minc133	Staffordshire v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 20th, 21st June 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Northamptonshire 0
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 110/3 (Thompson 37*, WH Kingston 48*; 38 overs)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Barnes	c Brown b Thompson	3
T Grimshaw	c Thompson b East	1
W Brown	c Brown b East	0
DH Brownfield	not out	69
A Hollowood	lbw b Berwick	18
FH Hassall	c Colson b HE Kingston	9
WE Walker	b Thompson	1
*PE Mainwaring	c Berwick b Thompson	7
WH Turner	run out	28
J Bowler	b Brown	0
+G McHarg	c Pool b East	1
Extras		20
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-59, 5-86, 6-98, 7-107, 8-156, 9-156, 10-157 (69.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	25	5	52	3	-	-
East	17.3	6	35	3	-	-
Berwick	17	9	25	1	-	-
HE Kingston	5	1	14	1	-	-
Brown	5	1	11	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	b Grimshaw	5
CJT Pool	b Grimshaw	1
GH Colson	c and b Turner	8
GJ Thompson	not out	37
WH Kingston	not out	48
JA Berwick	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
W East	did not bat
HE Kingston	did not bat
AH Sartoris	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(3 wickets, 53 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8, 3-24

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	15	2	34	1	-	-
Grimshaw	13	7	15	2	-	-
Walker	10	5	21	0	-	-
Bowler	7	2	11	0	-	-
Brown	6	1	16	0	-	-
Hassall	1	1	0	0	-	-
Mainwaring	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CE Barnes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Brownfield made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FH Hassall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Bowler made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Sartoris made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Bowler made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Sartoris made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Turner (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Rain washed out the second day's play in this drawn match which was abandoned at 2.00 pm on the Tuesday. For Staffordshire, Brownfield who was making his debut, top-scored with 69 not out. For the visitors, W H Kingston made the highest score with 48 not out.
Staffordshire were only playing four competition matches in the season with home and away fixtures versus Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire and therefore did not qualify for the final table.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Staffordshire inns boundaries in Brownfield's 69*; in Northamptonshire inns boundaries in W H Kingston's 48*.]
Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 25 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 20,21,22 June; Northampton Daily Chronicle 20,21 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 20,21 June; Northampton Herald 25 June; Northampton Mercury 24 June; The Sportsman 21 June.