Minor Counties Championship 1908

45 MATCH NUMBER 12 : SUFFOLK V NORFOLK – EAST DIVISION At The Ipswich and East Suffolk Cricket Club Ground, Portman Road, Ipswich on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 June 1908 Result: Suffolk won by an innings and 243 runs Points: Suffolk 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Suffolk 3 (H Bassett, R L L Braddell, Capt F T D Wilson); Norfolk 3 (A R Mayes, V Stephens, T H Wharton) First day score: Suffolk 450-6 wickets declared; Norfolk 47 and 4-1 wicket (E W Smith 4*) Suffolk H Bassett c Stephens b Smith 14 Quaife, W b Gibson 73 Capt F T D Wilson c Wharton b Gibson 183 J F Ireland b Smith 60 F H Mustard not out 57 Maj R H Dewing b Gibson 10 H L Wilson c Pilch b Gibson 8 R L L Braddell * P W Cobbold + C M Phillips C S Wilson Extras nb 8 45 Total (6 wickets declared) 450 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 45 193 351 385 430 450 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Pilch 12 1 53 0 - 6 Gibson 32 7 104 4 - 1 Smith 23 3 117 2 - 1 Shingler 7 1 52 0 - - Compton 6 0 36 0 - - M W Ireland 7 1 43 0 - - Extras - - 45 0 - - Total 87 13 450 6 0 8 Norfolk (Followed on) C E Dunning b Cobbold 2 (3) c Quaife b Mustard 36 T H Wharton b Mustard 0 (8) b Cobbold 18 A Shingler b Mustard 11 (6) b Bassett 0 G A Stevens b Cobbold 6 (5) c Cobbold b Bassett 20 A R Mayes b Cobbold 13 (4) c Cobbold b Bassett 21 * M W Ireland b Mustard 2 (7) b Braddell 0 J J Compton b Mustard 4 (9) b Cobbold 14 + V Stephens b Mustard 1 (10) st Phillips b Cobbold 25 R G Pilch b Cobbold 1 (11) not out 12 Gibson, E not out 0 (2) c H L Wilson b Mustard 0 Smith, E W b Cobbold 2 (1) b Mustard 4 Extras 5 10 Total 47 160 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 12 19 20 37 39 44 45 45 47 Second innings 4 5 29 51 51 52 74 96 138 160 Cobbold 16 10 18 5 - - (1) 27 11 49 3 - - Mustard 15 4 24 5 - - (2) 13.4 3 37 3 - - Bassett (3) 18 9 44 3 - - Braddell (4) 5 0 20 1 Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 31 14 47 10 - - 63.4 23 160 10 - - Notes: Suffolk won by an innings and 243 runs at 1.30 pm on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. For the winners, there were 3 sixes and 25 fours in debutant Capt F T D Wilson’s 183, an innings of 2 hours and 55 minutes. Quaife’s 73 contained 5 fours, J F Ireland’s 60 9 fours, and Mustard scored 57 not out. In the Suffolk innings, Quaife and F T D Wilson added 148 for the second wicket, and F T D Wilson and J F Ireland 158 for the third. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Suffolk innings boundaries in Mustard’s 57 not out.] Sources: East Anglian Daily Times 25,26 June; Eastern Daily Press 25,26; Eastern Evening News 24,25 June; Norfolk Chronicle 27 June; Norwich Mercury 27 June; The Sportsman 25,26 June; Cricket 2 July, p 247.