Minor Counties Championship 1908

48 MATCH NUMBER 15 : HERTFORDSHIRE V SUFFOLK – EAST DIVISION At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Monday 29, Tuesday 30 June 1908 Result: Suffolk won by 210 runs Points: Suffolk 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: A F Bannister and A Rudd Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (H W Englefield); Suffolk 1 (S H Hill-Wood) First day score: Suffolk 229; Hertfordshire 132-7 wickets (W E Coleman 0*) Suffolk S H Hill-Wood c Golding b Clarke 10 (1) run out 24 Quaife, W b Coleman 69 (3) c Clarke b White 8 Capt F T D Wilson c Golding b White 34 (4) c White b Coleman 42 + E Pritchett b Coleman 26 (2) c Cuthbertson b Coleman 4 Maj R H Dewing b White 1 (7) c Butcher b Doll 22 H L Wilson c Clarke b Coleman 13 (5) b White 4 H S Chapman b Coleman 7 (8) c Clarke b Coleman 40 C S Wilson b White 17 (6) b Coleman 15 Penfold, W c Golding b Coleman 4 (9) not out 38 * P W Cobbold b Coleman 33 (10) c Clarke b Coleman 38 Trudgett, F G not out 4 Extras b 7, lb 4 11 b 1, lb 1 2 Total 229 (9 wickets declared) 237 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 146 151 165 175 225 229 Second innings 13 17 75 237 - Coleman 32 5 110 6 - - (1) 28 3 109 5 - - White 31.2 12 63 3 - - (4) 19 6 68 2 - - Clarke 6 0 26 1 - - (3) 2 0 10 0 - - Englefield 6 1 19 0 - - (6) 3 0 14 0 - - Golding (2) 4 0 15 0 - - Doll (5) 5 1 19 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 75.2 18 229 10 0 0 61 10 237 9 0 0 Hertfordshire * A Butcher lbw b Cobbold 0 ( ) c and b Cobbold 0 Golding, A J c Chapman b Cobbold 31 ( ) not out 16 C H Titchmarsh st Pritchett b Cobbold 23 ( ) c H L Wilson b Penfold 10 Dr A E Clarke c Cobbold b Penfold 0 ( ) st Pritchett b Penfold 40 White, H E c Pritchett b Penfold 35 ( ) b Cobbold 4 E H Cuthbertson c Hill-Wood b H L Wilson 30 ( ) b Cobbold 2 M H C Doll b Cobbold 0 ( ) c H L Wilson b Penfold 1 Coleman, W E c Pritchett b Cobbold 0 ( ) c H L Wilson b Cobbold 0 + A F Leighton c H L Wilson b Trudgett 5 ( ) lbw b Cobbold 8 R B Cowley c Pritchett b Cobbold 27 ( ) b Cobbold 7 H W Englefield not out 0 ( ) b Cobbold 1 Extras b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 2 15 b 1 1 Total 166 90 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 132 132 132 134 149 166 Second innings 64 90 Cobbold 30.2 13 54 6 - - (1) 18 7 35 7 - - Trudgett 18 7 39 1 - - (3) 2 0 10 0 - - Penfold 14 5 32 2 - - (2) 15 2 44 3 - - H L Wilson 1 0 3 1 - - F T D Wilson 4 0 9 0 - - Chapman 3 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 70.2 25 166 10 1 2 35 9 90 10 0 0 Notes: Suffolk won by 210 runs on the second day. The Suffolk declaration set Hertfordshire a victory target of 301 runs. For the winners, Cobbold took 13 wickets in the match for 89 runs, including 7 for 35 in the Hertfordshire second innings. There were 9 fours in Quaife’s 69. In the Suffolk first innings C S Wilson and Cobbold added 50 runs for the ninth wicket. For the losers, Coleman took 11 wickets in the match for 219 runs. The 219 runs conceded by Coleman was the second highest of the season. [Missing: Toss; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire first innings who bowled wide and 2 no balls; Hertfordshire second innings batting order; precise time completed. Sources: Herts Advertiser 4 July; Watford Observer 4 July; East Anglian Daily Times 30 June, 1 July; The Sportsman 30 June, 1 July; Cricket 9 July, p 262.