Minor Counties Championship 1895

43 MATCH NUMBER 30 : NORFOLK V LINCOLNSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 August 1895 Result: Norfolk won by an innings and 19 runs Points: Norfolk 1 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: - Banks and G T Rye Debutants: Norfolk 2 (F Davies, Rev A R Hoare); Lincolnshire none First day score: Norfolk 103-2 wickets (J F Skrimshire 45*, P A Fryer 21*) Norfolk G B Raikes c Broadbent b Pulling 33 * A R Buxton b Nicholson 0 J F Skrimshire c Brown b Nicholson 54 P A Fryer c Soames b Broadbent 25 L Barratt b Nicholson 10 Rev A R Hoare c Soames b Broadbent 9 F Davies not out 22 Morley, T c Brown b Nicholson 0 + G F Blake st Brown b Nicholson 24 Rev E S P Mack b Nicholson 11 Shore, C not out 6 Extras w 1, nb 2 14 Total (9 wickets declared) 208 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 60 113 120 137 138 140 174 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Broadbent 31 11 77 2 - 1 Nicholson 34 9 78 6 1 1 Pulling 12 2 24 1 - - Pack 5 1 15 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - Total 82 23 208 9 1 2 Lincolnshire (Followed on ) * F A Soames c Davies b Morley 34 (1) c Morley b Mack 27 Rev J P Cheales c Raikes b Morley 1 (3) b Mack 5 A E Cheales c and b Mack 2 (4) st Blake b Shore 3 J C Sale c Blake b Morley 14 ( ) st Blake b Shore 6 A D H H R Pack b Shore 21 ( ) b Mack 6 C B Cheales not out 8 (2) b Shore 7 Broadbent, WW c Skrimshire b Shore 0 ( ) c Blake b Shore 2 J C Bennett b Shore 2 ( ) run out 3 Nicholson, T J c Hoare b Shore 17 ( ) c and b Shore 13 Pulling, A st Blake b Shore 2 (10) b Mack 0 + Brown, T c Davies b Shore 0 (11) not out 4 Extras nb 1 3 9 Total 104 85 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 15 46 71 77 77 80 102 104 104 Second innings 35 44 44 47 60 60 65 71 71 85 Shore 16.4 6 28 6 - - (1) 15.1 5 39 5 - - Morley 19 6 36 3 - - (3) 5 1 6 0 - - Mack 10 3 16 1 - - (2) 22 12 28 4 - - Raikes 7 2 21 0 - 1 (4) 2 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 52.4 17 104 10 - 1 44.1 18 85 10 - - Notes: Norfolk won this return match by an innings and 19 runs at 6.00 pm on the second day, after Lincolnshire followed on 104 runs behind. The game between the two sides at Spalding in June had been drawn. On the first day, rain delayed the start until 2.15 pm and play was limited to 90 minutes with two rain stoppages, ending at 5.05 pm. On the second day when the weather was fine, Lincolnshire were dismissed twice in the space of 3½ hours. For the winners, Shore took 11 wickets in the match for 67 runs. Skrimshire’s 54 included 2 fours. [Missing: Umpire Banks’s initials; extras breakdown; in Norfolk inns fall of 9 th wicket; in Lincolnshire 2 nd inns part batting order.] Sources: Norfolk Cricket Annual 1896, p 33-35; Eastern Daily Press 15,16 August; Eastern Evening News 14,15,16 August; Norfolk Chronicle 17 August; Lincoln Mercury 23 August; Lincolnshire Echo 15,16 August; Lincolnshire Free Press 20 August; Sporting Life 15,16 August; The Sportsman 15,16 August.