The MInor Counties Championship 1900

79 MATCH NUMBER 60 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V NORFOLK At Fennerís University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: J Fordham and G T Rye Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Norfolk 2 (M W Ireland, E Peachment) First day score: Cambridgeshire 161; Norfolk 62-0 (P A Fryer 35*, F Davies 27*) Cambridgeshire R S Swann-Mason b Pilch 16 (1) c Davies b Shore 8 * J H Widdicombe lbw b Ireland 20 (2) b Shore 12 + Watts, G H c Blake b Pilch 32 (3) st Blake b Shore 83 W Prest c Blake b Shore 8 (4) run out 1 Bacon, J c Blake b Shore 20 (5) c Page b Shore 17 W R Thomas c Hayter b Shore 14 (6) lbw b Pilch 1 P A French run out 11 (7) b Pilch 0 H L Gardner c McCormick b Shore 10 (8) c Page b Shore 7 Hayward, D M not out 14 (9) not out 14 F K Robinson c Ireland b Shore 3 (10) c Blake b Shore 0 Bryan, W c McCormick b Shore 10 (11) st Blake b Shore 0 Extras lb 2, w 1 3 b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 Total 161 148 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 63 78 78 96 115 133 134 138 161 Second innings 15 48 70 117 118 118 126 144 148 148 Shore 36.5 11 67 6 - - (1) 24.4 8 50 7 - - Ireland 6 0 25 1 - - (3) 4 1 26 0 - - Pilch 25 7 54 2 1 - (2) 14 2 54 2 - 1 Peachment 5 1 12 0 - - (4) 6 2 13 0 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 72.5 19 161 10 1 0 48.4 13 148 10 0 1 Norfolk P A Fryer c French b Hayward 66 * F Davies b Bryan 33 Rev J G McCormick b Gardner 18 W L B Hayter b Bryan 24 P W Partridge c French b Hayward 45 S D Page b Bryan 0 + G F Blake b Bryan 0 M W Ireland c Hayward b Bryan 6 R G Pilch lbw b Bryan 10 E Peachment not out 0 Shore, C c Prest b Hayward 0 Extras b 15, lb 2 17 Total 219 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 76 113 132 160 166 167 187 218 219 219 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bryan 29 12 48 6 - - Hayward 33.1 10 95 3 - - Gardner 10 1 21 1 - - Swann-Mason 2 0 18 0 - - Watts 2 0 13 0 - - Thomas 1 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 77.1 23 219 10 0 0 Notes: This return game was drawn. Norfolk, after dismissing Cambridgeshire at 5.45pm for 148 in their second innings, needed 91 runs to win with 35 minutes of the game left. It was agreed to end the match at this stage. The meeting between the two teams at Norwich earlier in the month had also been drawn. For the visitors, Shore took 13 wickets in the match for 117 runs. There were 5 fours in Fryerís 66. The 6 dismissals by Blake were the joint highest by a wicket-keeper in a match during the season, W H Brain of Glamorgan having achieved the feat earlier in August against Northamptonshire at Northampton. For Cambridgeshire, Wattsís 83 included 11 fours. Thomas kept wicket for Cambridgeshire when Watts bowled. When dismissing Ireland in the Norfolk innings, Bryan reached the career milestone of taking one hundred wickets for Cambridgeshire in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 24 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 24 August; Eastern Daily Press 23,24 August; Eastern Evening News 22,23 August; Norfolk Chronicle 25 August; Norwich Mercury 25 August; East Anglian Daily Times 23,24 August; The Sportsman 23,24 August.