Minor Counties Championship 1907

95 MATCH NUMBER 63 : NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1907 Result: Norfolk won by an innings and 138 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: A F Bannister and T Attewell Debutants: Norfolk none; Hertfordshire 1 (M H C Doll) First day score: Hertfordshire 119; Norfolk 276-5 wickets (A K Watson 75*, L Barratt 112*) Hertfordshire A Butcher c Charles b Smith 0 (2) b Worman 25 White, H E b Smith 10 (1) b Smith 4 G G Dumbelton b Smith 0 (3) c Worman b Smith 16 C H Titchmarsh c Gibson b Worman 17 (4) b Smith 11 Golding, A J lbw b Smith 0 (5) b Smith 27 M H C Doll c substitute (C B L Prior) b Smith 18 (6) b Smith 0 C T Rudd b Gibson 27 (7) lbw b Smith 6 Coleman, W E not out 27 (8) b Smith 2 * H M Harford b Smith 0 (9) not out 15 + C D Fastnedge b Gibson 0 (10) b Smith 0 Shelford, W b Smith 8 (11) b Gibson 8 Extras b 9, lb 2, nb 1 12 b 4, nb 6 10 Total 119 124 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 16 17 17 51 51 106 106 108 119 Second innings 6 51 59 66 66 89 91 109 111 124 Smith 27.5 10 44 7 - - (1) 22 6 48 8 - 6 Gibson 23 9 47 2 - - (2) 8 1 24 1 - - Worman 14 6 16 1 - 1 (3) 14 2 42 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 64.5 25 119 10 0 1 44 9 124 10 0 6 Norfolk Rev A R Hoare b Rudd 45 E T Garnier c substitute (C A Orr) b Shelford 13 C E Dunning c White b Rudd 12 G A Stevens b Rudd 0 A K Watson c Fastnedge b Rudd 105 B K Wilson c Titchmarsh b White 7 * L Barratt c Shelford b White 115 J N Worman b Shelford 2 + Lt Col S F Charles b Shelford 45 Gibson, E b Shelford 18 Smith, E W not out 2 Extras b 11, lb 2, w 2, nb 2 17 Total 381 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 72 72 77 90 279 294 331 372 381 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 40 13 85 2 - 1 Shelford 28 6 112 4 - - Rudd 21 3 71 4 1 - Golding 5 0 34 0 1 - Doll 8 2 33 0 - - Dumbelton 6 0 29 0 - 1 Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 108 24 381 10 2 2 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by an innings and 138 runs at 3.30 pm on the second day. When the sides met at Watford in July, Hertfordshire had won. For the winners, Smith took 15 wickets in the match for 92 runs, with 7 for 44 in the first innings and8 for 48 in the second. It was stat istically, the best match bowling performance of the season. Barratt’s 115 contained 15 fours, 7 threes and 8 twos, an innings of 160 minutes, and Watson’s 105 12 fours, 7 threes, and 7 twos, scored in 2 hours. These two added 189 for the sixth wicket. For Hertfordshire in the first ininngs Rudd and Coleman added 55 for the seventh wicket. Coleman strained a thigh when batting in the Hertfordshire first innings. He batted with a runner in both innings and could not field or bowl during the Norfolk innings. C A Orr acted as substitute fielder and caught Garnier. Several short showers interrupted play on both days. [Missing: Toss.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 6,7 August; Eastern Evening News 6 August; Norwich Mercury 10 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 10 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August.