Minor Counties Championship 1909

81 MATCH NUMBER 50 : NORFOLK V SUFFOLK – EAST DIVISION At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 26, Tuesday 27 July 1909 Result: Norfolk won by nine wickets Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Norfolk 2 (E Lord, Rev F M Meyrick-Jones); Suffolk none First day score: Suffolk 121 and 83-3 wickets (W Quaife 12*, Dr A J Leeming 0*); Norfolk 182 Suffolk * H L Wilson c Cozens-Hardy b Gibson 35 (7) b G Stevens 0 J F Ireland c N W Stevens b Smith 3 (6) c Cozens-Hardy b Gibson 33 Dr A J Leeming c Cozens-Hardy b Gibson 7 (5) lbw b G Stevens 13 + V J Lewis b G Stevens 3 (2) b G Stevens 16 C W Alexander not out 44 (1) c Allsopp b G Stevens 43 Quaife, W c and b Gibson 9 (3) b Smith 29 Capt J T C Murray c and b Allsopp 0 (8) b Smith 1 Penfold, W c and b Gibson 0 (9) not out 6 V F Gaby c Cozens-Hardy b Gibson 11 (4) c Cozens-Hardy b Lord 5 H C Henley c Meyrick-Jones b Gibson 2 (10) b G Stevens 0 Trudgett, F G b Gibson 0 (11) c Gibson b G Stevens 0 Extras nb 2 7 nb 1 13 Total 121 159 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 20 48 49 82 83 91 108 112 121 Second innings 56 83 119 125 132 133 156 159 159 Gibson 20 8 36 7 - - (1) 11 4 23 1 - - Smith 5 0 23 1 - - (3) 11 3 29 2 - - Allsopp 7 0 22 1 - 2 (2) 9 1 30 0 - - Lord 1 0 7 0 - - (5) 4 1 8 1 - 1 Stevens, G 7 1 26 1 - - (4) 15 3 56 6 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 40 9 121 10 0 2 50 12 159 10 0 1 Norfolk Rev F M Meyrick-Jones b Penfold 32 (1) not out 46 N W Stevens c Lewis b Penfold 1 (2) c and b Trudgett 18 G A Stevens b Trudgett 83 (3) not out 30 B Cozens-Hardy b Penfold 1 * B K Wilson c and b Trudgett 0 Allsopp, T C c Penfold b Trudgett 4 + R W Thurgar b Trudgett 5 Stevens, G c Lewis b Henley 17 Gibson, E c Alexander b Ireland 11 E Lord not out 3 Smith, E W c Ireland b Trudgett 8 Extras w 2 17 8 Total 182 (1 wicket) 102 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 35 37 38 56 72 106 152 173 182 Second innings 62 - - - - - - - - - Penfold 18 6 59 3 - - (1) 7.1 1 32 0 - - Ireland 6 0 33 1 1 - Trudgett 13 3 39 5 - - (2) 10 2 49 1 - - Henley 5 1 15 1 1 - (3) 3 0 13 0 - - Gaby 2 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 44 10 182 10 2 0 20.1 3 102 1 - - Notes: Norfolk won this return match by nine wickets at 1.35 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Woodbridge in June was drawn. For the winners, Gibson took 7 wickets for 36 runs in the Suffolk first innings. There were 15 fours in G A Stevens’s 83. For Suffolk C W Alexander top-scored with innings of 44 not out with 5 fours and 43 with 6 fours. There were two brief interruptions for rain on the second day. Quaife missed his train and batted down the order in the Suffolk first innings. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Suffolk second innings fall of second wicket.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 27,28 July; Eastern Evening News 26,27 July; East Anglian Daily Times 27,28 July; Norfolk Chronicle 31 July; Norwich Mercury 28 July; The Sportsman 27,28 July; Cricket 5 August, p 318.