minc305	Northamptonshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 30th May 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 204 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 1; Staffordshire -1
Umpires	D Bookless, J Gregory
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 310/8 (Thompson 164*, Smith 4*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	b Brown	0
GK Papillon	b Grimshaw	2
GJ Thompson	not out	164
WH Kingston	c Brown b Grimshaw	30
HS Hall	b Grimshaw	8
W East	b Grimshaw	6
GH Colson	b Booth	1
CR Wetherall	b Grimshaw	40
RF Knight	b Grimshaw	44
+BC Smith	not out	4
G Panter	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-52, 4-64, 5-80, 6-81, 7-178, 8-296

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	18	5	54	1	-	-
Grimshaw	37	8	79	6	-	-
Clapham	23	6	61	0	-	-
Booth	6	1	22	1	-	-
Cattell	13	1	53	0	-	-
Hassall	3	0	13	0	-	-
Ellams	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	st Smith b East	15
W Brown	c Smith b East	2
F Ellams	b Thompson	2
T Grimshaw	c and b Thompson	3
FH Hassall	b East	5
JF Fernie	b Thompson	0
BH Cattell	b Thompson	0
JR Clapham	b Thompson	1
*PE Mainwaring	c Horton b Thompson	1
GS Booth	c East b Thompson	0
+G McHarg	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 20.3 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-9, 3-21, 4-25, 5-26, 6-26, 7-28, 8-32, 9-32, 10-32 (20.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	10.3	4	12	7	-	-
East	10	3	17	3	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Mainwaring	c Thompson b East	10
A Hollowood	c and b East	21
W Brown	c Horton b East	0
F Ellams	c Kingston b Thompson	0
T Grimshaw	b Panter	11
FH Hassall	c Colson b Thompson	0
JF Fernie	lbw b Panter	4
BH Cattell	lbw b Thompson	6
GS Booth	b Panter	2
JR Clapham	not out	6
+G McHarg	b Panter	7
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 27.1 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-31, 4-31, 5-35, 6-39, 7-48, 8-56, 9-74, 10-74 (27.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	14	4	29	3	-	-
East	7	2	24	3	-	-
Panter	6.1	2	14	4	-	-

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Notes
--> G Panter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Fernie made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Clapham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GS Booth made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Kingston (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> CR Wetherall (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Grimshaw reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> T Grimshaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 6-105)

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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.
Northamptonshire won by an innings and 204 runs at 2.10 pm on the second day after enforcing the follow on.
The visitors were bowled out twice on the second day in two hours and 45 minutes.
Staffordshire's first innings total of 32 was the third lowest of the season.
For the winners Thompson scored 164 not out with 2 fives, 12 fours, 11 threes and 11 twos, an innings of 4 hours and forty minutes.
It was the third highest innings of the season.
He also took 10 wickets in the match for 41 runs.
He was on the field for all but two minutes of the game, and his all-round performance wa the second best of the season on the basis used in the statistical survey.
Thompson and Wetherall added 97 runs for the seventh wicket, and Thompson and Knight put on 118 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season.
The match started late at 1.15 pm on the first day as the Staffordshire team's train had failed, through a misunderstanding, to stop at Northampton and carried on to Bletchley.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Northampton Daily Chronicle 29 May; Northampton Daily Reporter 29,30 May; Northampton Herald 1 June; Northampton Mercury 31 May; Staffordshire Advertiser 1 June; The Sportsman 30,31 May.)