Interesting question, I tried doing this by just doing a fixed position row, but this way seems to be a much better one. Source at bottom.
css
thead { display:block; background: green; margin:0px; cell-spacing:0px; left:0px; }
tbody { display:block; overflow:auto; height:100px; }
th { height:50px; width:80px; }
td { height:50px; width:80px; background:blue; margin:0px; cell-spacing:0px;}
html
| hey | ho |
| test | test |
| test | test |
| test | test |
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