Minor Counties Championship 1895

29 MATCH NUMBER 16 : HERTFORDSHIRE V WORCESTERSHIRE At The West Herts Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Monday 29, Tuesday 30 July 1895 Result: Worcestershire won by nine wickets Points: Worcestershire 1, Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: - Veitch and W T Westell Debutants: Hertfordshire 4 (C H Little, H W Pank, H Pigg, J Woods); Worcestershire 4 (J Howard, F Hunt, W Riley, F G Willoughby) First day score: Hertfordshire 105; Worcestershire 138-6 wickets (F Hunt 16*, T Straw 7*) Hertfordshire Titchmarsh, V A run out 27 (3) b Arnold 1 White, H E c Romney b Arnold 0 (2) c Jobson b Arnold 12 H J Hill c Raynor b Arnold 6 (4) b Arnold 19 H Pigg b Raynor 38 absent ill - * C Pigg run out 6 (5) c Straw b Arnold 4 Hearn, W c Bowley b Riley 10 (7) c Romney b Raynor 1 W H Nicholls b Raynor 8 (6) b Arnold 8 J Woods b Raynor 0 (1) b Willoughby 12 + C H Little not out 2 (8) b Arnold 7 E R Hill b Raynor 3 (9) not out 2 H W Pank c Straw b Raynor 0 (10) run out 0 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 2 2 Total 105 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 34 37 65 92 96 96 101 105 105 Second innings 24 24 25 47 68 - Arnold 23 9 28 2 - - (2) 16 6 28 6 - - Raynor 13.3 5 25 5 - - (1) 7.1 2 18 1 - - Willoughby 14 4 21 0 - - (3) 4 0 13 1 - - Hunt 6 2 8 0 - - Riley 13 4 18 1 - - (4) 5 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 5 2 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 69.3 24 105 10 0 0 32.1 8 68 9 0 0 Worcestershire Arnold, E G c Little b Pank 21 Bowley, F L c Nicholls b White 19 (2) lbw b Titchmarsh 9 * H K Foster c H J Hill b Nicholls 46 (3) not out 2 F W Romney c Hearn b White 12 J Howard c Little b Nicholls 0 E P Jobson b Titchmarsh 17 (1) not out 11 Hunt, F b White 16 + Straw, T c White b Titchmarsh 7 Riley, W c H J Hill b White 10 Raynor, S not out 0 Willoughby, F G c Woods b White 0 Extras 0 b 4 4 Total 148 (1 wicket) 26 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 43 96 96 115 115 148 Second innings 21 - - - - - - - - - Titchmarsh 28 16 38 2 - - (1) 3.2 1 12 1 - - White 28.4 13 54 5 - - (2) 3 0 10 0 - - Pank 9 4 14 1 - - Nicholls 12 4 31 2 - - Woods 4 1 11 0 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 81.4 38 148 10 0 0 6.2 1 26 1 0 0 Notes: Worcestershire won by nine wickets a few minutes before 3.00 pm on the second day. For Worcestershire Foster top-scored in the match with 46. H Pigg became ill during the match and did not bat in the Hertfordshire second innings. [Missing: Umpire Veitch’s initials; in Hertfordshire 2 nd inns fall of 5 th to 8 th wickets; in Worcestershire 1 st inns boundaries in Foster’s 46, and fall of 7 th to 9 th wickets.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Advertiser 10 August; Watford Leader 30 July; Watford Observer 3 August; Watford Times 1 August; West Herts Post 2 August; Berrow’s Worcester Journal 3 August; Birmingham Daily Post 30,31 July; Worcester Herald 3 August; Worcestershire Echo 30,31 July; Sporting Chronicle 30,31 July; Sporting Life 30,31 July; The Sportsman 30,31 July.