The MInor Counties Championship 1900

37 MATCH NUMBER 18 : HERTFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The Bishopís Stortford Town Cricket Club Ground, Cricket Field Lane, Bishopís Stortford on Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 July 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (R C Grellet); Norfolk 1 (C H Morton) First day score: Hertfordshire 444-9 wickets (H M Harford 39*, H W Stevens 12*) Hertfordshire A Butcher b Shore 1 J H Hickin b Barratt 124 White, H E b Shore 0 Golding, A J c Morton b Barratt 170 R C Grellet b Shore 60 H J Hill b Barratt 13 W H Marsh b Cowles 3 (2) not out 11 H M Harford not out 39 Coleman, W E b Shore 0 * + C D Fastnedge c and b Cowles 0 Stevens, H W not out 12 (1) not out 11 Extras b 17, lb 1, w 4 22 0 Total (9 wickets declared) 444 (no wicket) 22 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 5 280 317 365 374 400 400 401 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Shore 36 6 135 4 - - Cowles 26 4 77 2 3 - (2) 3 0 8 0 - - Garnier 2 0 3 0 - - Morley 10 2 23 0 - - Barratt 30 6 90 3 1 - (1) 3 0 14 0 - - Compton 7 2 26 0 - - Morton 10 1 46 0 - - Blake 4 0 22 0 - - Extras - - 22 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 125 21 444 9 4 0 6 0 22 0 0 0 Norfolk E T Garnier c Fastnedge b Golding 28 Rev J G McCormick c Grellet b White 116 L Barratt b Stevens 12 P W Partridge c Fastnedge b Coleman 82 S R B Cowles c Grellet b White 0 S D Page b Grellet 38 * + G F Blake b Coleman 0 J J Compton not out 54 C H Morton b Coleman 0 Morley, T c Golding b Coleman 21 Shore, C b Coleman 4 Extras b 19, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 28 Total 383 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 59 82 246 256 264 264 330 343 379 383 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coleman 34 7 108 5 1 1 White 27 2 95 2 - - Golding 14 2 44 1 - - Grellet 6 0 21 1 - - Marsh 10 0 36 0 - - Stevens 9 1 51 1 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - Total 100 12 383 10 1 1 Notes: In this drawn match 849 runs were scored at an average of 44.68 per wicket. Previous matches between the two sides on this ground had been characterised by low scoring. For Hertfordshire, Goldingís 170 was the highest individual innings of the season, and the Hertfordshire total of 444-9 wickets declared was the second highest of the year. There were 20 fours, 5 threes and 12 twos in Goldingís 170, an innings of three hours and 25 minutes, and 11 fours, 5 threes and 18 twos in Hickinís 124, scored in four hours. In the Hertfordshire first innings, they put on 275 runs for the third wicket, which was a new Championship record for that wicket, exceeding the 200 added by Dashwood and Casavatti for Hertfordshire against Norfolk at Norwich in 1899. Goldingís 170 match run aggregate was the second highest of the season. Grelletís 60 contained 6 fours. For the visitors, McCormickís 116 included 13 fours, 2 threes and 10 twos, and was scored in just under 3 hours. Partridgeís 82 contained 14 fours and Comptonís 54 not out included 7 fours. In the Norfolk innings, McCormick and Partridge put on 164 runs for the third wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The 135 runs conceded by Shore in the home teamís first innings were the second highest of the season. Page kept wicket for Norfolk when Blake bowled in the Hertfordshire first innings. In all, 14 players bowled during the match. [Missing: Umpires] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Advertiser 21 July; Eastern Daily Press 18,19 July; Eastern Evening Press 17,18 July; Norfolk Chronicle 21 July; Norwich Mercury 21 July; The Sportsman 18,19 July.