The Minor Counties Championship 1905

44 MATCH NUMBER 18 : NORFOLK V SUFFOLK At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 July 1905 Result: Norfolk won by six wickets Points: Norfolk 3 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: C H Mills and G Perkins Debutants: Suffolk none; Norfolk 1 (H E Brown) First day score: Suffolk 178 and 45-4 wickets (H F Fox 8*, C S Wilson 8*); Norfolk 101 Suffolk + E Pritchett c Hoare b Gibson 0 (2) c and b Raikes 0 Quaife, W c Starling b Raikes 12 (1) c Allen b Worman 7 F H Mustard lbw b Hoare 49 (3) c Worman b Raikes 18 * H F Fox b Raikes 19 (5) b Worman 25 Maj R H Dewing c Dunning b Raikes 28 (4) c Shingler b Worman 0 C S Wilson c Allen b Worman 6 (6) b Starling 31 R Gorell-Barnes st Allen b Raikes 0 (7) c Hoare b Worman 7 H L Wilson b Worman 22 (8) c Raikes b Worman 30 P W Cobbold c Raikes b Starling 21 (9) b Raikes 2 Trudgett, F G c Smith b Worman 0 (10) b Worman 1 J N Goldsmith not out 0 (11) not out 11 Extras w 2 21 6 Total 178 138 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 45 80 121 128 131 137 174 177 178 Second innings 4 22 22 30 80 92 97 100 101 138 Gibson 9 4 21 1 - - (3) 8 4 12 0 - - Smith 6 0 22 0 - - Raikes 14 2 56 4 1 - (2) 17 5 52 3 - - Worman 23.5 15 32 3 - - (1) 30.3 13 36 6 - - Hoare 6 2 15 1 - - (6) 3 1 6 0 - - Brown 4 2 11 0 1 - Starling 2 2 0 1 - - (4) 5 1 15 1 - - Shingler (5) 3 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 64.5 27 178 10 2 0 66.3 24 138 10 - - Norfolk * Rev G B Raikes b Trudgett 18 (5) not out 79 L Barratt b Cobbold 26 (6) not out 23 V R Hoare lbw b Trudgett 11 (3) b Cobbold 17 A Shingler c Trudgett b Cobbold 11 (2) c C S Wilson b Cobbold 8 C E Dunning not out 14 (1) b Cobbold 51 G Starling c H L Wilson b Goldsmith 6 (4) c Cobbold b Mustard 16 J N Worman c H L Wilson b Goldsmith 4 H E Brown b Goldsmith 0 + G Allen b Goldsmith 0 Gibson, E b Goldsmith 4 Smith, E W absent - A L Kennaway Extras 7 24 Total 101 (4 wickets) 218 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 61 65 71 90 94 95 95 101 - Second innings 8 28 60 156 - - - - - - Cobbold 17 5 50 2 - - (1) 26 6 61 3 - - Trudgett 13 3 36 2 - - (2) 18 5 50 0 - - Goldsmith 3.4 2 8 5 - - (3) 14 2 52 0 - - Mustard (4) 7 2 15 1 - - Gorell-Barnes (5) 7 2 16 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 24 0 - - Total 33.4 10 101 9 - 0 72 17 218 4 - - Notes: Norfolk won this return match by six wickets at 5.20 pm on the second day, after being 77 runs behind on first innings and having a victory target in their second innings of 216 runs in over 4½ hours. The match between the two sides at Ipswich the previous week had been won by Suffolk. For the winners, Raikes scored 79 not out with 10 fours and Dunning 51. In the Norfolk second innings, Raikes and Barratt had an unbroken stand of 62 runs in 27 minutes for the fifth wicket. Worman took 9 wickets in the match for 68 runs. His 28 maidens in the match were the equal second highest of the season. For Suffolk, Mustard’s 49 included 8 fours. Smith was called away after the Suffolk first innings to the “death - bed of his little son”. Quaife fielded as substitute for him on the first day and on the second the Suffol k captain “allowed him to be replaced by A L Kennaway”. This means that twelve players are counted as having played for Norfolk during this match. The Norfolk second innings total of 218-4 wickets was the second highest fourth innings of the season. Raik es’s 79 not out was the second highest score in the fourth innings of a match during the season. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Norfolk second innings boundaries in Dunning’s 51.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 11,12 July; Eastern Evening News 10,11,12 July; Norfolk Chronicle 15 July; Norwich Mercury 15 July; East Anglian Daily Times 11,12 July; Sporting Life 12 July; The Sportsman 11,12 July.