minc114	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 9th, 10th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 1; Northamptonshire -1
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 106 all out

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Colson	c Jobson b Burrows	41
HE Kingston	b Millward	17
GJ Thompson	c Fereday b Millward	9
WH Kingston	c and b Arnold	13
TA Brown	c Jobson b Arnold	13
W East	b Arnold	3
CJT Pool	b Bird	2
+BC Smith	b Arnold	1
G Parkin	not out	4
*T Horton	c and b Arnold	4
L Law	b Bird	1
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-71, 3-81, 4-95, 5-107, 6-116, 7-117, 8-122, 9-126, 10-127 (80 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	31	12	38	5	-	-
Bird	19	9	23	2	-	-
Burrows	21	9	32	1	-	1
Millward	9	3	15	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	run out	8
EP Jobson	b Thompson	13
GE Bromley-Martin	c HE Kingston b Thompson	5
GF Wheldon	b Law	10
FL Bowley	c and b Thompson	20
EG Arnold	b Thompson	10
A Millward	c Horton b Thompson	5
JB Fereday	not out	16
RD Burrows	b Thompson	0
A Bird	c Colson b East	10
+T Straw	c Smith b Thompson	2
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-23, 3-34, 4-42, 5-57, 6-71, 7-78, 8-78, 9-103, 10-106 (50.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	25.2	8	50	7	-	-
Law	15	4	32	1	-	-
East	10	3	17	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJT Pool	b Bird	7
GH Colson	b Bird	2
GJ Thompson	c Millward b Bird	32
HE Kingston	b Arnold	2
WH Kingston	b Bird	3
TA Brown	st Straw b Bird	0
W East	b Bird	0
+BC Smith	c Straw b Bird	7
G Parkin	b Arnold	2
*T Horton	not out	0
L Law	c Burrows b Arnold	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-39, 4-45, 5-45, 6-47, 7-60, 8-60, 9-66, 10-66 (46 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	16	7	22	3	-	-
Bird	22	12	27	7	-	-
Burrows	8	5	6	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	b East	5
EP Jobson	b East	0
GE Bromley-Martin	hit wkt b Thompson	16
EG Arnold	b Thompson	4
GF Wheldon	c East b HE Kingston	21
FL Bowley	b East	0
JB Fereday	b Thompson	18
A Millward	not out	9
RD Burrows	not out	4
A Bird	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, 40.4 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-20, 4-34, 5-37, 6-70, 7-85

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	17.4	8	26	3	-	-
East	20	4	43	3	-	2
HE Kingston	3	2	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RD Burrows reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> GJ Thompson reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> GJ Thompson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 6-28)
--> A Bird equalled his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won this low-scoring return match by 3 wickets at 3.50 pm on the second day. The previous game between the two teams at Northampton in June had been drawn. Requiring 88 runs to win in their second innings, Worcestershire lost their first five wickets for 37 runs, and a Northamptonshire victory seemed possible. However, Wheldon and Fereday took the score to 70 and only one further wicket fell before the match was won. For the losers, Thompson took 10 wickets in the match for 76 runs, including 7 for 50 in the Worcestershire first innings. Colson top-scored in the match with 41. For the winners, Bird took 9 wickets for 50 runs, including 7 for 27 in the Northamptonshire second innings, and Arnold 8 for 60. The margin of victory of three wickets was the smallest of the season for any match.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Berrow's Worcester Journal 14 August; Worcester Daily Times 9,10 August; Worcestershire Echo 9,10 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 10,11 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 9,10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August.

 

 

 

 

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