The Minor Counties Championship 1901

69 MATCH NUMBER 46 : NORFOLK V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Norfolk Umpires: F Gladwin and R Humphrey Debutants: Norfolk 1 (T Snelling); Cambridgeshire 3 (J P Allix, A C Fuller, J S Stearn) First day score: Norfolk 304; Cambridgeshire 135-3 wickets (J S Stearn 51*) Norfolk W L B Hayter b Gray 46 (1) b Gray 13 Rev J G McCormick c Hicks b Gray 106 (2) c Morgan b Bryan 12 L Barratt st Watts b Hayward 1 (4) not out 21 E T Garnier lbw b Swann-Mason 61 (3) not out 49 G G Heslop b Bryan 31 C F Garnett b Swann-Mason 0 * + G F Blake b Bryan 0 W K Robertson b Bryan 2 S D Page c Watts b Gray 26 R G Pilch b Gray 2 T Snelling not out 3 Extras 26 11 Total 304 (2 wickets declared) 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 151 159 177 260 260 265 271 279 297 304 Second innings 27 27 - - - - - - - - Gray 22.5 2 82 4 - - (2) 14 3 37 1 - - Hayward 17 3 59 1 - - Bryan 18 1 73 3 - - (1) 13 3 18 1 - - Stearn 4 0 17 0 - - Swann-Mason 8 0 26 2 - - (4) 5 0 19 0 - - Fuller 9 3 21 0 - - (5) 2 0 10 0 - - Watts (3) 4 1 11 0 - - Extras - - 26 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 78.5 9 304 10 0 0 38 7 106 2 0 0 Cambridgeshire R S Swann-Mason st Blake b Garnett 35 (2) not out 30 J S Stearn b Robertson 52 (1) not out 13 J P Allix b Pilch 11 + Watts, G H lbw b Robertson 34 Rev H Gray run out 22 F E Morgan b Pilch 5 A C Fuller b Heslop 13 Hayward, D M not out 50 R S Hicks c Snelling b Robertson 6 Bryan, W c Hayter b Garnett 17 * J H Widdicombe st Blake b Garnett 0 Extras w 2, nb 2 15 5 Total 260 (no wicket) 48 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 54 67 135 149 163 171 181 194 251 260 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Pilch 34 14 61 2 - 1 (1) 5 0 15 0 - - Snelling 14 1 56 0 - - (4) 3 1 5 0 - - Garnett 14.2 8 19 3 - - (2) 4 3 4 0 - - Heslop 14 5 36 1 - 1 (3) 4 2 11 0 - - Barratt 10 2 28 0 2 - (6) 1 0 1 0 - - Robertson 22 7 45 3 - - (5) 2 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 15 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 108.2 37 260 10 2 2 19 6 48 0 - - Notes: This match was drawn. For Norfolk, McCormick scored 106 in just under 2 hours with 11 fours and 4 threes. There were 9 fours in Garnier’s 61. In the first Norfolk innings, Hayter and McCormick put on 151 runs for the first wicket. For Cambridgeshire, Stearn scored 52 including 5 fours and Hayward 50 not out. Hayward and Bryan put on 57 runs for the ninth wicket in the Cambridgeshire first innings and saved the follow-on. Norfolk played an all-amateur team. In the Norfolk second innings, Morgan kept wicket for Cambridgeshire. In the Norfolk first innings when he had scored 7, Page reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. He was the first Norfolk batsman to do so. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Cambridgeshire 1 st inns boundaries in Hayward’s 50 not out.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 8,9 August; Eastern Evening News 7,8 August; Norfolk Chronicle 10 August; Norwich Mercury 10 August; Cambridge Chronicle 9 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August.