Minor Counties Championship 1909

78 MATCH NUMBER 47 : HERTFORDSHIRE V LINCOLNSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The Hitchin Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin Hill, London Road, Hitchin on Friday 23, Saturday 24 July 1909 Result: Lincolnshire won by eight wickets Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: G Perkins and G J Rye Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Lincolnshire 1 (D H Pugh) First day score: Hertfordshire 85 and 30-2 wickets (A J Golding 15*, H E White 14*); Lincolnshire 111 Hertfordshire White, H E not out 32 (4) b Cooke 21 Golding, A J b Cooke 2 (2) b Riley 20 C H Titchmarsh b Cooke 0 (3) b Cooke 0 H P L Gaussen b Cooke 11 (1) c Foster b Cooke 4 + E H Cuthbertson lbw b Geeson 0 (7) b Riley 15 Coleman, W E b Cooke 0 (6) c Riley b Day 8 E L Wright b Cooke 14 (8) c Geeson b Riley 34 H Williams run out 1 (5) b Geeson 49 Brown, S c Foster b Geeson 3 (11) b Riley 10 * H M Harford c Cooke b Day 4 (10) not out 30 W H Marsh c Pugh b Day 14 (9) c Foster b Geeson 2 Extras 4 9 Total 85 202 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 3 22 26 26 48 50 55 67 85 Second innings 4 4 48 54 93 129 135 185 202 Cooke 14 7 17 5 - - (1) 14 2 51 3 - - Geeson 20 3 47 2 - - (2) 11 2 22 2 - - Riley 6 4 10 0 - - (3) 25.4 4 63 4 - - Day 3.4 1 7 2 - - (4) 13 1 57 1 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 43.4 15 85 10 - - 63.4 9 202 10 - - Lincolnshire Rev C G Ward c and b White 46 (1) not out 113 Day, J W b Coleman 4 (2) b Brown 26 Riley, E E b Coleman 16 E T Cooke b White 2 * W E Thompson c Wright b Marsh 7 (3) b Brown 22 Geeson, F c Golding b Coleman 6 J E Crookes c Golding b White 16 J Raby c Cuthbertson b White 1 A W Foster not out 5 (4) not out 17 D H Pugh run out 0 + Allen, G J absent hurt Extras 8 b 1 1 Total 111 (2 wickets) 179 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 46 53 83 95 104 109 111 - Second innings 60 137 - - - - - - - - Coleman 16 1 46 3 - - (1) 12 2 31 0 - - White 22.2 7 40 4 - - (2) 17 3 61 0 - - Brown 1 0 6 0 - - (3) 10 0 49 2 - - Marsh 7 1 11 1 - - (4) 7 0 13 0 - - Williams (5) 4.1 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 46.2 9 111 9 - - 50.1 5 179 2 0 0 Notes: The match was for Coleman’s benefit. Lincolnshire won by eight wickets soon after 5.00 pm on the second day. For the winners, there were 2 sixes and 10 fours in Ward’s 113 not out, an innings of 115 minutes. For Hertfordshire, White carried his bat through the Hertfordshire first innings for 32 not out in 2½ hours. In the Hertfordshire second innings Wright and Harford added 50 runs for the ninth wicket. In the Hertfordshire first innings when five wickets were down, Allen was hit on the head by a fast ball bowled by Riley and retired hurt taking no further part in the match. Foster took over the wicket-keeping duties. White was suffering from a slight strain which it was reported adversely affected his bowling. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire second innings fall of sixth wicket; in Lincolnshire first innings fall of fifth wicket.] Sources: Hertfordshire Express 31 July; Watford Observer 31 July; Grantham Journal 31 July ; Sporting Life 24,26 July; The Sportsman 26 July – not first day; Cricket 5 August, p 318.