The Minor Counties Championship 1905

93 MATCH NUMBER 67 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V SUFFOLK At Fenner’s Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 A ugust 1905 Result: Match drawn - Cambridgeshire won on first innings Points: Cambridgeshire 2 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Suffolk none First day score: Cambridgeshire 228 and 25-1 wicket (T S W Thomas 13*, W A Gray 1*); Suffolk 186 Cambridgeshire T S W Thomas c Pritchett b Trudgett 5 (1) st Pritchett b Trudgett 71 E Briggs c C S Wilson b Mustard 34 (2) st Pritchett b Penfold 7 W A Gray c Penfold b Mustard 75 (3) b Penfold 14 + A H Bristowe c C S Wilson b Mustard 0 (4) b Trudgett 24 Rev R S Swann-Mason c Goldsmith b Penfold 27 (5) c Pritchett b Penfold 57 Watts, G H c C S Wilson b Mustard 10 (6) lbw b Penfold 63 L A Gilbert c Pritchett b Mustard 11 (7) not out 16 Hayward, D M c H L Wilson b Penfold 9 (8) c Mustard b Trudgett 22 G P M Robins c and b Trudgett 15 C D F Waters not out 6 * Rev H Gray c Pritchett b Penfold 8 Extras 28 26 Total 228 (7 wickets declared) 300 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 99 99 125 152 176 177 199 219 228 Second innings 40 104 131 250 300 - - - Penfold 22 8 50 3 - - (2) 29 6 82 4 - - Trudgett 10 1 27 2 - - (5) 15.3 5 46 3 - - Goldsmith 5 0 21 0 - - (4) 19 6 52 0 - - C S Wilson 5 1 25 0 - - (6) 4 0 19 0 - - H L Wilson 5 1 12 0 - - (3) 2 0 14 0 - - Mustard 16 5 65 5 - - (1) 17 2 61 0 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - - - 26 0 - - Total 63 16 228 10 - - 86.3 19 300 7 - - Suffolk * S C Newton b H Gray 4 (7) c Bristowe b H Gray 6 Quaife, W lbw b Hayward 17 (2) b H Gray 11 + E Pritchett b H Gray 3 (3) c Swann-Mason b Hayward 77 C S Wilson c Briggs b H Gray 3 (5) b Thomas 0 F H Mustard b H Gray 73 (4) c Bristowe b Waters 26 H L Wilson b H Gray 4 (1) b H Gray 21 P T Francis b H Gray 11 (6) b H Gray 28 H W Lake c Robins b Hayward 1 (9) not out 8 Penfold, W c Thomas b H Gray 48 (8) b H Gray 4 Trudgett, F G not out 11 (10) not out 4 J N Goldsmith b H Gray 1 Extras 10 8 Total 186 (8 wickets) 193 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 20 23 40 49 63 68 154 185 186 Second innings 15 52 84 88 156 170 178 187 - - Hayward 16 1 55 2 - - (2) 22 9 47 1 - - H Gray 20.3 2 81 8 - - (1) 22 2 74 5 - - Thomas 3 0 13 0 - - (3) 9 2 36 1 - - Briggs 3 0 14 0 - - (5) 2 0 8 0 - - Waters 2 0 13 0 - - (4) 5 0 20 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 44.3 3 186 10 - - 60 13 193 8 - - Notes: This return match was drawn with Cambridgeshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides the previous week had been won by Suffolk. For the home team, H Gray took 13 wickets in the match for 155 runs, including 8 for 81 in the Suffolk first innings. W A Gray scored 75, Thomas 71 with 10 fours, Watts 63 with 7 fours, and Swann-Mason 57. In the Cambridgeshire second innings, Swann-Mason and Watts added 119 runs for the fifth wicket. For the visitors, Pritchett scored 77 and Mustard 73 which contained 10 fours. In the Suffolk first innings, Mustard and Penfold added 86 runs for the eighth wicket. The 54 extras conceded in the two Cambridgeshire innings were the most by a team in a match during the season. In the Cambridgeshire first innings, all ten batsmen dismissed were caught. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Cambridgeshire firs t innings boundaries in W A Gray’s 75; in Cambridgeshire second innings boundaries in Swann- Mason’s 57, and fall of first and sixth wickets; in Suffolk second innings boundaries in Pritchett’s 77.] Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 18 August; Cambridge Express 18 August; Cambridge Daily News 16.17 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 18 August; East Anglian Daily Times 17,18 August; Sporting Life 17,18 August; The Sportsman 17,18 August.