Minor Counties Championship 1895

39 MATCH NUMBER 26 : WORCESTERSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Senior Turf, Malvern College, Malvern on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1895 Result: Hertfordshire won by seven wickets Points: Hertfordshire 1, Worcestershire -1 Toss: Worcestershire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Worcestershire 2 (R E Foster, T M Pike); Hertfordshire none First day score: Worcestershire 115 and 12-0 wicket (H K Foster 5*, T Straw 5*); Hertfordshire 177 Worcestershire Arnold, E G c C Pigg b White 37 (3) c H Pigg b Titchmarsh 2 Bowley, F L c Field b White 4 (4) c C Pigg b H Pigg 13 * H K Foster b White 21 (1) b H Pigg 25 G E Bromley-Martin c Pritchett b White 8 (5) c Hill b H Pigg 19 R E Foster b White 0 (6) b Titchmarsh 7 E G Bromley-Martin c C Pigg b Titchmarsh 0 (9) b Pank 21 Millward, A run out 26 (7) c Pritchett b Pank 23 E P Jobson c Hearn b Titchmarsh 12 (8) c Pritchett b Titchmarsh 3 T M Pike c White b Titchmarsh 0 (10) not out 8 + Straw, T c Field b Titchmarsh 1 (2) c Titchmarsh b H Pigg 24 Raynor, S not out 4 (11) b Pank 0 Extras lb 2 2 b 4 4 Total 115 149 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 42 52 62 62 71 101 101 115 Second innings 43 52 54 83 89 98 103 138 141 149 Titchmarsh 25 5 44 4 - - (1) 35 14 58 3 - - White 29 12 52 5 - - (2) 17 6 42 0 - - Pank 4 1 17 0 - - (4) 3.3 2 2 3 - - H Pigg (3) 22 4 43 4 - - Extras - - 2 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 58 18 115 10 0 0 77.3 26 149 10 0 0 Hertfordshire H J Hill c Arnold b E G Bromley-Martin 30 (1) b Arnold 8 A Butcher b Millward 12 (2) c Straw b Arnold 12 Field, F c R E Foster b E G Bromley-Martin 2 (3) b Arnold 22 H Pigg b E G Bromley-Martin 0 (4) not out 23 Titchmarsh, V A c Straw b Millward 13 (5) not out 21 Rev F W Poland b E G Bromley-Martin 0 * C Pigg st Straw b Millward 0 + G E B Pritchett b E G Bromley-Martin 23 White, H E not out 64 Hearn, W c Jobson b Raynor 15 H W Pank c Pike b E G Bromley-Martin 15 Extras b 1, nb 2 3 lb 3 3 Total 177 (3 wickets) 89 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 44 44 46 49 50 89 101 141 177 Second innings 17 22 51 - - - - - - - Raynor 17 3 37 1 - 2 (1) 4 0 16 0 - - Arnold 18 4 52 0 - - (2) 14 6 25 3 - - E G Bromley-Martin 23.2 7 54 6 - - (3) 11 2 26 0 - - Millward 13 5 31 3 - - (4) 2 0 11 0 - - Pike (5) 1.2 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 71.2 19 177 10 0 2 32.2 8 89 3 0 0 Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by 7 wickets at 4.30 pm on the second day. Worcestershire had won the encounter between the two sides at Watford in July. For the visitors, White’s 64 not out contained 2 fours. [Missing: Umpires; in Worcestershire 1 st inns fall of 9 th wicket.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Berrow’s Worcester Journal 17 August; Birmingham Daily Post 10, 12 August; Malvern Advertiser 17 August; Malvern News 17 August; Worcester Daily Times 12 August; Worcester Herald 17 August; Worcestershire Echo 9, 10 August; Herts Advertiser 17 August; Watford Observer 17 August; West Herts Post 16 August; Sporting Chronicle 10,12 August; The Sportsman 10,12 August.