Minor Counties Championship 1908

70 MATCH NUMBER 37: NORFOLK V SUFFOLK – EAST DIVISION At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 July 1908 Result: Norfolk won by eight wickets Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: R Barber and R Head Debutants: Norfolk none; Suffolk none First day score: Suffolk 82 and 3-1 wicket (J N Goldsmith 1*); Norfolk 259 Suffolk Quaife, W c Page b Shingler 16 (4) b Smith 20 Maj R H Dewing c Page b Gibson 0 (7) b Gibson 52 Capt F T D Wilson b Gibson 20 (5) b Pilch 35 J F Ireland c Smith b Gibson 10 (6) c Smith b Gibson 45 C S Wilson b Shingler 4 (9) b Smith 12 * F H Mustard c Stevens b Gibson 1 (8) c Cozens-Hardy b Gibson 23 + H L Wilson b Shingler 1 (10) not out 33 D Mustard not out 6 (3) b Shingler 9 R D Inskip c and b Gibson 0 (11) b Smith 5 Trudgett, F G c Dunning b Gibson 12 (1) b Gibson 2 J N Goldsmith b Smith 6 (2) b Falcon 2 Extras nb 1 6 w 1, nb 2 15 Total 82 253 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 38 40 46 47 48 62 62 82 Second innings 3 14 14 69 93 151 190 201 253 Smith 12.3 4 33 1 - - (2) 23.1 12 48 3 - 1 Gibson 23 9 26 6 - - (1) 35 13 64 4 - - Shingler 11 6 17 3 - 1 (3) 20 5 57 1 - 1 Falcon (4) 6 2 16 1 1 - Pilch (5) 18 1 53 1 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 46.3 19 82 10 0 1 102.1 33 253 10 1 2 Norfolk M Falcon b F T D Wilson 31 (1) b F T D Wilson 10 C E Dunning c and b F T D Wilson 27 T H Wharton b F T D Wilson 10 G A Stevens lbw b F T D Wilson 84 (2) not out 46 * B Cozens-Hardy b F T D Wilson 42 (4) not out 15 A Shingler b F T D Wilson 7 G W Birkbeck b Ireland 18 (3) b Trudgett 3 + S D Page b Ireland 14 R G Pilch b F T D Wilson 7 Gibson, E b Ireland 5 Smith, E W not out 0 Extras w 1 14 3 Total 259 (2 wickets) 77 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 49 65 100 196 205 259 Second innings 24 33 - - - - - - - - Trudgett 15 6 23 0 - - (2) 10 4 19 1 - - F H Mustard 14 2 42 0 - - (4) 1 0 4 0 - - Inskip 15 4 34 0 - - (3) 2 0 8 0 - - F T D Wilson 22.2 5 80 7 - - (1) 14 2 43 1 - - Goldsmith 6 2 18 0 - - D Mustard 3 0 23 0 - - C S Wilson 3 0 17 0 - - Ireland 5 3 8 3 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 83.2 22 259 10 1 0 27 6 77 2 - - Notes: Norfolk won this return match by 8 wickets at 5.15 pm on the second day, after being set a victory target of 77 with over two hours to bat. The match between the two sides at Ipswich in June had been won by Suffolk. For the winners, Gibson took 10 wickets in the match for 90 runs. There were15 fours in Stevens’s 84. For the losers, F T D Wilson took 7 wickets in the Norfolk first innings for 80 runs. There were 7 fours in Dewing’s 52. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 23,24 July; Eastern Evening News 22,23 July; Norfolk Chronicle 25 July; Norwich Mercury 25 July; East Anglian Daily Times 23,24 July; The Sportsman 23,24 July; Cricket 30 July, p 309.