Minor Counties Championship 1895

40 MATCH NUMBER 27 : NORFOLK V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 12, Tuesday 13 [no play] August 1895 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Norfolk Umpires: G Edwards and G T Rye Debutants: Norfolk 7 (L Barratt, Rev A C Davies, P A Fryer, G G Heslop, Rev E S P Mack, T Morley, A P Sewell); Cambridgeshire 11 (Whole team) First day score: As match – rain prevented play on second day. Norfolk Rev A C Davies b Hayward 12 G B Raikes c Roberson b Gray 20 J F Skrimshire b Hayward 9 L Barratt b Hayward 9 + P A Fryer c A H M Butler b Gray 27 Morley, T b Gray 9 * A R Buxton b Cornell 3 G G Heslop b Gray 5 A P Sewell b Cornell 0 Rev E S P Mack b Cornell 0 Shore, C not out 4 Extras nb 3 16 Total 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 53 54 90 95 104 108 108 114 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hayward 23 8 41 3 - 1 O’Connor 15 5 29 0 - - Gray 13.2 6 25 4 - 2 Cornell 6 3 3 3 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - Total 57.2 22 114 10 0 3 Cambridgeshire * E M Butler not out 9 F Roberson not out 9 + A H M Butler P R Cornell Coulson, H F W French H Gray Rev P Hattersley-Smith Hayward, D M Capt A J Hill O’Connor, J Extras nb 1 1 Total (no wicket) 19 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings - - - - - - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Shore 8 5 7 0 - - Raikes 7 2 11 0 - 1 Extras - - 1 0 - - Total 15 7 19 0 0 1 Notes: Match drawn with the weather limiting play to 2½ hours. On the first day, the rain caused several interruptions to the cricket, and a rainstorm at 4.20 pm ended play for the day. On the second day, rain prevented any play and the game was abandoned shortly after 2.00 pm. Because Fryer, the selected Norfolk wicket-keeper, had injured a thumb while batting, Buxton kept wicket when Cambridgeshire.batted. The game marked Cambridgeshire’s debut in a Championship match, but the County only played home and away matches with Norfolk and did not ‘qualify’ for the Competition Table. [Missing: In Norfolk inns extras breakdown, and fall of 2 nd wicket.] Sources: Norfolk Cricket Annual 1896, p 31-32; Eastern Daily Press 13,14 August; Eastern Evening News 12,13,14 August; Cambridge Chronicle 16 August; Cambridge Express 17 August; Cambridge Independent Press 16 August; The Sportsman 12,13,14 August.