Minor Counties Championship 1908

90 MATCH NUMBER 57 : NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1908 Result: Match drawn - Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: F Newman and W Pate Debutants: Norfolk none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 332; Norfolk 94-5 wickets (A K Watson 6*, L Barratt 6*) Hertfordshire White, H E b Gibson 59 (2) c and b Worman 27 Golding, A J b Gibson 99 (1) c Dunell b Wharton 49 G G Dumbelton c G A Stevens b Worman 24 (6) not out 23 Dr A E Clarke c G A Stevens b Worman 18 (5) not out 43 A Butcher b G Stevens 37 (3) b Falcon 17 C H Titchmarsh b Gibson 13 (4) c Barratt b Wharton 53 C T Rudd c Watson b Gibson 46 Coleman, W E b G Stevens 11 * H M Harford c Cozens-Hardy b Gibson 0 W H Marsh b G Stevens 2 + C D Fastnedge not out 0 Extras w 4, nb 1 23 w 1 20 Total 332 (4 wickets declared) 232 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 99 170 228 309 332 Second innings 58 136 136 - - - - - - Gibson 40 13 86 5 - - (1) 7 1 23 0 - - Worman 32 9 94 2 - - (4) 7 1 48 1 - - Stevens, G 16.3 2 64 3 - - (2) 12 3 51 0 - - Falcon 11 0 65 0 4 1 (7) 4 1 6 1 - - Watson (3) 4 0 20 0 - - Dunell (5) 3 0 14 0 - - Wharton (6) 11 1 38 2 1 - Cozens-Hardy (8) 2 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 20 0 - - Total 99.3 24 332 10 4 1 50 7 232 4 1 0 Norfolk C E Dunning c Golding b Coleman 1 (6) not out 3 O H C Dunell b Coleman 56 (1) b White 3 M Falcon c Coleman b White 3 (2) c and b White 5 + G A Stevens b Coleman 6 (3) not out 118 B Cozens-Hardy c Clarke b Coleman 10 A K Watson b White 42 * L Barratt b Clarke 47 (5) st Fastnedge b White 0 T H Wharton not out 19 (4) c Golding b Dumbelton 46 Stevens, G b Coleman 11 J N Worman c Fastnedge b Coleman 4 Gibson, E b Coleman 10 Extras 12 nb 2 2 Total 221 (4 wickets) 177 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 75 168 180 221 Second innings 10 139 140 - - - - - - Coleman 30.5 6 86 7 - - (1) 6 0 35 0 - - White 27 8 71 2 - - (2) 15 2 62 3 - - Clarke 11 0 34 1 - - (3) 5 0 29 0 - - Marsh 7 2 13 0 - - (4) 6 2 15 0 - - Rudd 1 0 5 0 - - (6) 1 0 9 0 - - Dumbelton (5) 3 0 21 1 - 2 Titchmarsh (7) 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 76.5 16 221 10 - - 37 4 177 4 0 2 Notes: Drawn return match with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. The match between the two teams at St Albans in July had been won by Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire did not enfoce the follow-on, and the declaration left Norfolk 110 minutes to score 344 runs to win. For the visitors, there were 16 fours in Golding’s 99, 8 fours in White’s 59, and 1 six and 7 fours in Titchmarsh’s 53. Coleman took 7 wickets for 86 runs in the Norfolk first innings. For the home side, G A Stevens’s 118 not out included 1 five, 17 fours, 3 threes and 9 twos, and was scored in around 90 minutes. In the Norfolk second innings, G A Stevens and Wharton put on 129 runs for the third wicket.. It was the highest score of the season in the fourth innings of a match. Dunell’s 56 contained 8 fours. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Norfolk se cond innings duration of G A Stevens’s 118 not out.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 4,5 August; Eastern Evening News 4 August; Norfolk Chronicle 6 August; Norwich Mercury 8 August; Herts Advertiser 8 August; Watford Observer 8 August; North Herts Mail 6 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August; Cricket 13 August, p 343.