Minor Counties Championship 1895

52 MATCH NUMBER 39 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V NORFOLK At Fenner’s Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 August 1895 Result: Norfolk won by nine wickets Points: Norfolk 1 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: G Edwards and G T Rye Debutants: Cambridgeshire 6 (J C Falkner, E Fisher, H S French, W L B Hayter, A Hayward, W C Holt); Norfolk 1 (E H Fryer) First day score: Cambridgeshire 58 and 62-5 wickets (W L B Hayter 6*, D M Hayward 0*); Norfolk 163. Cambridgeshire Capt A J Hill c Shore b Morley 1 (2) b Morley 7 * F Roberson b Morley 11 (1) hit wicket b Shore 32 A Hayward c Buxton b Morley 0 (3) st P A Fryer b Shore 14 H S French c Morley b Shore 3 (4) b Shore 3 E Fisher c Morley b Shore 8 (5) b Shore 0 W L B Hayter b Morley 3 (6) b Mack 22 Hayward, D M c Shore b Morley 17 (7) lbw b Tillard 8 J C Falkner b Shore 4 (8) c Morley b Shore 27 P R Cornell st P A Fryer b Shore 0 (9) not out 11 + W C Holt not out 7 (10) st P A Fryer b Shore 2 O’Connor, J c Skrimshire b Shore 2 (11) c Mack b Morley 1 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 1 1 Total 58 128 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 1 4 24 24 34 39 47 51 58 Second innings 15 49 56 56 61 74 100 123 125 128 Shore 15.3 5 35 5 - - (1) 29 7 55 6 - - Morley 15 6 21 5 - - (2) 18.1 5 33 2 - - Mack (3) 13 2 28 1 - - E H Fryer (4) 1 0 2 0 - - Tillard (5) 8 5 9 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 30.3 11 58 10 0 0 69.1 19 128 10 0 0 Norfolk F Davies b D M Hayward 1 J F Skrimshire b O’Connor 4 (2) not out 4 C Tillard b O’Connor 8 (1) b D M Hayward 2 + P A Fryer b Cornell 29 L Barratt b Cornell 25 (3) not out 15 * A R Buxton b Cornell 7 Morley, T c and b Fisher 0 Rev J C Wilson b D M Hayward 23 E H Fryer not out 32 Rev E S P Mack b O’Connor 0 Shore, C c D M Hayward b Falkner 7 Extras b 21, lb 5, nb 1 27 b 2, lb 1 3 Total 163 (1 wicket) 24 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 6 25 64 81 83 93 132 133 163 Second innings 3 - - - - - - - - - Hayward, D M 18 4 50 2 - - (2) 4.4 0 14 1 - - O’Connor 19 6 44 3 - - Cornell 12 4 32 3 - - (1) 5 2 7 0 - - Fisher 3 1 8 1 - 1 Falkner 0.2 0 2 1 - - Extras - - 27 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 52.2 15 163 10 0 1 9.4 2 24 1 0 0 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by 9 wickets at 1.30 pm on the second day. The rain-affected game between the two sides at Norwich earlier in the month had been drawn. Retrospectively, the victory ensured Norfolk shared the Championship with Durham and Worcestershire, though for some time many believed that Durham and Norfolk shared the total alone, as they would have done if the scoring system for the First Class Counties Championship had been applied to the competition. For the winners, Shore took 11 wickets for 90 runs. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 30 August; Cambridge Independent Press 30 August; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1896, p 45-48; Eastern Daily Press 29,30 August; Eastern Evening News 29,30 August; Sporting Life 29,30; The Sportsman 29,30 August.