The Minor Counties Championship 1901

95 MATCH NUMBER 72 : NORFOLK V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 26, Tuesday 27 August 1901 Result: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 22 runs Points: Buckinghamshire +1; Norfolk -1 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: F Gladwin and J Yeadon Debutants: Norfolk none; Buckinghamshire 1 (H E Bull) First day score: Norfolk 67 and 11-3 wickets (P W Partridge 0*, P A Fryer 0*); Buckinghamshire 151 Norfolk E J Mann st Cobb b Wright 8 (6) st Cobb b Houchin 1 + S D Page lbw b Houchin 6 (7) c and b Houchin 0 L Barratt b Houchin 0 (1) c Cobb b Houchin 6 P W Partridge not out 23 (4) not out 12 W L B Hayter c Cobb b Houchin 0 (3) b Wright 3 P A Fryer run out 6 (5) c Cobb b Wright 17 G G Heslop c Scott-Murray b Wright 4 (2) st Cobb b Houchin 2 * G F Blake b Wright 3 (8) c de Paravicini b Wright 15 M W Ireland c Houchin b Wright 0 (9) st Cobb b Wright 2 R G Pilch c Cobb b Houchin 13 (10) c H Page b Houchin 1 A E Howlett c de Paravicini b Wright 0 (11) b Houchin 0 Extras 4 b 3 3 Total 67 62 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 14 20 22 29 36 43 45 64 67 Second innings 6 8 11 31 40 40 55 59 62 62 Wright 23 11 37 5 - - (1) 25 12 29 4 - - Houchin 22 10 26 4 - - (2) 24.5 13 30 6 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 45 21 67 10 - - 49.5 25 62 10 0 0 Buckinghamshire + C E Cobb c Heslop b Ireland 24 H E Bull c Ireland b Howlett 26 F N Bird b Ireland 1 Wright, M W c Blake b Ireland 0 A Scott-Murray b Ireland 4 * P J de Paravicini b Pilch 26 Boddy, E S c and b Ireland 35 H J Bird c Heslop b Howlett 13 Page, H b Ireland 0 Houchin, E b Ireland 10 Nash, G not out 6 Extras nb 1 6 Total 151 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 38 40 46 68 98 131 131 142 151 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Pilch 10 3 31 1 - 1 Howlett 22 7 39 2 - - Ireland 19.5 5 68 7 - - Barratt 2 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 53.5 15 151 10 0 1 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by an innings at 12.45 pm on the second day. Buckinghamshire had also won when the two sides met the previous week at Aylesbury. Norfolk fielded an all-amateur team. On the first day, bad light ended play 20 minutes early. For the winners, Houchin and Wright bowled unchanged through both innings, with the former taking 10 wickets for 56 runs, and Wright 9 for 66. S D Page kept wicket for Norfolk so that Blake could concentrate on the captaincy. The match aggregate of 280 runs was the lowest of the season for a completed game. For Buckinghamshire, Cobb’s 3 stumpings in the Norfolk second innings equalled the Championship record, a feat achieved on twelve previous occasions. His 8 dismissals were the most in a match during the season. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 31 August; Bucks Herald 31 August; South Bucks Free Press 30 August; Eastern Daily Press 27,28 August; The Sportsman 27,28 August.