Minor Counties Championship 1908

105 MATCH NUMBER 72 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V NORFOLK – EAST DIVISION At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1908 Result: Match drawn – Norfolk won on first innings Points: Norfolk 3 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: B WMason and S Wrigley Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Norfolk none First day score: Norfolk 275; Cambridgeshire 88-1 wicket (L J Reid 36*, R S Swann-Mason 49*) Norfolk M Falcon b K G Reid 54 (1) b Tebbutt 2 C E Dunning c L J Reid b Coulson 7 (5) not out 55 G A Stevens c Bristowe b Tebbutt 68 (3) c and b Tebbutt 0 * L Barratt b Tebbutt 64 O H C Dunell b Tebbutt 13 (2) b Tebbutt 17 A K Watson b Coulson 10 (4) not out 60 B K Wilson c Gray b Coulson 7 Gibson, E c Hunt b K G Reid 12 + S D Page c Crouch b K G Reid 15 J N Worman c Crouch b Tebbutt 6 Smith, E W not out 0 Extras nb 6 19 w 1, nb 4 16 Total 275 (3 wickets declared) 150 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 84 158 188 207 227 232 269 269 275 Second innings 4 4 32 - - - - - - - Coulson 31 6 106 3 - - (1) 8 2 9 0 - - Swann-Mason 11 4 29 0 - - (5) 5 0 20 0 - - K G Reid 9 2 38 3 - - (4) 5 0 26 0 - - Tebbutt 17 1 83 4 - 6 (2) 10 1 52 3 - 4 Hunt (3) 9 3 21 0 - - Crouch (6) 1 0 6 0 1 - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 68 13 275 10 0 6 38 6 150 3 1 4 Cambridgeshire L J Reid lbw b Gibson 74 (5) b Worman 1 K G Reid lbw b Gibson 0 (4) b Gibson 0 Rev R S Swann-Mason c Worman b Smith 69 (6) not out 14 A H Bristowe c Smith b Gibson 10 (2) c Gibson b Worman 6 M Gray run out 12 (3) b Gibson 0 H C Tebbutt b Gibson 28 (7) c Stevens b Gibson 5 + Watts, G H b Worman 26 (8) not out 5 W C Hunt b Worman 0 (1) b Gibson 0 Coulson, H not out 9 * C Pigg run out 1 A E Bellars W J B Crouch c Dunning b Worman 4 Extras w 1 6 5 Total 239 (6 wickets) 36 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 121 155 160 173 196 215 225 231 239 Second innings 0 0 4 9 12 25 - - - - Worman 34.5 9 85 3 - - (1) 9 4 14 2 - - Gibson 27 7 75 4 - - (2) 8 3 17 4 - - Smith 16 3 51 1 - - Falcon 3 1 8 0 1 - Barratt 2 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 6 2 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 82.5 20 239 10 1 0 17 7 36 6 - - Notes: Drawn return match with Norfolk winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Norwich the previous week had been won by Norfolk. For the home side, there were 8 fours in L J Reid’s 74 and 4 fours in Swann-Mason’s 69. In the Cambridgeshire first innings, these two players put on 117 runs for the second wicket. For the visitors, Stevens’s 68 contained 10 fours, Barratt’s 64 6 fours, Watson’s 60 not out 7 fours, Dunning’s 55 not out 5 fours, and Falcon’s 54 6 fours. In the Norfolk second innings, Watson and Dunning put on 118 runs undefeated for the fourth wicket. A E Bellars took the field with the Cambridgeshire team but dislocated his thumb in the first few minutes. The Norfolk captain agreed to Crouch replacing him. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Cambridge Daily News 10,11 August; Cambridge Independent Press 14 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 14 August; Eastern Daily Press 11,12 August; Eastern Evening News 10,11 August; Norfolk Chronicle 15 August; Norwich Mercury 15 August; East Anglian Daily Times 11,12 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August; Cricket 20 August, p 367.