minc592	Northamptonshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 12th, 13th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 25 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Wiltshire 0
Umpires	H Briscoe, H Coulson
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (2) 85/7 (RW Awdry 3*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Kingston	c and b Smart	21
GJ Thompson	c Overton b Smart	5
M Cox	b Overton	11
W East	b Smith	20
EM Crosse	b Smith	11
HHK Worsley	b Smith	0
*T Horton	lbw b Smith	1
HB Simpson	c and b Smith	4
AE Worsley	not out	51
CR Wetherall	c Smart b Smith	30
+BC Smith	c Newman b Miller	4
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-29, 3-46, 4-67, 5-67, 6-73, 7-79, 8-88, 9-142, 10-173 (70.5 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smart	35	12	83	2	-	-
Smith	24	5	61	6	-	-
Overton	11	5	13	1	-	-
Miller	0.5	0	1	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Stevens	c and b East	11
TTN Perkins	c Kingston b East	18
HM Butterworth	b East	0
AW Newman	run out	6
CS Awdry	c Horton b Thompson	9
+TS Luce	b East	1
RW Awdry	b East	0
*AM Miller	b Thompson	4
WRR Smith	c and b East	0
W Overton	b East	2
T Smart	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 21.4 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-55 (21.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	11	2	30	2	-	-
East	10.4	1	22	7	-	1

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Wiltshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Stevens	c Horton b Thompson	21
HM Butterworth	c Simpson b Thompson	12
TTN Perkins	c HHK Worsley b Thompson	23
AW Newman	b Thompson	0
CS Awdry	b Simpson	26
+TS Luce	c and b Thompson	0
RW Awdry	not out	6
*AM Miller	b Simpson	0
WRR Smith	lbw b Simpson	2
W Overton	c Kingston b Simpson	1
T Smart	c Kingston b Simpson	2
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 34 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-?, 3-?, 4-82, 5-82, 6-82, 7-85, 8-87, 9-91, 10-93 (34 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	17	2	63	5	-	-
East	11	2	21	0	-	-
Simpson	6	2	9	5	-	-

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Notes
--> HHK Worsley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Worsley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> AE Worsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HB Simpson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 0-35)
--> HB Simpson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Northamptonshire won by an innings before noon on the second day, after enforcing the follow on.
For the winners, there were 7 fours in A E Worsley's 51 not out.
In the Northamptonshire innings A E Worsley and C R Wetherall added 54 runs for the ninth wicket.
In the Wiltshire second innings, Simpson took 5 wickets for Northamptonshire for just 9 runs.
The victory made it almost certain that Northamptonshire would win the Championship for the second season in a row.
The match aggregate of 321 runs was the lowest for the year for a completed match.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; precise time completed.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 13 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 13 August; Northampton Herald 12 August; Northampton Mercury 12 August; North Wilts Herald 19 August; The Sportsman 13,15 August.

 

 

 

 

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