Minor Counties Championship 1909

108 MATCH NUMBER 77 : NORFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 6, Saturday 7 August 1909 Result: Match drawn - Norfolk won on first innings Points: Norfolk 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: T Attewell and A Rudd Debutants: Norfolk none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 166; Norfolk 131-6 wickets (B Cozens-Hardy 17*, T C Allsopp 7*) Bedfordshire R W Rice b Gibson 7 W E King run out 12 (2) c Allsopp b Raikes 70 Wharmby, G E b Smith 0 (3) not out 62 Holdstock, H F c N W Stevens b Smith 11 * H R Orr st Fowler b Dunell 43 (4) b Raikes 14 H Willett c McCormick b Smith 29 (8) not out 1 + E E Apthorp c McCormick b Dunell 6 (5) c N W Stevens b Gibson 25 H O Sutherland b Dunell 6 (1) c McCormick b Gibson 29 A F Morcom not out 24 (7) c Dunell b Gibson 2 P A Foy c N W Stevens b Dunell 10 H Grierson b Dunell 8 (6) b Gibson 9 Extras w 2 10 w 2, nb 2 18 Total 166 (6 wickets declared) 230 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 43 106 116 120 120 145 166 Second innings 89 125 156 201 225 - - - - Gibson 28 9 53 1 - - (2) 17 3 57 4 - - Smith 27 10 50 3 - - (1) 18 4 58 0 - 2 Raikes 5 0 16 0 - - (5) 5 0 36 2 - - Allsopp 4 0 10 0 - - (4) 4 0 19 0 1 - Dunell 11.1 4 27 5 2 - (3) 4 1 17 0 - - N W Stevens (6) 3 0 14 0 - - Cozens-Hardy (7) 2 0 8 0 - - G A Stevens (8) 2 0 3 0 1 - Extras - - 10 1 - - - - 18 0 - - Total 75.1 23 166 10 2 0 55 8 230 6 2 2 Norfolk Rev J G McCormick c Rice b Wharmby 12 (1) b Morcom 2 G A Stevens lbw b Wharmby 6 ( ) b Morcom 6 O H C Dunell c Apthorp b Morcom 29 (3) c Rice b Grierson 0 N W Stevens c Rice b Wharmby 33 ( ) c Holdstock b Morcom 11 E B Raikes b Morcom 4 ( ) not out 3 + R H Fowler lbw b Wharmby 13 ( ) b Grierson 17 B Cozens-Hardy c Morcom b Orr 36 ( ) b Grierson 1 Allsopp, T C c Sutherland b Orr 56 ( ) b Morcom 7 * B K Wilson c Morcom b Orr 26 ( ) b Morcom 4 Gibson, E st Apthorp b Orr 7 (10) not out 11 Smith, E W not out 0 Extras 15 w 2 10 Total 237 (8 wickets) 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 20 68 81 103 103 196 211 236 237 Second innings 4 15 21 23 - - Morcom 22 7 63 2 - - (1) 17 7 42 5 - - Wharmby 30 6 66 4 - - (5) 2 2 0 0 - - Grierson 10 2 31 0 - - (2) 12 7 10 3 2 - Foy 5 0 20 0 - - (4) 1 0 3 0 - - Orr 9.1 2 42 4 - - (3) 2 1 7 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 76.1 17 237 10 - - 34 17 72 8 2 0 Notes: This return match was drawn, with the Bedfordshire declaration leaving Norfolk 110 minutes to score the 160 runs required to win. Five of the Norfolk side were out for 23 runs in half-an-hour. The eighth wicket fell at 6.05 pm with 25 minutes to go, but Gibson and Raikes held out for the draw. For Bedfordshire, there were 11 fours in King’s 70 and 7 fours in Wharmby’s 62 not out. Allsopp’s 56 for Norfolk contained 7 fours. In the Norfolk first innings Cozens-Hardy and Allsopp added 93 runs for the seventh wicket. The rain-affected match between the two sides at Bedford in June had also been drawn. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Norfolk second innings part batting order.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 7,9 August; Eastern Evening News 6,7 August; Norfolk Chronicle 14 August; Norwich Mercury 11 August; Bedford and County Record 10 August; Bedfordshire Standard 13 August; The Sportsman 7,9 August; Cricket 19 August, p 352.