The Minor Counties Championship 1903

55 MATCH NUMBER 32 : DURHAM V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Sunderland Cricket Club Ground, Ashbrooke, Sunderland on Friday 24 July 1903 Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings and 41 runs Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Durham Umpires: Not known Debutants: Durham 3 (Rev R P Moorsom, E P Thomson, J H Weatherall); Northamptonshire none First day score: As match – game completed in one day Durham A Burn c Thorneycroft b Thompson 3 (5) b Thompson 0 Butler, J c W H Kingston b Thompson 5 (1) c Thompson b East 1 * E W Elliot b Thompson 0 (6) b East 7 T Coulson b Thompson 0 (8) b East 2 Pike, S b Thompson 1 (2) c Smith b East 6 R C Cumberlege b Thompson 4 (9) b Thompson 0 Rev R P Moorsom c Norman b Thompson 10 (3) b Thompson 14 T E Parrington c and b East 3 (7) b Thompson 4 E P Thomson c W H Kingston b East 9 (4) c Smith b East 1 + J Kirtley c H E Kingston b East 11 (10) not out 9 Weatherall, J H not out 2 (11) b Thompson 9 Extras b 4 4 lb 1 1 Total 52 54 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 7 7 8 13 20 27 32 43 52 Second innings 7 12 14 15 30 30 36 36 36 54 Thompson 15 6 25 7 - - (1) 13.2 3 30 5 - - East 14.4 5 23 3 - - (2) 13 6 23 5 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 29.4 11 52 10 0 0 26.2 9 54 10 0 0 Northamptonshire W H Kingston b Butler 5 H E Kingston c and b Butler 4 Thompson, G J c Parrington b Butler 2 Cox, M b Butler 32 * T Horton b Butler 32 East, W not out 28 A E Worsley c Kirtley b Butler 28 N F Norman b Butler 0 + B C Smith c Burn b Pike 6 Thorneycroft, C B c and b Butler 0 W G Pinner c Kirtley b Pike 3 Extras b 7 7 Total 147 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 8 13 76 79 129 129 138 140 147 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Weatherall 17 3 38 0 - - Butler 33 10 59 8 - - Burn 14 3 30 0 - - Pike 9.4 4 13 2 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 73.4 20 147 10 0 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by an innings in a match completed at 6.45 pm on the first day. For the winners, Thompson took 12 wickets in the match for 55 runs. Thompson and East bowled unchanged through both Durham innings. For Durham, Butler took 8 for 59 in the Northamptonshire innings. Press reports describe the wicket as “continuously deteriorating” throughout the day. The match aggregate of 253 runs was the second lowest of the season for a completed game. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25 July; Newcastle Daily Journal 25 July; Newcastle Daily Leader 25 July; Sunderland Daily Echo 24,25 July; Sunderland Daily Post 24,25 July; Northampton Mercury 24 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 25,27 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 25 July; The Sportsman 25 July.