Minor Counties Championship 1907

75 MATCH NUMBER 43 : HERTFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Tuesday 23, Wednesday 24 July 1907 Result: Hertfordshire won by six wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: W Armstrong and B W Mason Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Norfolk none First day score: Norfolk 114 and 21-1 wicket (L H Leman 12*, O H C Dunell 7*); Hertfordshire 178 Norfolk L H Leman b White 8 (1) b White 24 G W Birkbeck b Coleman 3 (2) b Coleman 2 O H C Dunell b White 0 (3) c Titchmarsh b Coleman 11 G A Stevens b White 29 (5) c Fastnedge b White 14 M W Ireland b Coleman 8 (6) b Coleman 26 Stevens, G c Fastnedge b White 9 (7) b White 22 E T Garnier not out 33 (4) b White 4 Gibson, E b Shelford 3 (9) c White b Shelford 0 R G Pilch c Fastnedge b White 1 (8) c Hosier b White 20 * + Lt Col S F Charles b Coleman 12 (10) not out 36 Smith, E W lbw b White 3 (11) b Coleman 8 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 8, lb 2 10 Total 114 177 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 57 64 87 114 Second innings 28 35 50 61 94 132 153 177 White 24.5 8 45 6 - - (2) 36 16 83 5 - - Coleman 19 4 44 3 - - (1) 29.1 13 62 4 - - Shelford 5 1 20 1 - - (3) 7 1 22 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 48.5 13 114 10 0 0 72.1 30 177 10 0 0 Hertfordshire A Butcher b Smith 14 (1) lbw b Smith 20 T H K Dashwood b Gibson 15 (2) st Charles b Gibson 36 C H Titchmarsh b Smith 0 (3) b Smith 0 White, H E b Smith 6 (4) not out 16 G G Dumbelton lbw b Gibson 33 (5) c Dunell b Ireland 16 Dr A E Clarke c Charles b Smith 63 (6) not out 12 L G Hosier c and b Smith 23 Coleman, W E b Pilch 4 * H M Harford b Pilch 1 + C D Fastnedge not out 5 Shelford, W c Gibson b Smith 0 Extras b 7, lb 1, nb 6 14 b 11, nb 3 14 Total 178 (4 wickets) 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 22 39 40 103 159 178 Second innings 84 86 - - - - - - Smith 27 7 60 6 - 2 (1) 10 1 34 2 - - Gibson 26 10 43 2 - - (2) 15.2 3 38 1 - 1 Ireland 3 1 15 0 - - (4) 8 4 13 1 - - Pilch 15 2 46 2 - 4 (3) 4 0 15 0 - 2 Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 71 20 178 10 0 6 37.2 8 114 4 0 3 Notes: Hertfordshire won by 6 wickets at 4.25 pm on the second day. For the winners, White took 11 wickets in the match for 128 runs. There were 3 fours in Clarke’s 63. The 60.5 overs bowled by White in the match were the second highest number during the season. Watford had suffered heavy rains on the Monday and the wicket had been under water, but recovered well to enable play to take place without interruptions on both days. [Missing: Part fall of wickets.] Sources: West Herts and Watford Observer 27 July; Eastern Daily Press 24,25 July; Eastern Evening News 23,24 July; Norwich Mercury 27 July; The Sportsman 24,25 July.