Minor Counties Championship 1909

95 MATCH NUMBER 64 : NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 2, Tuesday 3 August 1909 Result: Match drawn - Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: T Attewell and R Barber Debutants: Norfolk 1 (T H S Horsfall); Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 153-3 wickets (H E White 48*, R B Cowley 12*) Hertfordshire Golding, A J c Wilson b G Stevens 54 White, H E not out 79 G G Dumbelton b G Stevens 15 C H Titchmarsh c Allsopp b G Stevens 6 + R B Cowley b Gibson 24 D J Cassavetti b Gibson 3 C T Rudd c Watson b Gibson 5 Coleman, W E b Gibson 0 E L Wright c Wilson b Horsfall 19 * W H Marsh b Gibson 8 Brown, S st Fowler b Gibson 0 Extras w 2, nb 4 26 Total 239 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 103 133 191 222 239 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gibson 34.3 10 73 6 - - Stevens, G 30 8 63 3 1 - Allsopp 18 5 36 0 - 4 Horsfall 8 2 23 1 1 - Garnier 6 1 18 0 - - Extras - - 26 0 - - Total 96.3 26 239 10 2 4 Norfolk (Followed on) E T Garnier b White 10 (2) lbw b Dumbelton 0 O H C Dunell c Cowley b Marsh 19 (1) b White 27 G A Stevens b White 25 (3) c Brown b White 19 N W Stevens b Marsh 29 (4) c Rudd b Dumbelton 4 A K Watson c Marsh b Dumbelton 22 (5) b White 7 + R H Fowler b Dumbelton 0 (6) b White 2 T H S Horsfall c Rudd b Dumbelton 6 ( ) b Coleman 6 * B K Wilson c Coleman b Marsh 0 ( ) not out 12 Allsopp, T C b Dumbelton 0 (9) not out 7 Stevens, G st Cowley b Marsh 2 Gibson, E not out 0 Extras nb 1 12 nb 2 8 Total 125 (7 wickets) 92 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 33 73 112 112 118 118 123 123 125 Second innings 2 34 - - - White 26 13 31 2 - - (1) 15 3 35 4 - - Coleman 13 3 28 0 - - (4) 4 1 13 1 - - Marsh 12 3 30 4 - - (3) 1 0 2 0 - - Brown 7 1 14 0 - - Dumbelton 6 3 10 4 - 1 (2) 11 0 34 2 - 2 Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 64 23 125 10 0 1 31 4 92 7 0 2 Notes: Drawn return match with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. Norfolk followed-on 114 runs behind and had 85 minutes to bat to avoid defeat. The match between the two sides at St Albans in July had been won by Hertfordshire. Heavy weekend rain that continued on Monday morning delayed the start until 4.10 pm when only 2¼ hours play was possible. A strong wind caused problems for some bowlers until it eased at lunchtime on the second day. For Hertfordshire, White carried his bat for the second time during the season through the innings. His innings of 79 not out lasted 3 hours and 40 minutes and included 4 fours. There were 7 fours in Golding’s 54. In the Hertfordshire first innings Golding and White put on 103 runs for the first wicket. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Norfolk second innings part batting order.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 3,4 August; Eastern Evening News 3 August; East Anglian Daily Times 3,4 August; Norfolk Chronicle 7 August; Norwich Mercury 7 August; Hertfordshire Express 7 August; Watford Observer 7 August; The Sportsman 3,4 August; Cricket 19 August, p 352.