The Minor Counties Championship 1903

73 MATCH NUMBER 50 : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V DURHAM At The County Ground, Abington Lane, Northampton on Friday 7, Saturday 8 August 1903 Result: Northamptonshire won by nine wickets Points: Northamptonshire 3 Toss: Durham Umpires: Not known Debutants: Northamptonshire none; Durham none First day score: Durham 106 and 42-2 wickets (A Burn 24*, E W Elliot 9*); Northamptonshire 127 Durham R Bousfield b Thompson 5 (1) c Papillon b Thompson 0 A Burn c Smith b East 7 (3) b East 25 * E W Elliot not out 38 (4) c W H Kingston b Thompson 11 R H Mallett b East 1 (5) b Thompson 0 T Coulson b East 0 (6) c Smith b Thompson 12 R C Cumberlege c Thompson b East 32 (7) b Thompson 2 Rev R P Moorsom c Smith b East 0 (8) b Thompson 0 Butler, J b East 0 (9) b Thompson 5 + J Kirtley b Driffield 13 (10) c Cockerill b Driffield 0 J Combey c Smith b Driffield 0 (11) not out 0 Turnbull, G b Thompson 9 (2) c Norman b Thompson 8 Extras lb 1 1 b 3, lb 3, nb 3 9 Total 106 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 16 18 18 64 68 68 95 95 106 Second innings 0 15 46 46 52 57 57 67 70 72 Thompson 15.1 5 28 2 - - (1) 20 9 25 8 - - East 18 5 31 6 - - (2) 13 4 30 1 - 3 H E Kingston 1 0 12 0 - - Driffield 9 1 34 2 - - (4) 4.2 4 0 1 - - Cockerill (3) 3 1 5 0 - - Cox (5) 1 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 43.1 11 106 10 0 0 41.2 18 72 10 0 3 Northamptonshire W H Kingston b Butler 5 (1) not out 20 H E Kingston c Combey b Butler 1 (2) lbw b Burn 20 Cox, M b Turnbull 5 (3) not out 7 East, W lbw b Turnbull 7 Thompson, G J c Moorsom b Butler 18 * T Horton b Butler 10 N F Norman lbw b Turnbull 1 F C Cockerill b Turnbull 0 G K Papillon c Kirtley b Butler 23 L T Driffield not out 18 + B C Smith st Kirtley b Turnbull 23 Extras b 13, lb 3 16 b 5 5 Total 127 (1 wicket) 52 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 13 13 31 46 47 47 75 94 127 Second innings 34 - - - - - - - - - Turnbull 38.5 16 74 5 - - Butler 38 21 37 5 - - (1) 10 5 12 0 - - Combey (2) 5 1 14 0 - - Burn (3) 5 0 16 1 - - Elliot (4) 0.3 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 76.5 37 127 10 0 0 20.3 6 52 1 0 0 Notes: Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets at 1.10 pm on the second day, thus completing the ‘double’ over Durham having won at Sunderland in July. For the winners, Thompson took 10 wickets for 53 runs in the match, including 8 for 25 in the Durham second innings. For Durham, E W Elliot made the top score of 38 not out. Turnbull missed the second day as he had to play a match for Nelson in the Lancashire League. The 21 maidens bowled by Butler in the Northamptonshire first innings were the most in an innings during the season. The 4 catches held by Smith were the most by a wicket keeper in a match, a feat equalled by three others. When he had scored his first run in the Durham first innings, Elliot reached the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Northampton Herald 8,15 August; Northampton Mercury 7,14 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 8 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 8 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 8,10 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 8,10 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 8,10 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.