The MInor Counties Championship 1900

42 MATCH NUMBER 23 : HERTFORDSHIRE V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Wednesday 25, Thursday 26 July 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Cambridgeshire 2 (P A Chaloner, R J Fuller) First day score: Cambridgeshire 222; Hertfordshire [unknown]- 2 wickets (J H Hickin 69*, H E White 10*) Cambridgeshire * J H Widdicombe b Coleman 15 (1) b White 15 Bacon, J c Butcher b Marsh 40 (2) b White 18 + Watts, G H b White 1 (3) b White 105 Hayward, D M not out 73 (4) b White 21 F W French c White b Golding 29 (5) c Hill b Coleman 15 Bellamy, M b Coleman 11 (6) not out 58 Bryan, W c Butcher b Coleman 4 (8) not out 29 F K Robinson c and b Wilders 16 P A Chaloner b Marsh 1 H L Gardner b Coleman 12 (7) b Coleman 0 R J Fuller c Hill b Coleman 3 Extras b 13, lb 4 17 b 36, lb 2 38 Total 222 (6 wickets) 299 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 30 71 106 126 130 180 181 214 222 Second innings 20 47 147 192 222 226 - - - - Coleman 20.4 4 61 5 - - (1) 19 4 57 2 - - White 21 4 53 1 - - (2) 28 6 102 4 - - Marsh 11 0 40 2 - - (4) 3 0 19 0 - - Wilders 13 4 36 1 - - (5) 6 0 38 0 - - Golding 9 5 15 1 - - (3) 12 2 45 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 38 0 - - Total 74.4 17 222 10 0 0 68 12 299 6 0 0 Hertfordshire J H Hickin b Bryan 87 Golding, A J c and b Bryan 65 H M Harford b Widdicombe 7 White, H E b Bellamy 120 H J Hill c Watts b Bryan 14 A Butcher not out 30 Coleman, W E not out 8 * + C D Fastnedge C H Little W H Marsh Wilders, G Extras b 17, lb 7, w 3, nb 1 28 Total (5 wickets declared) 359 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 124 139 218 252 342 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bryan 46 13 101 3 - 1 Bellamy 8 2 34 1 1 - Hayward 13 2 51 0 - - Chaloner 4 0 19 0 1 - Widdicombe 10 3 43 1 - - Bacon 7 0 38 0 - - Watts 10 0 45 0 1 - Extras - - 28 0 - - Total 98 20 359 5 3 1 Notes: In this drawn game, 880 runs were scored for the loss of 21 wickets, an average of 41.90 per dismissal. For Cambridgeshire, there were 20 fours and 3 twos in Wattsís 105, 7 fours in Haywardís 73 not out, and 9 fours in Bellamyís 58 not out. In the visitorsí first innings, Hayward and Robinson had a partnership of 50 runs for the seventh wicket. In the second innings, Watts and Hayward put on 100 runs for the third wicket, and Bellamy and Bryan an unbroken 73 runs for the seventh wicket. Whiteís 120 for Hertfordshire included 13 fours, 6 threes and 11 twos, while Hickinís 87 contained 9 fours and Goldingís 65 included 8 fours. In the Hertfordshire innings, Hickin and Golding had a partnership of 124 runs for the first wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The match aggregate was the third highest of the season. The 46 overs bowled by Bryan in the Hertfordshire innings were the joint second highest number in the year. The 55 extras conceded by Hertfordshire were a new match record for the Championship, exceeding the 50 by Hertfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Cambridge in 1899. When White caught French in the Cambridgeshire first innings, it was his fiftieth catch in championship matches. Unusually, no version of the score has been found in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk sources or The Sportsman and Sporting Life. [Missing: Toss; umpires; Hertfordshire close of play score; in Cambridgeshire 2 nd inns duration of Wattsís 105; in Hertfordshire inns duration of Whiteís 120.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Barnet Press 28 July; Barnet Times 27 July; Berkhamsted Times 27 July; Bishopís Stortford Weekly News 27 July; Hemel Hempstead Advertiser 2 August; Herts Advertiser 28 July; Herts and Cambs Reporter 27 July; Herts and Essex Observer 28 July; Herts Leader 2 August; Hertfordshire Express 28 July; Hertfordshire Standard 27 July; St Albans Gazette 1 August; Watford Observer 28 July; Watford and West Herts Post 27 July; The Sportsman 26,27 July; The Times 26,27 July.