The Minor Counties Championship 1903

51 MATCH NUMBER 28 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Halifax Cricket Club Ground, Thrum Hall, Hanson Lane, Halifax on Monday 20, Tuesday 21 July 1903 Result: Match drawn – Northamptonshire won on first innings Points: Northamptonshire 1 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI none; Northamptonshire 3 (N F Norman, J W Shaw, A E Worsley) First day score: Northamptonshire 229; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 87-3 wickets (H Wilkinson 22*) Northamptonshire Thompson, G J c Higgins b Frank 29 W H Kingston st Higgins b Frank 31 (2) not out 3 Cox, M b Hartington 25 H E Kingston c Higgins b Elms 53 (1) not out 1 * T Horton b Elms 5 East, W hit wicket b Frank 16 A E Worsley b Elms 14 N F Norman b Hartington 16 Thorneycroft, C B c Higgins b Elms 18 + B C Smith c Hartington b Frank 16 J W Shaw not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 0 Total 229 (no wicket) 4 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 54 63 122 145 158 164 190 203 229 229 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Brown 7 2 16 0 - - Ward 13 6 18 0 - - Elms 23 3 62 4 - - Frank 13.2 2 62 4 - - (1) 1 0 4 0 - - Hartington 23 5 50 2 - - Myers 8 3 15 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 87.2 21 229 10 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston, H b Thompson 58 Rothery, J W b Thompson 0 H Wilkinson c Smith b Thompson 53 Swithenbank, S c Thorneycroft b East 3 Myers, H st Smith b Thorneycroft 33 + Higgins, J b East 3 * R W Frank b East 0 Brown, W b Thompson 1 Elms, J E not out 14 Hartington, H E c H E Kingston b Thompson 8 Ward, F c East b Thompson 1 Extras b 8 8 Total 182 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 84 87 144 158 158 159 159 173 182 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Thompson 33.2 13 68 6 - - East 40 10 54 3 - - Thorneycroft 12 3 21 1 - - H E Kingston 2 0 10 0 - - Cox 12 3 21 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 99.2 29 182 10 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn with rain preventing any play after lunch on the second day and the game being abandoned at 4.00 pm. For Northamptonshire, there were 6 fours in H E Kingston’s 53. For Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston’s 58 contained 7 fours and Wilkinson’s 53 included 4 fours. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1904, p 186; Yorkshire Post 22, 22 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 20,21 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 21,22 July; Northampton Herald 25 July; Northampton Mercury 24 July; The Sportsman 21,22 July.