minc79	Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 9th, 10th June 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	J Edge, A Stockwin
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 48/2 (Pool 11*, WH Kingston 4*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Colson	b Arnold	19
HE Kingston	b Arnold	14
CJT Pool	c Bromley-Martin b Arnold	16
WH Kingston	b Arnold	13
GJ Thompson	not out	17
W East	b Arnold	4
WJ Marsham	c Wheldon b Arnold	0
*T Horton	c Straw b Arnold	5
E Mason	b Arnold	1
+BC Smith	b Arnold	0
L Law	b Arnold	5
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-40, 3-61, 4-62, 5-66, 6-68, 7-76, 8-80, 9-80, 10-94 (62 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	31	10	54	10	-	-
Bird	30	12	36	0	-	-
Raynor	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WHW Wilkes	b East	35
FL Bowley	c Thompson b HE Kingston	17
*HK Foster	c and b HE Kingston	2
GF Wheldon	c Colson b Thompson	24
EG Bromley-Martin	b Thompson	37
EP Jobson	c Colson b Thompson	10
+T Straw	c Marsham b Law	3
EG Arnold	b Thompson	29
A Millward	c Horton b Thompson	4
A Bird	b Thompson	2
S Raynor	not out	4
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-42, 3-64, 4-84, 5-110, 6-118, 7-139, 8-157, 9-165, 10-176 (61.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	23.1	3	49	6	-	-
Law	8	1	31	1	-	-
HE Kingston	15	1	45	2	-	-
East	15	4	42	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Colson	b Bromley-Martin	17
HE Kingston	b Bromley-Martin	13
CJT Pool	c Arnold b Bromley-Martin	13
WH Kingston	b Millward	0
GJ Thompson	b Arnold	11
WJ Marsham	b Millward	0
W East	b Millward	7
E Mason	b Arnold	0
*T Horton	b Bird	8
+BC Smith	not out	7
L Law	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 3 nb, ? w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, 68.3 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-37, 3-40, 4-53, 5-57, 6-60, 7-60, 8-?, 9-88 (68.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	18	7	25	2	-	3
Bird	10	3	11	1	-	-
Bromley-Martin	24	11	26	3	-	-
Millward	16.3	9	14	3	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Marsham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Raynor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Marsham made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Colson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> EG Arnold reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> EG Arnold achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 8-56)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
No play was possible before 5.40 pm on the first day in this drawn match. When the seventh wicket fell in the Northamptonshire second innings, they were still 32 runs in arrears and forty minutes were left for play. However, East, aided by Horton and Smith saw the home side through to a draw, with one wicket left and 6 runs on. The main feature of the match was Arnold taking all 10 wickets in the Northamptonshire first innings for 54 runs. It was the first time the feat had been achieved in the Championship and was statistically the second best innings bowling performance of the season. The accomplishment was to be repeated and bettered by C Shore of Norfolk in the match against Durham at Norwich in July. In the match Arnold took 12 wickets for 79 runs. When he bowled Smith in the Northamptonshire first innings, he took his one hundredth wicket in the Championship. He was the second bowler to achieve the feat, the first being G Nash the previous season for Buckinghamshire. Bromley-Martin top-scored in the match with 37.
[Missing: In Northamptonshire 2nd inns extras breakdown, and fall of 8th wicket.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 10 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 9,10 June; Worcester Herald 12 June; The Sportsman 10,11 June.