Minor Counties Championship 1908

117 MATCH NUMBER 84 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1908 Result: Match drawn – Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cambridgeshire 1 (F W Ellis); Hertfordshire 1 (J N Cowley) First day score: Cambridgeshire 390; Hertfordshire 47-2 wickets (A Butcher 9*) Cambridgeshire L J Reid lbw b Marsh 34 (1) c Titchmarsh b Coleman 3 Coulson, H b White 62 Rev R S Swann-Mason st Titchmarsh b Marsh 0 (3) not out 21 F W Ellis b White 7 (4) not out 13 F Roberson b Marsh 36 (2) retired out 28 + Watts, G H b Marsh 39 B Gray c Hosier b Coleman 31 K G Reid b Cowley 75 A H Bristowe c Titchmarsh b Coleman 13 F E Collier b Coleman 34 * C Pigg not out 36 Extras nb 1 23 3 Total 390 (2 wicket) 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 72 72 107 111 183 192 226 245 305 390 Second innings 4 - - - - - - - - Coleman 43 7 123 3 - - (1) 8 3 8 1 - - White 29 3 105 2 - - (2) 7 0 31 0 - - Marsh 31 6 85 4 - - Dumbelton 8 1 28 0 - - Golding 1 0 7 0 - - Rudd 2 0 17 0 - - (4) 3 0 20 0 - - Cowley 0.5 0 2 1 - 1 Hosier (3) 3 1 6 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 114.5 17 390 10 0 1 21 4 68 1 - - Hertfordshire * H M Harford c L J Reid b Gray 32 G G Dumbelton c L J Reid b Coulson 4 A Butcher run out 100 Golding, A J c Coulson b Swann-Mason 195 White, H E lbw b L J Reid 9 + C H Titchmarsh not out 103 J N Cowley not out 58 Coleman, W E L G Hosier W H Marsh C T Rudd Extras 20 Total (5 wickets declared) 521 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 47 318 351 361 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coulson 44 10 126 1 - - Gray 35 3 165 1 - - K G Reid 5 0 30 0 - - Roberson 7 0 49 0 - - Ellis 13 2 46 0 - - Swann-Mason 8 3 43 1 - - L J Reid 13 1 42 1 - - Extras - - 20 1 - - Total 125 19 521 5 - - Notes: This return match was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. The match between the two teams in July at Hitchin had been won by Hertfordshire. The Hertfordshire score of 521-5 declared was the highest of the season. For the visitors, there were 24 fours, 6 threes and 11 twos in Golding’s 196, scored in 3½ hours, 1 five, 6 fours and 4 threes in Titchmarsh’s 103 not out and 7 fours and 4 threes in Butcher’s 100. Cowley scored 58 not out. In the Hertfordshire innings, Butcher and Golding put on 271 for the third wicket, and Titchmarsh and Cowley 160 unbroken for the sixth wicket. For Cambridgeshire K G Reid’s 75 included 9 fours, and Coulson’s 62 4 fours. In the Cambridgeshire first innings, K G Reid and F E Collier added 60 runs for the 9th wicket and K G Reid and C Pigg added 85 for the last wicket. The 44 overs bowled in an innings by Coulson were the second highest of the season, and the 165 runs conceded by Gray were the most during an innings. [Missing: Umpires;extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire innings duration of Butcher’s 100 and Titchmarsh’s 103 not out and boundaries in Cowley’s 58 not out; in Cambridgeshire second innings why Roberson retired out.] Sources: Cambridge Daily News 14,15 August; Cambridge Express 21 August; Cambridge Independent Press 21 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 21 August; Herts Leader 18 August; Watford Observer 23 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August; Cricket 27 August, p 375.