The MInor Counties Championship 1900

57 MATCH NUMBER 38 : NORFOLK V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 8, Thursday 9 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Norfolk Umpires: J Fordham and G T Rye Debutants: Norfolk 1 (A E Howlett); Cambridgeshire 1 (W J Bensly) First day score: Norfolk 102 and 41-1 wicket (F Davies 15*, C F Garnett 3*); Cambridgeshire 111 Norfolk P A Fryer c Watts b Hayward 12 (1) b Hayward 22 * F Davies b Hayward 9 (2) lbw b Bacon 32 C F Garnett b Bryan 1 (3) b Hayward 12 G G Heslop lbw b Swann-Mason 28 (4) not out 34 P W Partridge b Bryan 19 (5) not out 3 L Barratt b Bryan 0 S D Page c Robins b Widdicombe 3 J J Compton c and b Bryan 11 + G F Blake run out 15 A E Howlett b Bryan 0 Shore, C not out 0 Extras 4 3 Total 102 (3 wickets) 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 15 25 66 69 71 85 94 94 102 Second innings 35 54 84 - - - - - - - Bryan 17.3 7 38 5 - - (2) 16 3 42 0 - - Hayward 18 3 49 2 - - (1) 25 11 35 2 - - Widdicombe 3 2 8 1 - - Swann-Mason 2 1 3 1 - - Gardner (3) 7 1 19 0 - - Bacon (4) 2 0 7 1 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 40.3 13 102 10 - - 50 15 106 3 - - Cambridgeshire * J H Widdicombe c Fryer b Barratt 1 R S Swann-Mason c Compton b Howlett 23 + Watts, G H st Blake b Shore 45 Bacon, J b Garnett 11 H A Jones b Garnett 5 Hayward, D M b Howlett 9 F K Robinson c Davies b Shore 5 G P M Robins b Howlett 6 Bryan, W c Heslop b Shore 5 H L Gardner lbw b Shore 0 W J Bensly not out 0 Extras w 1 1 Total 111 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 50 81 81 88 95 106 111 111 111 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Shore 17.1 3 39 4 - - Barratt 6 2 17 1 - - Howlett 9 3 19 3 1 - Compton 4 0 14 0 - - Garnett 6 1 21 2 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - Total 42.1 9 111 10 1 0 Notes: Rain delayed the start of the match on the first day until 12.10 pm, and prevented play on Thursday after 2.25 pm, the game being abandoned at 4.00 pm. Wattsís innings of 45 for Cambridgeshire was the top score in the match. It contained 1 six and 4 fours. In the Norfolk first innings, Cambridgeshire sources give Comptonís dismissal as being caught and bowled Bryan, whilst Norfolk sources give just bowled Bryan. The former version has been preferred. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 9,10 August; Eastern Evening News 8,9 August; Norfolk Chronicle 11 August; Norwich Mercury 11 August; Cambridge Chronicle 10 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 10 August; East Anglian Daily Times 9,10 August; The Sportsman 9,10 August.