Minor Counties Championship 1907

78 MATCH NUMBER 46 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At Fenner’s University Cricke t Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Friday 26, Saturday 27 July 1907 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 142 runs Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: R Barber and G J Rye Debutants: Cambridgeshire 1 (H W Thomas); Hertfordshire 2 (C A Orr, W E Warren) First day score: Hertfordshire 454-8 wickets (A Butcher 200*, C D Fastnedge 6*) Hertfordshire A Butcher not out 200 White, H E c Watts b Bellars 58 W E Warren c Watts b Bellars 16 C H Titchmarsh c Coulson b Tebbutt 29 C A Orr c Watts b Waters 14 A F Leighton st Watts b Gray 2 L G Hosier b Bellars 12 Coleman, W E c Tebbutt b Coulson 19 * H M Harford b C Pigg 63 + C D Fastnedge not out 6 Shelford, W Extras b 29, lb 5, w 1 35 Total (8 wickets declared) 454 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 106 126 182 228 237 264 308 435 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bellars 27 7 74 3 1 - Coulson 35 15 79 1 - - Waters 13 2 50 1 - - Tebbutt 17 0 84 1 - - Gray 21 1 72 1 - - Thomas 3 0 13 0 - - C H Pigg 4 1 17 0 - - C Pigg 6 0 30 1 - - Extras - - 35 0 - - Total 126 26 454 8 1 0 Cambridgeshire (Followed on) C H Pigg c Coleman b White 8 (1) c and b Coleman 2 E D Gilbert b Shelford 16 (2) b Shelford 15 E B Darby c Shelford b White 29 (3) c Fastnedge b Coleman 8 H C Tebbutt b Coleman 77 (4) c Leighton b Shelford 17 + Watts, G H c Coleman b White 0 (5) c Harford b Coleman 2 P W Gray b Coleman 23 (6) b Shelford 0 * C Pigg not out 34 (7) c Butcher b Coleman 3 Coulson, H b Shelford 20 (8) not out 12 C D F Waters lbw b Shelford 0 (9) c Titchmarsh b White 7 H W Thomas c Shelford b Coleman 4 (10) b Shelford 0 A E Bellars c and b Coleman 3 (11) c Coleman b White 0 Extras 22 10 Total 236 76 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 51 69 69 145 174 217 217 226 236 Second innings 4 28 30 39 43 50 51 72 73 76 Coleman 28.5 2 87 4 - - (1) 13 3 35 4 - - White 32 13 79 3 - - (3) 2.2 0 2 2 - - Shelford 21 7 48 3 - - (2) 15 2 29 4 - - Extras - - 22 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 81.5 22 236 10 - - 30.2 5 76 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this match by an innings and 142 runs at 5.20 pm on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. For the winners, Butcher scored 200 not out, Harford 63 and White 58. In the Hertfordshire innings, Butcher and White put on 106 for the first wicket, and Butcher and Harford added 127 for the eighth wicket. For Cambridgeshire, Tebbutt’s 77 contained 9 fours . Cambridgeshire had the worst of the batting conditions, but press comment expressed disappointment they did not save the match. [Missing: In Hertfordshire innings breakdown and duration of Butcher’s 200 not out, boundaries in White’s 58 and Harford’s 63; in Cambridgeshire first innings extras breakdown; in Cambridgeshire second innings extras breakdown.] Sources: Match Scorecard; Cambridge Daily News 26,27 July; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 2 August; Hertfordshire Standard 2 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 3 August; The Sportsman 27,29 July.