minc163	Hertfordshire v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Clarence Park, St Albans on 10th, 11th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Hertfordshire -1; Northamptonshire 1
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 215/6 (Driffield 19*, Smith 20*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*THK Dashwood	b Thompson	16
AJ Golding	c Thompson b Brown	4
HE White	c Brown b Thompson	11
H Highley	c Kingston b Thompson	13
NS Bulwer-Lytton	b Thompson	0
+AB Reynolds	b Brown	7
F Wells	c Colson b Brown	0
WE Coleman	b Thompson	11
F Field	c Driffield b Thompson	33
G Wilders	not out	0
HM Harford	absent
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-28, 3-31, 4-31, 5-52, 6-52, 7-53, 8-79, 9-96 (41 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	21	10	38	6	-	-
Brown	20	4	57	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	b Bulwer-Lytton	31
HE Kingston	c Bulwer-Lytton b White	11
GJ Thompson	c Reynolds b White	44
GH Colson	c and b Wells	32
KC Craig	c Golding b White	33
TA Brown	lbw b Golding	5
LT Driffield	b Wilders	33
+BC Smith	c and b White	37
E Scriven	b Wilders	2
L Cox	c Dashwood b White	0
L Law	not out	0
Extras	(31 b, 5 lb)	36
Total	(all out, 108.2 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-91, 3-110, 4-148, 5-155, 6-190, 7-253, 8-254, 9-256, 10-264 (108.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	34	7	80	5	-	-
Field	27	3	71	0	-	-
Golding	17	3	38	1	-	-
Wilders	10.2	6	5	2	-	-
Coleman	5	3	3	0	-	-
Bulwer-Lytton	6	3	11	1	-	-
Highley	4	1	6	0	-	-
Wells	5	1	14	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*THK Dashwood	b Kingston	68
AJ Golding	c Driffield b Thompson	4
HE White	c Scriven b Law	0
H Highley	c Horton b Kingston	33
NS Bulwer-Lytton	b Thompson	19
+AB Reynolds	c Brown b Kingston	0
HM Harford	c Law b Thompson	23
F Wells	b Thompson	0
WE Coleman	c Smith b Cox	39
F Field	not out	3
G Wilders	b Thompson	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-22, 3-96, 4-117, 5-117, 6-136, 7-140, 8-191, 9-197, 10-198 (72.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	22.4	9	47	5	-	-
Law	20	9	37	1	-	-
Kingston	14	1	47	3	-	-
Brown	14	2	48	0	-	-
Cox	2	0	11	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	not out	12
HE Kingston	b White	3
GJ Thompson	c and b Wilders	13
GH Colson	not out	0
KC Craig	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
LT Driffield	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
E Scriven	did not bat
L Cox	did not bat
L Law	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 19.3 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-29

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	10	7	4	1	-	-
Wilders	9.3	3	24	1	-	1

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Notes
--> LT Driffield made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KC Craig made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Cox made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KC Craig (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> THK Dashwood (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Highley (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Northamptonshire won by eight wickets on the second day. For the winners, Thompson took 11 wickets in the match for 85 runs. He also top-scored for the visitors with 44. In the visitors' first innings, Driffield and Smith added 63 runs for the seventh wicket. For the losers, Dashwood's 68 included 1 five and 5 fours.
In the home team's second innings, Harford and Coleman put on 51 runs for the eighth wicket. The Rev F W Poland became ill on the morning of the match and withdrew from the Hertfordshire team. H M Harford was telegraphed to replace him, but could not attend until the second day. The Rev W P Kingston was due to play for Northamptonshire, but also withdrew on the morning of the match and was replaced by L T Driffield. An alternative version of the score for the winners' second innings, found only in the Hertfordshire scorebook and nowhere else, has Thompson scoring 7 not 13, extras 10 not 4, and Wilders conceding 18 runs not 24.
[Missing: Umpires; time completed.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Watford Observer 13 August; Herts Leader 16 August; Hertfordshire Standard 12 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 10,11 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 11 August; Northampton Herald 13 August; Northampton Mercury 12 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August.