The MInor Counties Championship 1900

53 MATCH NUMBER 34 : NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 6, Tuesday 7 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: G T Rye and W T Westell Debutants: Norfolk none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 104-6 wickets (H E White 39*, W H Marsh 0*) Hertfordshire T H K Dashwood b Cowles 17 (1) b Cowles 1 Golding, A J b Cowles 9 (2) b Shore 5 A Butcher c Shore b Cowles 0 (3) c McCormick b Shore 29 White, H E c Shore b Cowles 50 (4) c Garnett b Barratt 30 H M Harford c Fryer b Cowles 17 (5) b Shore 6 H J Hill c and b Leman 10 (6) c and b Barratt 39 Coleman, W E st Blake b Shore 7 (7) b Shore 4 W H Marsh b Shore 0 (8) not out 1 * + C D Fastnedge c Cowles b Shore 2 Goodyear, E not out 6 Wilders, G c McCormick b Shore 14 Extras b 5, nb 1 6 b 4, nb 2 6 Total 138 (7 wickets declared) 121 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 16 37 75 92 101 105 117 117 138 Second innings 4 29 48 62 100 120 121 - - - Shore 16 0 40 4 - - (1) 10.3 3 31 4 - - Cowles 20 2 46 5 - - (2) 9 1 50 1 - 1 Barratt 6 2 20 0 - 1 (3) 7 1 26 2 - 1 Leman 6 1 26 1 - - (4) 2 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 48 5 138 10 0 1 28.3 5 121 7 0 2 Norfolk P A Fryer b White 0 (1) st Fastnedge b White 13 Rev J G McCormick c Fastnedge b Coleman 1 (2) c Fastnedge b Coleman 8 C F Garnett b White 3 G G Heslop c Hill b White 0 (4) not out 12 S D Page c Marsh b White 5 (5) c and b White 1 P W Partridge b Coleman 0 L Barratt b Coleman 27 S R B Cowles c Butcher b White 17 L H Leman not out 48 * + G F Blake run out 5 (3) c Marsh b Coleman 9 C Shore b White 5 Extras b 16, lb 1, w 1 18 b 4, lb 1, nb 2 7 Total 129 (4 wickets) 50 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 1 2 4 13 13 34 93 110 129 Second innings 23 23 39 50 - - - - - - White 26.1 5 40 6 - - (1) 7.2 2 20 2 - 1 Coleman 20 8 49 3 - - (2) 7 1 23 2 - 1 Golding 4 1 16 0 - - Goodyear 2 1 6 0 1 - Extras - - 18 1 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 52.1 15 129 10 1 0 14.2 3 50 4 0 2 Notes: With rain preventing any play after lunch on the first day, this return match was drawn, as had been the earlier encounter at Bishopís Stortford in July. The Hertfordshire declaration set the home team a victory target of 131 runs in an hour. For Hertfordshire, there were 5 fours in Whiteís 50. In the Norfolk first innings, Barratt and Leman put on 59 runs for the eighth wicket, after the first seven wickets had fallen for 34. When dismissing Wilders in the Hertfordshire first innings, Shore took his two hundredth wicket in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Eastern Daily Press 7,8 August; Eastern Evening News 6,7 August; Norfolk Chronicle 11 August; Norwich Mercury 8,11 August; Herts Advertiser 11 August; Watford Observer 11 August; The Sportsman 7,8 August.