The Minor Counties Championship 1905

85 MATCH NUMBER 59 : NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 11, Saturday 12 August 1905 Result: Norfolk won by nine wickets Points: Norfolk 3 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: T H Holton and G Perkins Debutants: Norfolk 1 (H C Master); Hertfordshire 2 (L G Hosier, G K Kelly) First day score: Norfolk 353; Hertfordshire 94-1 wicket (A J Golding 55*, G G Dumbelton 33*) Norfolk L Barratt c Harford b Harding 31 (1) not out 10 Rev J G McCormick b Coleman 13 (2) c Hosier b White 5 Rev A R Hoare lbw b White 69 * Rev G B Raikes c White b Harding 15 A K Watson b Coleman 89 H C Master b White 0 (3) not out 16 B Cozens-Hardy c Dumbelton b White 16 J N Worman c White b Harding 72 + G Allen b Rudd 1 Gibson, E b White 28 Smith, E W not out 0 Extras w 1 19 0 Total 353 (1 wicket) 31 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 64 88 189 189 227 292 293 352 353 Second innings 9 - - - - - - - - - Coleman 38 6 103 2 - - (1) 6 3 9 0 - - White 39.2 12 91 4 - - (2) 5.3 1 22 1 - - Harding 29 3 104 3 - - Rudd 8 1 36 1 1 - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 114.2 22 353 10 1 0 11.3 4 31 1 0 0 Hertfordshire (Followed on) A Butcher b Smith 2 (1) b Smith 10 Golding, A J lbw b Smith 64 (2) c Hoare b Smith 23 G G Dumbelton lbw b Smith 46 (3) c and b Worman 0 CT Rudd c Barratt b Worman 36 (5) c Cozens-Hardy b Smith 49 White, H E c and b Raikes 34 (4) b Smith 3 Coleman, W E c Master b Worman 34 (6) c McCormick b Worman 16 L G Hosier b Worman 0 (7) b Smith 26 * H M Harford hit wicket b Raikes 2 (8) b Smith 0 G K Kelly b Worman 1 (9) c Allen b Worman 10 + Goodall, J not out 0 (10) b Worman 1 Harding, E R c Allen b Raikes 1 (11) not out 0 Extras nb 3 11 nb 1 13 Total 231 151 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 43 116 119 185 221 222 227 230 230 231 Second innings 18 21 35 40 79 126 126 143 150 151 Gibson 7 2 25 0 - - Raikes 20 3 66 3 - 2 (3) 5 1 7 0 - - Smith 22 9 41 3 - - (2) 24 4 57 6 - - Worman 27 9 67 4 - 1 (1) 27 10 57 4 - 1 Cozens-Hardy 2 0 12 0 - - Hoare 6 2 9 0 - - (4) 4 0 17 0 - - Barratt (5) 2 2 0 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 84 25 231 10 0 3 62 17 151 10 0 1 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by 9 wickets at 4.53 pm on the second day after Hertfordshire had followed on 122 runs behind. It was the third successive match in which they had been required to do so. The match between the two sides at Watford in June had been drawn. For the winners, Watson’s 89 contained 7 fours, Worman’s 72 included 9 fours and Hoare’s 69 included 2 fours. In the Norfolk first innings, Hoare and Watson added 101 runs for the fourth wicket, Watson and Worman put on 65 for the seventh wicket and Worman and Gibson added 59 runs for the ninth. For Hertfordshire, Golding’s 64 included 10 fours. When he had scored 24 in the Hertfordshire first innings, Golding reached the career milestone of three thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 12,14 August; Eastern Evening News 11,12 August; Norfolk Chronicle 18 August; Norwich Mercury 12,16 August; Hertfordshire Standard 18 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 19 August; The Sportsman 14 July.