minc242	Northamptonshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1900
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 6th, 7th June 1900 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	[unknown]
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 18/1 (WH Kingston 4*, Thompson 13*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	c Grimsdell b Thompson	37
JA Bourne	c East b Thompson	0
W Brown	c Thompson b Grimsdell	63
*CC Mott	c Colson b Cox	27
T Grimshaw	b Grimsdell	5
FH Hassall	c Smith b East	51
F Ellams	run out	15
J Beckwith	st Smith b Cox	1
EA Mouel	not out	14
SB Ashworth	c Knight b Cox	2
+G McHarg	run out	4
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-96, 3-112, 4-124, 5-182, 6-204, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-225 (94.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	27	10	39	2	-	-
East	30	10	69	1	-	-
Cox	19.1	6	27	3	-	-
HE Kingston	8	0	55	0	-	-
Grimsdell	9	1	27	2	-	-
Horton	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	b Grimshaw	0
WH Kingston	c and b Brown	14
GJ Thompson	c McHarg b Ellams	47
HE Kingston	lbw b Grimshaw	6
W East	not out	117
FO Warren	c Beckwith b Mouel	43
GH Colson	c Beckwith b Hassall	29
RF Knight	not out	12
M Cox	did not bat
EV Grimsdell	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 105 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-55, 4-105, 5-180, 6-?

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	34	12	77	2	-	1
Brown	23	7	48	1	-	-
Ellams	8	1	35	1	-	-
Mouel	16	3	39	1	-	-
Hassall	11	2	42	1	-	1
Beckwith	13	4	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Bourne made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Ellams made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SB Ashworth made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EV Grimsdell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Beckwith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Mouel made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SB Ashworth made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FH Hassall (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W East (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W East (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Mouel made his debut for Staffordshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 1-11)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This rain-restricted match ended as a draw. Half an hour was lost to rain on the first day with an early ending of play, and on the second day there were several further interruptions amounting to between two to three hours. For Northamptonshire, East's 117 not out, his maiden century, contained 11fours, 7 threes and 8 twos and he batted for four hours. For the visitors, Brown's 63 included 3 fours and Hassall's 51 was scored in just over an hour.
[Missing: Umpires; in Staffordshire inns boundaries in Hassall's 51, and fall of 7th to 9th wickets; in Northamptonshire inns fall of 6th wicket.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 6,7 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 6,7 June; Northampton Herald 9 June; Northampton Mercury 8 June; Staffordshire Advertiser 9 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 7,8,9 June; The Sportsman 7,8 June.