The Minor Counties Championship 1903

44 MATCH NUMBER 21 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 10, Saturday 11 July 1903 Result: Match drawn – Northamptonshire won on first innings Points: Northamptonshire 1 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Hertfordshire 2 (Capt C P Deedes, F Escombe) First day score: Northamptonshire 295; Hertfordshire 56-3 wickets (A J Golding 15*) Northamptonshire W H Kingston b White 17 G K Papillon c Metcalfe b Coleman 21 Thompson, G J b White 65 Cox, M b Golding 17 H E Kingston c White b Coleman 67 * T Horton not out 54 East, W b White 16 T E Manning b White 6 H Hawkins b Coleman 8 + B C Smith lbw b Coleman 3 Mold, A W b Coleman 11 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 Total 295 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 38 65 182 202 295 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 48 12 112 4 - - Coleman 40 10 104 5 - - Rudd, W J 25 5 33 0 - - Golding 6 0 21 1 - - Metcalfe 7 2 15 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 126 29 295 10 0 0 Hertfordshire (Followed on) White, H E c Smith b East 9 (1) c Mold b Thompson 24 Capt G O Bigge st Smith b East 24 (2) b Hawkins 11 C T Rudd b East 4 (3) c Smith b Mold 30 Golding, A J b Thompson 22 (4) not out 100 E J Metcalfe c Smith b East 0 (5) st Smith b Cox 24 * H J Hill b Mold 54 (6) c Papillon b Thompson 9 C C T Doll b Thompson 2 (7) not out 8 Coleman, W E st Smith b Hawkins 5 Capt C P Deedes lbw b East 27 + F Escombe c East b Thompson 10 Rudd, W J not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 3 7 b 2, lb 4, nb 2 8 Total 164 (5 wickets) 214 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 56 64 64 97 106 140 164 164 Second innings 32 44 90 162 191 - - - - - Thompson 26.2 7 50 3 - - (1) 29 7 68 2 - 1 East 24 8 55 5 - - (2) 13 4 26 0 - - Mold 6 2 28 1 - - (6) 7 2 22 1 - - Hawkins 8 0 24 1 - - (3) 13 6 21 1 - 1 Cox (4) 8 1 20 1 - - H E Kingston (5) 5 0 25 0 - - Horton (7) 4 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 64.2 17 164 10 0 0 79 20 214 5 0 2 Notes: This match was drawn after Hertfordshire had followed on 131 runs in arrears. For the visitors, there were 12 fours, 3 threes and 10 twos in Golding’s match-saving second innings of 100 not out, scored in under 3 hours. Hills’s 54 included 2 fours. For the home team, H E Kingston’s 67 included 6 fours, Thompson’s 65 contained 3 fours, and Horton’s 54 not out included 2 fours. Thompson and H E Kingston put on 117 runs for the Northamptonshire fourth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The six dismissals made by Smith were the most by a wicket-keeper in a match during the season, a feat equalled by two others. The 48 overs bowled by White were the most during the season in an innings, and the 112 runs he conceded were the equal third highest of the season. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 11,13 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 11,13 July; Northampton Herald 18 July; Northampton Mercury 10,17 July; Barnet Times 17 July; Herts Advertiser 18 July; Herts Leader 14 July; Hertfordshire Express 18 July; Hertfordshire Standard 17 July; Watford Observer 18 July; The Sportsman 11,13 July.