minc178	Northamptonshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 19th, 20th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 15 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 1; Hertfordshire -1
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 184/4 (Thompson 47*, HE Kingston 3*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	c Driffield b Thompson	11
F Field	b Thompson	5
GO Bigge	b Thompson	15
FT Galloway	c Colson b HE Kingston	34
HM Harford	st Smith b HE Kingston	16
H Highley	c Horton b HE Kingston	2
AJ Golding	st Smith b HE Kingston	13
NS Bulwer-Lytton	not out	15
*+CD Fastnedge	b HE Kingston	12
AB Reynolds	c Horton b HE Kingston	12
G Wilders	c WH Kingston b HE Kingston	7
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-18, 3-40, 4-67, 5-81, 6-92, 7-99, 8-119, 9-133, 10-145 (48.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	12	2	35	3	-	-
Driffield	5	1	20	0	-	-
HE Kingston	19.4	5	57	7	-	-
Brown	12	2	30	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	c Fastnedge b Golding	20
CJT Pool	c Bigge b Golding	79
GJ Thompson	c Bigge b Golding	48
WH Kingston	c and b Wilders	9
GH Colson	c White b Bigge	14
HE Kingston	c Highley b White	44
TA Brown	lbw b Field	12
+BC Smith	b Wilders	12
LT Driffield	st Fastnedge b White	19
HB Simpson	not out	5
W East	b White	0
Extras	(15 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 122.4 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-129, 3-146, 4-175, 5-190, 6-222, 7-245, 8-267, 9-279, 10-279 (122.4 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	33.4	5	90	3	-	-
Wilders	32	7	80	2	-	-
Golding	37	20	39	3	1	-
Field	10	0	39	1	-	-
Bigge	4	2	3	1	-	-
Bulwer-Lytton	6	2	11	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Harford	c Brown b Thompson	0
AJ Golding	c HE Kingston b Brown	41
GO Bigge	c WH Kingston b Brown	8
NS Bulwer-Lytton	c and b HE Kingston	23
F Field	c Smith b Thompson	20
HE White	c HE Kingston b Thompson	8
FT Galloway	c Smith b HE Kingston	5
H Highley	c Brown b HE Kingston	6
AB Reynolds	c Horton b HE Kingston	1
*+CD Fastnedge	b Thompson	1
G Wilders	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-52, 3-57, 4-94, 5-103, 6-103, 7-110, 8-110, 9-113, 10-119 (42.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	16	5	34	4	-	-
HE Kingston	10.2	1	42	4	-	-
Driffield	7	1	15	0	-	-
Brown	9	2	22	2	-	-

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Notes
--> FT Galloway made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NS Bulwer-Lytton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FT Galloway (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> NS Bulwer-Lytton (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE Kingston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-38)
--> GJ Thompson reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Hertfordshire second innings
--> HE Kingston reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hertfordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Northamptonshire won this return match at 3.55 pm on the second day by an innings and 15 runs and completed the double over Hertfordshire, having won the encounter between the two sides at St Albans the previous week, also by an innings. For the winners, H E Kingston took 11 wickets in the match for 99 runs, including 7 for 57 in the Hertfordshire first innings. There were 9 fours in Pool's 79.
For the losers, Golding top-scored with 41.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Northampton Daily Chronicle 19,20 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 20 August; Northampton Herald 20,27 August; Northampton Mercury 19 August; Hertfordshire Leader 23 August; Watford Observer 27 August; The Sportsman 20,22 August.

 

 

 

 

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