Lives in Cricket No 15 - Michael Falcon

38-8-78-11 Surrey Second XI Hunstanton 1924 34-9-87-13 Buckinghamshire Lakenham 1928 Note: Of Falcon’s ten ten-wicket match returns, no fewer than eight were taken at home: six at Lakenham and one each at King’s Lynn and Hunstanton. Minor Counties Cricket: All-Round Performances Analysis Opponent Venue Season 56, 7: 4-36, 2-28 Durham Sunderland 1910 51, -: 7-53, 3-40 Nottinghamshire Second XI Lakenham 1910 64, 27*: 2-22, 4-56 Northumberland Lakenham 1911 61, 51*: 0-14, 5-51 Bedfordshire Lakenham 1911 36, 143: 6-46, 1-43 Hertfordshire Lakenham 1912 52, -: 2-58, 5-51 Cambridgeshire Fenner’s 1913 23, 93: 4-28, 2-82 Hertfordshire Lakenham 1914 134, 3*: 6-35, 2-50 Essex Second XI Witham 1920 74, -: 5-20, 1-9 Bedfordshire Lakenham 1920 0, 82*: 6-84, 1-12 Staffordshire Walsall 1921 107, -: 4-13, 4-20 Cambridgeshire Lakenham 1921 111, -: 3-45, 2-31 Bedfordshire Lakenham 1921 77, -: 1-10, 5-32 Cambridgeshire King’s Lynn 1922 98, -: 4-54, 4-77 Hertfordshire Stevenage 1923 50, 66*: 5-91, - Bedfordshire Luton 1923 51, 43*: 5-107, - Hertfordshire Lakenham 1923 87, 49: 2-46, 3-18 Kent Second XI Lakenham 1923 148, -: 7-37, 4-41 Surrey Second XI Hunstanton 1924 98*, 4: 1-53, 5-38 Leicestershire Second XI Lakenham 1924 19, 129*: 5-87, 1-19 Staffordshire Lakenham 1924 136, -: 1-41, 4-40 Leicestershire Second XI Leicester 1925 33, 42: 5-98, - Leicestershire Second XI Hinckley 1926 56, 107*: 5-52, 1-18 Kent Second XI Chatham 1926 83, -: 5-41, - Hertfordshire Cokenach 1926 9,114: 3-61, 2-29 Kent Second XI Lakenham 1927 104, 1: 7-82, - Buckinghamshire Ascott Park 1928 3, 98: 0-3, 6-28 Leicestershire Second XI Lakenham 1928 11, 60: 3-23, 3-79 Buckinghamshire Ascott Park 1929 189, -: 5-50, 0-31 Leicestershire Second XI Hinckley 1929 Note: His 1928 performance at Ascott Park was the first time a player had scored a century and taken a hat-trick in the same Minor Counties Championship match. Sources: cricketarchive.com , Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks and Norfolk C.C.C. scorebooks. Some Statistics 143