The Minor Counties Championship 1901

74 MATCH NUMBER 51 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Monday 12, Tuesday 13 August 1901 Result: Cambridgeshire won by 158 runs Points: Cambridgeshire 1, Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: T Morley and G T Rye Debutants: Cambridgeshire 1 (J B Hobbs); Hertfordshire 2 (M F Blake, E G Whately) First day score: Cambridgeshire 216; Hertfordshire 190 Cambridgeshire * J H Widdicombe b White 10 (1) b Rudd 3 Hayward, D M c Titchmarsh b Coleman 19 (2) c Burrell b Coleman 21 Rev P Hattersley-Smith b Coleman 1 (7) c Dashwood b Rudd 51 + Watts, G H b Coleman 21 (4) b Coleman 2 Rev H Gray b White 0 (3) c Titchmarsh b Rudd 17 W R Thomas b White 1 (5) b Coleman 15 C T Scott b White 14 (6) b Coleman 17 A J Rich b Golding 92 (8) c Burrell b Whately 14 Hobbs, J B c Titchmarsh b Rudd 30 (9) b Whately 0 H L Gardner b Golding 14 (10) c Morgan b Whately 8 Bryan, W not out 2 (11) not out 3 Extras b 3, lb 6, w 2, nb 1 12 b 30, lb 8, nb 2 40 Total 216 191 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 22 47 48 54 60 88 169 203 216 Second innings 5 50 55 66 108 117 158 168 179 191 White 26 3 85 4 1 - (1) 15 4 28 0 - - Coleman 21 3 58 3 - - (3) 14 5 34 4 - - Rudd 8 1 29 1 - - (2) 30.1 12 51 3 - - Whately 6 0 28 0 1 1 (5) 8 1 30 3 - 2 Golding 2.5 0 4 2 - - (4) 1 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 40 0 - - Total 63.5 7 216 10 2 1 68.1 22 191 10 0 2 Hertfordshire T H K Dashwood b Gray 20 (1) c Watts b Gray 5 Golding, A J lbw b Gray 18 (4) b Gray 2 * A Butcher b Hayward 13 (5) c Widdicombe b Gray 0 Rev H J E Burrell b Gardner 35 (3) b Hayward 4 White, H E b Gardner 22 (6) b Gray 2 E G Whately b Bryan 1 (9) b Gray 4 + C H Titchmarsh c Gardner b Bryan 4 (8) not out 34 E H E Morgan c Scott b Gray 28 (7) run out 0 Coleman, W E b Gray 16 (2) b Gray 0 M F Blake b Gray 10 (10) c and b Gray 0 Rudd, W J not out 3 (11) b Gray 7 Extras b 13, lb 5, nb 2 20 lb 1 1 Total 190 59 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 42 63 115 122 126 127 163 177 190 Second innings 1 6 12 12 14 14 14 21 21 59 Gray 23 4 81 5 - - (1) 11 3 23 8 - - Hayward 22 5 49 1 - 2 (2) 10 1 35 1 - - Bryan 8 1 19 2 - - Gardner 8 2 21 2 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 1 1 - - Total 61 12 190 10 0 2 21 4 59 10 0 0 Notes: Cambridgeshire won this return match by 158 runs on the second day, after Hertfordshire chased a victory target of 218 runs in 3¼ hours. The match between the two teams at Hertford in July had been drawn. For the winners, Gray took 13 wickets in the match for 104 runs, including 8 for 23 in the Hertfordshire second innings. There were 9 fours in Rich’s 92, scored in 100 minutes, and 9 fours in Hattersley-Smith’s 51. In the Cambridgeshire first innings, Rich and Hobbs put on 81 runs for the eighth wicket. The 40 extras conceded by Hertfordshire in the second Cambridgeshire innings and the 52 in the match were both the second highest of the season. When dismissing Burrell in the Hertfordshire second innings, Hayward reached the career milestone of two hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Time completed.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Advertiser 17 August; Cambridge Chronicle 16 August; East Anglian Daily Times 13,14 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August.