f7306 cc2312	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1907
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 30th August 1907 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire -1; Essex 1
Umpires	GP Harrison, J Moss
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 101/5 (Perrin 41*, Reeves 2*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Cox	c Russell b Douglas	57
GJ Thompson	c Douglas b Buckenham	6
LT Driffield	b Mead	15
NF Norman	b Buckenham	0
HC Pretty	b Buckenham	1
CJT Pool	c Buckenham b Douglas	30
WH Kingston	b Buckenham	19
RWR Hawtin	b Buckenham	6
W Wells	not out	17
+WA Buswell	b Buckenham	18
R Falconer	b Douglas	0
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-48, 3-49, 4-53, 5-123, 6-123, 7-140, 8-144, 9-170, 10-175 (54 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	24	0	67	6	-	2
Douglas	17	2	71	3	-	-
Mead	7	4	4	1	-	-
Benham	3	0	19	0	-	-
Young	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWHT Douglas	c Buswell b Driffield	5
SP Meston	c Buswell b Driffield	8
PA Perrin	c Buswell b Thompson	63
*CP McGahey	lbw b Thompson	32
EJ Freeman	b Thompson	5
CP Buckenham	b Driffield	1
W Reeves	c Pool b Falconer	64
CE Benham	b Driffield	0
HI Young	c and b Driffield	0
+AE Russell	b Driffield	3
W Mead	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-84, 4-94, 5-99, 6-191, 7-191, 8-195, 9-195, 10-198 (77.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Driffield	23.2	11	39	6	-	-
Thompson	27	6	71	3	1	1
Falconer	10	2	26	1	-	-
Wells	12	3	27	0	-	-
Hawtin	5	1	18	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RWR Hawtin	c Russell b Buckenham	0
M Cox	b Douglas	3
HC Pretty	b Douglas	23
NF Norman	c Reeves b Young	14
GJ Thompson	b Douglas	4
CJT Pool	b Buckenham	28
WH Kingston	c and b Douglas	4
LT Driffield	b Buckenham	20
W Wells	c Benham b Buckenham	11
+WA Buswell	b Douglas	1
R Falconer	not out	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-36, 4-48, 5-65, 6-71, 7-108, 8-111, 9-114, 10-114 (30.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	14.4	1	50	4	-	-
Douglas	14	1	53	5	-	-
Mead	1	0	3	0	-	-
Young	1	0	2	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWHT Douglas	b Thompson	6
SP Meston	b Driffield	2
PA Perrin	not out	42
*CP McGahey	not out	42
EJ Freeman	did not bat
CP Buckenham	did not bat
W Reeves	did not bat
CE Benham	did not bat
HI Young	did not bat
+AE Russell	did not bat
W Mead	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 29.4 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Driffield	10	3	19	1	-	-
Thompson	10	0	40	1	-	-
Falconer	0.4	0	2	0	-	-
Wells	4	0	11	0	-	-
Hawtin	5	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> R Falconer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Falconer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HC Pretty made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HC Pretty made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> PA Perrin (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 28
--> PA Perrin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 28
--> PA Perrin (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> W Mead reached 1550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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