamptonshire won by an innings half an hour after lunch on the second day. For the winners, there were 3 fours, 5 threes and 13 twos in Kingston’s 103 scored in 2½ hours, and 1 four in Horton’s 62. Thompson took 14 wickets in the match for 94 runs, including 8 for 62 in the Northumberland first innings. Thompson’s match bowling performance was statistically the second best of the season. In the Northamptonshire innings, Kingston and Horton put on 114 runs for the fifth wicket. When on 75, Kingston had been caught off a no-ball. In the Northumberland first innings, Chambers and Elsey added 63 for the ninth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. When dismissing Simpson in the Northumberland first innings, Thompson took his five hundredth wicket in championship matches. He was the first bowler to achieve this feat. [Missing: In Northamptonshire innings fall of second, third and sixth wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 27 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 27 June; Northampton Herald 27 June; Northampton Mercury 26 June,3 July; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 27,29 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 27,29 June; Newcastle Daily Leader 27,29 June; The Sportsman 27,29 June.