The Minor Counties Championship 1905

35 MATCH NUMBER 9 : HERTFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Thursday 22, Friday 23 June 1905 Result: Match drawn – Norfolk won on first innings Points: Norfolk 2 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: R Humphrey and G Perkins Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Norfolk 2 (G Starling, N W Stevens) First day score: Norfolk 173 and 16- 0 wicket (L Barratt 7*, R G Pilch 5*); Hertfordshire 168 Norfolk L H Leman b White 16 (7) not out 72 A Shingler c substitute (Gibson) b Coleman 7 (5) b J S Harford 1 N W Stevens b Coleman 13 (6) b Harding 0 E J Mann b White 0 E F Penn c Dumbelton b White 9 (4) c Dumbelton b Golding 133 G Starling c Coleman b Harding 64 (3) st Blow b Harding 37 * L Barratt c Blow b Coleman 4 (1) b Harding 39 R G Pilch c Coleman b White 11 (2) b Coleman 11 + G Allen c J S Harford b White 20 Gibson, E b Coleman 0 Smith,E W not out 22 Extras 7 nb 1 22 Total 173 (6 wickets declared) 315 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 35 35 43 55 63 76 104 105 173 Second innings 29 82 113 114 115 315 - - - - White 30 5 80 5 - - (1) 14 1 48 0 - - Coleman 28 5 59 4 - - (2) 22 4 75 1 - - J S Harford 4 1 12 0 - - (3) 23 3 68 1 - - Harding 2.1 0 15 1 - - (4) 20 3 52 3 - - Golding (5) 9 1 29 1 - - Dumbelton (6) 4 0 21 0 - 1 Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 22 0 - - Total 64.1 11 173 10 - - 92 12 315 6 0 1 Hertfordshire E H Wales c Barratt b Smith 7 (6) not out 5 Golding, A J c Barratt b Penn 5 (4) c Barratt b Smith 29 G G Dumbelton b Smith 14 (3) c and b Penn 10 A Butcher c and b Penn 0 (5) b Shingler 3 White, H E c Pilch b Penn 0 (2) not out 60 Coleman, W E b Pilch 50 (1) c Allen b Penn 18 H B A Sparks b Smith 24 * H M Harford c Penn b Smith 7 J S Harford c Barratt b Smith 20 + E G Blow c Shingler b Penn 15 Harding, E R not out 2 Extras nb 1 24 nb 2 9 Total 168 (4 wickets) 134 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 12 24 32 34 109 126 127 163 168 Second innings 30 53 108 111 - - - - - - Smith 19.4 6 44 5 - - (1) 14 2 38 1 - 1 Gibson 8 2 11 0 - - (4) 3 1 7 0 - - Penn 18 5 48 4 - - (2) 15 3 48 2 - - Shingler 4 1 18 0 - - (6) 5 0 20 1 - - Pilch 7 3 23 1 - 1 (5) 3 1 10 0 - 1 Starling (3) 2 1 2 0 - - Extras - - 24 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 56.4 17 168 10 0 1 42 8 134 4 0 2 Notes: This match was drawn with Norfolk winning on first innings. The Norfolk declaration left Hertfordshire 2 hours to score 321 runs. For the visitors, there were 14 fours, 7 threes and 11 twos in Penn’s 133, an innings of 170 minutes. Leman’s 72 not ou t contained 9 fours and Starling’s 64 included 6 fours. In the Norfolk first innings, Starling and Smith added 68 runs for th e last wicket in 35 minutes. It was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. In the second innings, Penn and Leman added 200 runs for the sixth wicket in 130 minutes, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the home side, White scored 60 not out and Coleman 50 which contained 8 fours and was scored in 55 minutes – an innings described as ‘Jessopian’ in the Norfolk press. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire second innings boundaries in Whi te’s 60 not out.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 1 July; Hertfordshire Standard 30 June; West Herts and Watford Observer 24 June; Eastern Daily Press 23,24,26 June; Eastern Evening News 22,23,24 June; Norwich Mercury 1 July; Sporting Life 23,24 June; The Sportsman 23,24 June.