Minor Counties Championship 1909

50 MATCH NUMBER 19 : HERTFORDSHIRE V SUFFOLK – EAST DIVISION At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 June 1909 Result: Suffolk won by 6 runs Points: Suffolk 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: G Perkins and J Relf Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Suffolk 1 (C W Alexander) First day score: Suffolk 88 and 103; Hertfordshire 71 and 27-0 wicket (A J Golding 16*, E H Cuthbertson 8*) Suffolk C L Alexander c Titchmarsh b Marsh 6 (1) c Clarke b Marsh 4 Hon S H Hill-Wood c Coleman b White 1 (9) not out 11 C W Alexander b White 21 (2) b White 9 Quaife, W b White 2 (3) c Doll b Marsh 2 Capt F T D Wilson c Titchmarsh b Marsh 2 (4) c Marsh b White 2 K Raynor c Harford b White 24 (7) b White 33 R L L Braddell b White 23 (5) c Cowley b Marsh 31 Capt J T C Murray b White 2 (6) b White 7 Penfold, W c Marsh b White 1 (8) b White 0 * P W Cobbold c Marsh b White 5 (10) c Cowley b Coleman 0 + P P Cornell not out 0 (11) c Butcher b White 0 Extras b 1 1 b 4 4 Total 88 103 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 13 20 40 68 75 83 83 88 Second innings 10 11 19 51 57 69 103 White 21.1 8 40 8 - - (1) 22.1 10 41 6 - - Marsh 13 4 29 2 - - (2) 18 2 52 3 - - Golding 8 2 18 0 - - Coleman (3) 4 0 6 1 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 42.1 14 88 10 0 0 44.1 12 103 10 0 0 Hertfordshire Coleman, W E b Penfold 13 (9) b Penfold 5 Golding, A J lbw b Cobbold 3 (1) run out 16 A E Clarke st Cornell b Cobbold 0 (4) b Braddell 9 White, H E c Quaife b Cobbold 1 (3) b Penfold 4 + E H Cuthbertson st Cornell b Cobbold 1 (2) c Wilson b Cobbold 20 C H Titchmarsh c Raynor b Cobbold 4 (5) c Cobbold b Penfold 14 A Butcher b Penfold 6 (6) c Cornell b Braddell 11 R B Cowley c Quaife b Penfold 0 (7) c Braddell b Cobbold 27 M H C Doll c and b Cobbold 13 (10) b Penfold 0 * H M Harford c C W Alexander b Penfold 6 (8) b Cobbold 1 W H Marsh not out 23 (11) not out 4 Extras b 1 1 b 3 3 Total 71 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 9 17 17 21 25 26 41 41 71 Second innings 29 41 45 66 85 108 108 110 114 Cobbold 12 5 32 6 - - (1) 17.4 5 32 3 - - Penfold 11.2 4 38 4 - - (2) 21 4 50 4 - - Braddell (3) 7 3 23 2 - - Wilson (4) 1 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 3 1 - - Total 23.2 9 71 10 0 0 46.4 12 114 10 0 0 Notes: Suffolk won this closely fought match by 6 runs before lunch on the second day. The 6 run margin of victory was the closest of the season. The match was played on a sticky wicket resulting from the heavy rain in the days immediately preceding the match. Hertfordshire needed 121 runs to win in their second innings and scored 27 runs without loss on the late afternoon of the first day. Cowley looked to be taking his team to victory, but with the last man in 11 runs were still required. 4 runs were added, then Cowley hit out at Penfold, and Braddell is reported as having sprinted a full 30 yards to hold a ‘wonder catch’ and give Suffolk victory by 6 runs. For the losers White took 14 wickets in the match for 81 runs, including 8 for 40 in the Suffolk first innings. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Hertfordshire Express 3 July; Hertfordshire Leader 29 June ; Watford Observer 3 July; East Anglian Daily Times 29,30 June; The Sportsman 29,30 June; Cricket 22 July, p 287.