Minor Counties Championship 1895

45 MATCH NUMBER 32 : NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 16, Saturday 17 August 1895 Result: Norfolk won by an innings and 116 runs Points: Norfolk 1; Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: G T Rye and W T Westell Debutants: Norfolk 1 (Rev W F G Sandwith); Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 48; Norfolk 268-9 wickets (A P Sewell 0*) Hertfordshire A Butcher b Morley 11 (2) b Morley 5 + Rev F W Poland b Morley 0 (1) not out 53 Titchmarsh, V A c Cowles b Shore 10 (3) c Raikes b Cowles 16 H Pigg c and b Morley 8 (6) b Shore 0 A S Crawley c Morley b Shore 4 (5) lbw b Sewell 0 Field, F c Davies b Morley 2 (10) b Shore 2 H J Hill c Buxton b Morley 4 (4) b Shore 17 + G E B Pritchett c Buxton b Shore 5 (7) b Sewell 0 White, H E not out 1 (9) st Fryer b Shore 0 Rev W H Heale st Fryer b Shore 0 (11) c Fryer b Shore 0 * C Pigg b Morley 0 (8) c Morley b Shore 4 Extras b 1, lb 2 3 b 7 7 Total 48 104 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 11 31 35 37 41 41 47 47 48 Second innings 7 44 70 73 77 98 98 104 Shore 17 9 18 4 - - (1) 24.2 11 38 6 - - Morley 17 10 27 6 - - (2) 13 5 16 1 - - Raikes (3) 9 3 20 0 - - Cowles (4) 5 1 14 1 - - Sewell (5) 7 3 9 2 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 34 19 48 10 0 0 58.2 23 104 10 0 0 Norfolk G B Raikes c C Pigg b Field 65 F Davies run out 39 J F Skrimshire c White b Titchmarsh 82 + P A Fryer run out 2 Rev W F G Sandwith c Hill b Crawley 24 L Barratt c Pritchett b Titchmarsh 11 Morley, T b Titchmarsh 16 Cowles, S R B c substitute b Titchmarsh 2 * A R Buxton b Titchmarsh 14 A P Sewell not out 0 Shore, C Extras b 7, lb 4, nb 2 13 Total (9 wickets declared) 268 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 76 135 142 210 233 268 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Titchmarsh 31.3 12 54 5 - - White 28 9 45 0 - - H Pigg 12 3 35 0 - - Crawley 6 1 33 1 - - Hill 6 1 19 0 - 2 Pritchett 5 0 15 0 - - Field 5 0 19 1 - - C Pigg 17 3 35 0 - - Extras - - 13 2 - - Total 110.3 29 268 9 0 2 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by an innings and 116 runs at 2.35 pm on the second day. Hertfordshire had won the game between the two sides played at Bishop’s Stortford in July. For Norfolk, Shore took 10 wickets in the match for 56 runs. There were 5 fours in Skrimshire’s 82 and 1 six and 2 fours in Raikes’s 65. In the Hertfordshire second innings, Poland carried his bat for 53 runs, which included just 1 four, and was scored in 2 hours and 10 minutes. In the Norfolk innings, Poland kept wicket for the visitors when Pritchett bowled. [Missing: In Hertfordshire 2 nd inns fall of 5 th and 9 th wickets; in Norfolk inns who held substitute catch, and fall of 6 th to 8 th wickets.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1896, p 36-38; Eastern Daily Press 17,19 August; Eastern Evening News 16,17,19 August; Herts Advertiser 24 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 24 August; Watford Observer 24 August; West Herts Post 23 August; Sporting Life 17,19 August; The Sportsman 17,19 August.