The Minor Counties Championship 1903

69 MATCH NUMBER 46 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Abington Road, Northampton on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 August 1903 Result: Northamptonshire won by 100 runs Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: H Briscoe and R Rogers Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (F Smith) First day score: Northamptonshire 164; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 76-7 wickets (J Higgins 13*, J E Elms 3*) Northamptonshire W H Kingston b Hartington 15 (1) c Rudston b Elms 12 Thompson, G J b Hartington 15 (2) b Ward 24 Cox, M b Ward 20 (3) run out 51 H E Kingston c Wilkinson b Elms 23 (4) c Smith b Ward 18 G K Papillon b Hartington 1 (8) b Elms 5 * T Horton c Wilkinson b Elms 1 (6) c Swithenbank b Ward 3 East, W c Hartington b Elms 23 (7) not out 7 N F Norman run out 32 (5) lbw b Elms 7 L T Driffield c Rothery b Elms 6 (9) b Elms 0 F C Cockerill b Elms 15 (10) not out 9 + B C Smith not out 4 Extras b 3, lb 5, nb 1 9 b 3, lb 3, w 1 7 Total 164 (8 wickets declared) 143 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 28 41 64 73 74 91 115 138 160 164 Second innings 24 62 105 110 120 122 131 131 - - Ward 18 6 35 1 - - (3) 19 2 47 3 1 - Hartington 26 9 49 3 - 1 (1) 16 4 29 0 - - Elms 18.5 4 45 5 - - (2) 24 5 49 4 - - Wilkinson 10 3 26 0 - - (4) 7 2 11 0 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 72.5 22 164 10 0 1 66 13 143 8 1 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rothery, J W c Thompson b East 18 (1) b East 2 Swithenbank, S c Papillon b East 3 (4) b East 3 Wilkinson, W H b Thompson 5 (5) c substitute (R C Fowler) b Thompson 8 Rudston, H b Thompson 2 (3) b East 11 Myers, H c Cockerill b Driffield 20 (2) c Horton b East 12 Smith, F lbw b East 2 (6) b Thompson 0 * H Barber c H E Kingston b East 5 (7) b East 2 + Higgins, J c Papillon b Driffield 13 (8) c W H Kingston b H E Kingston 46 Elms, J E c B C Smith b East 3 (9) b East 0 Hartington, H E not out 0 (10) not out 29 Ward, F b East 0 (11) b H E Kingston 4 Extras b 1, lb 4 5 b 13, lb 1 14 Total 76 131 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 24 30 30 40 52 69 76 76 76 Second innings 6 26 27 37 39 39 41 61 122 131 Thompson 23 7 41 2 - - (1) 27 13 48 2 - - East 28 12 25 6 - - (2) 25 7 47 6 - - Driffield 5 2 5 2 - - (4) 3 1 5 0 - - H E Kingston (3) 5 0 17 2 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 56 21 76 10 0 0 60 21 131 10 0 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won this return match by 100 runs at 5.55 pm on the second day. The rain-interrupted game between the two sides at Halifax in July had been drawn. For the winners, East took 12 wickets in the match for 72 runs. There were no boundaries in Cox’s 51. For the losers in their second innings, Higgins and Hartington put on 61 for the ninth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The ball to which Norman was out leg before wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings gave him a painful crack on the leg and he had to be assisted from the field. R C Fowler fielded as substitute for Norman in the Yorkshire 2 nd XI second innings and caught Wilkinson. In the Yorkshire first innings, the last three wickets fell on the morning of the second day for no addition to the overnight score. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Northampton Daily Chronicle 5,6 August; Northampton Herald 8 August; Northampton Mercury 7 August; Yorkshire Year Book 1904, p 188; Yorkshire Post 6,7 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August.