Minor Counties Championship 1909

131 MATCH NUMBER 100 : LINCOLNSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The Grimsby Town Cricket Club Ground, Littlefield Lane, Grimsby on Wednesday 18, Thursday 19 August 1909 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 7 runs Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Lincolnshire 89; Hertfordshire 29-0 wicket (A J Golding 11*, H E White 15*) Lincolnshire Rev C G Ward b White 0 (1) lbw b White 12 * W E Thompson b Shelford 9 (2) not out 29 L A F Weigall c Golding b White 9 ( ) b White 1 Riley, E E b Shelford 9 ( ) c Vasey b White 0 Day, J W c Vasey b Shelford 17 ( ) c Wright b Marsh 12 J N Worman c Titchmarsh b White 6 ( ) c Rudd b White 0 J Redwood c Shelford b White 0 ( ) b Shelford 7 J E Crookes b Shelford 1 ( ) b Shelford 0 Geeson, F lbw b Shelford 4 ( ) hit wicket b White 17 J A Brooke c Golding b Shelford 27 ( ) c Wright b Shelford 0 + Allen, G J not out 5 ( ) b Shelford 4 Extras nb 1 2 11 Total 89 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 89 Second innings 19 21 21 44 46 62 62 83 84 93 White 23 8 46 4 - - (1) 28 8 39 5 - - Shelford 22.3 8 41 6 - 1 (2) 19.1 5 24 4 - - Marsh (3) 8 2 19 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 45.3 16 89 10 0 1 55.1 15 93 10 - - Hertfordshire Golding, A J lbw b Riley 46 White, H E b Worman 16 + R B Cowley c Redwood b Brooke 20 H P L Gaussen b Riley 17 G H Vasey c Brooke b Weigall 29 C T Rudd b Weigall 45 C H Titchmarsh c Worman b Weigall 7 E L Wright st Allen b Weigall 1 G C Hartley c and b Brooke 0 * W H Marsh c Brooke b Weigall 1 Shelford, W not out 0 Extras nb 2 7 Total 189 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 77 103 104 178 181 187 188 188 189 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Worman 17 5 42 1 - 2 Day 20 3 55 0 - - Geeson 8 5 21 0 - - Weigall 5.1 1 12 5 - - Riley 6 2 19 2 - - Brooke 17 2 33 2 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 73.1 18 189 10 0 2 Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by an innings and 7 runs on the second day. Lincolnshire started their second innings after lunch on the second day and fell 7 runs short of making the visitors bat again. When the two teams met at Hitchin in July Lincolnshire had been the winners. The match was due to be played at the Peoples Park but as the pitch was water-logged it was agreed to transfer the match to the Grimsby Town ground where it was possible to start play at 3.30 pm on the first day. For the winners, Shelford took 10 wickets in the match for 65 runs. For the losers, Thompson carried his bat through the Lincolnshire second innings scoring 29 not out. This was the first use of this ground for a Championship match. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown;in Lincolnshire first innings fall of wickets; in Lincolnshire second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources : Grimsby News 20 August; Lincolnshire Free Press 24 August; Berkhamsted Gazette 28 August; Hertfordshire Express 21 August; Hertfordshire Leader 24 August; Watford Observer 28 August; The Sportsman 19, 20 August – summary score only on second day; Cricket 2 September, p 382.