The Minor Counties Championship 1903

54 MATCH NUMBER 31 : NORTHUMBERLAND V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The County Ground, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne on Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 July 1903 Result: Northamptonshire won by three wickets Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: H Briscoe and H Mycroft Debutants: Northumberland none; Northamptonshire none First day score: Northumberland 99; Northamptonshire 2-0 wicket (W H Kingston 0*, H E Kingston 1*) Northumberland * F G H Clayton b Thompson 24 (1) b Thompson 6 C F Stanger-Leathes st Smith b Thorneycroft 17 (5) b East 17 J Hansell c East b Cox 16 (4) run out 2 F W Gillespie c Cox b East 9 (3) b Thompson 16 S P Bell b East 4 (6) b Thompson 2 G Simpson c Shaw b East 11 (2) c H E Kingston b East 19 Marshall, J b Thompson 0 (7) b Thompson 8 R G E Mortimer b East 3 (8) b Thompson 1 Hartley, R H b Thompson 7 (9) b East 0 Elsey, G b Thompson 3 (10) not out 1 + Greenwood, L not out 0 (11) lbw b East 0 Extras lb 4, nb 1 5 9 Total 99 81 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 45 66 66 71 72 82 95 99 99 Second innings 18 26 32 36 54 66 78 80 81 81 Thompson 22.1 8 48 4 - 1 (1) 23 12 31 5 - - East 24 13 27 4 - - (2) 19.4 6 31 4 - - Thorneycroft 7 2 13 1 - - Cox 4 2 6 1 - - (3) 3 1 10 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 57.1 25 99 10 0 1 45.4 19 81 10 - - Northamptonshire W H Kingston c Clayton b Simpson 11 (1) not out 54 H E Kingston b Elsey 14 (2) b Elsey 5 Thompson, G J c Clayton b Simpson 4 (6) c Gillespie b Marshall 0 Cox, M b Simpson 0 (3) b Simpson 0 A E Worsley b Simpson 3 (5) b Marshall 0 * T Horton c Hartley b Elsey 9 (4) st Greenwood b Marshall 5 East, W c Bell b Simpson 14 (7) c Greenwood b Elsey 4 N F Norman c Marshall b Elsey 6 (8) b Elsey 0 Thorneycroft, C B not out 17 + B C Smith c Gillespie b Clayton 22 (9) not out 1 J W Shaw b Clayton 0 Extras nb 1 8 6 Total 108 (7 wickets) 75 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 26 30 31 34 58 66 73 108 108 Second innings 21 24 51 51 55 61 61 - - - Elsey 19 6 46 3 - 1 (1) 13 4 34 3 - - Simpson 19 7 42 5 - - (2) 9 3 15 1 - - Marshall 2 0 11 0 - - (3) 6 2 11 3 - - Clayton 2 1 1 2 - - (4) 2 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 42 14 108 10 0 1 30 9 75 7 - - Notes: This low-scoring return match was won by Northamptonshire by 3 wickets at 5.40 pm on the second day. The visitors required 73 runs in an hour and three-quarters to win the match. Northamptonshire had also won the game between the two teams at Northampton in June. Heavy overnight rain prevented play on the first day until 3.30 pm. For the winners, there were 8 fours in W H Kingston’s 54 not out. In the Northumberland second innings when Marshall had scored 8, he reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. He was then dismissed without adding to his score. [Missing: Part extras breakdown.] Sources: Newcastle Daily Chronicle 23,24 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 23,24 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 23,24 July; Northampton Herald 25 July; Northampton Mercury 24 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 23,25 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 23 July; The Sportsman 23,24 July.