minc584	Northamptonshire v Surrey Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 5th, 6th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 25 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Surrey Second XI 0
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 315/9 (Thompson 158*, Weston 18*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Thompson	not out	167
WH Kingston	b Smith	3
M Cox	c Moulder b Smith	60
W East	c and b Gooder	18
EM Crosse	c Moulder b Gooder	3
*T Horton	c and b Gooder	7
GAT Vials	c Smith b Gooder	12
H Hawkins	c Bale b Montgomery	4
+BC Smith	c Palmer b Montgomery	0
D Hardy	b Montgomery	15
HTF Weston	b Smith	31
Extras	(15 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 143.1 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-113, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-272, 10-338 (143.1 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	46.1	3	96	3	-	-
Gooder	29	2	88	4	1	-
Montgomery	42	9	86	3	-	-
Stedman	21	4	38	0	1	-
Graburn	5	1	12	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Montgomery	b East	59
EG Goatly	b Thompson	11
A Baker	c and b Thompson	7
WT Garrett	b Thompson	0
F Stedman	b Thompson	2
JH Moulder	not out	38
AE Palmer	b Thompson	0
*WT Graburn	b Thompson	4
+EW Bale	c Smith b Thompson	17
WC Smith	c Hawkins b Thompson	5
LMH Gooder	absent hurt
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-83, 3-84, 4-86, 5-91, 6-91, 7-97, 8-139, 9-157 (52.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	24.1	3	76	8	-	-
East	26	10	57	1	-	-
Hawkins	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Montgomery	b Cox	20
JH Moulder	b Cox	16
EG Goatly	c Smith b Cox	14
A Baker	b East	29
WT Garrett	c Smith b Thompson	29
F Stedman	b Hawkins	26
*WT Graburn	c Kingston b Thompson	0
AE Palmer	st Smith b East	0
+EW Bale	not out	13
WC Smith	b Hawkins	3
LMH Gooder	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-40, 3-54, 4-108, 5-108, 6-108, 7-?, 8-?, 9-156 (64.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	23	7	71	2	-	-
East	15	7	26	2	-	-
Cox	12	4	16	3	-	-
Hardy	6	2	10	0	-	-
Weston	4	0	19	0	-	-
Hawkins	4.2	2	8	2	-	-

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Notes
--> D Hardy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HTF Weston made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GAT Vials made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Hawkins made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Hardy made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HTF Weston made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 164 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Montgomery (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI second innings (previous best was 3-23)

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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 25 runs at 6.15 pm on the second day. For the winners, Thompson played the leading role carrying his bat with an innings of 167 not out, including 10 fours, 8 threes and 29 twos scored in 5½ hours, and taking 10 wickets in the match for 147 runs, including 8 for 76 in the Surrey 2nd XI first innings. It was statistically the best all round match performance during the season. His feat of 'carrying his bat' was achieved on four other occasions during the season. Thompson's feat of carrying his bat through the home side's innings was matched on three other occasions during the season. Cox scored 60. In the Northamptonshire innings, Thompson and Cox put on 110 runs for the second wicket, and Thompson and Weston 66 for the tenth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the losers, Montgomery's 59 included 3 fours. Gooder strained his knee badly when bowling an hour before the close of play on the first day, and could take no further part in the match. B C Smith acted as the substitute fielder.
[Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Northamptonshire innings boundaries in Cox's 60.]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 6,8 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 6,8 August; Northampton Herald 5,12 August; Northampton Mercury 5,12 August; Surrey Year Book 1904, p 124; The Sportsman 6,8 August.