MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 67: NORFOLK V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 August 1912 Result: Norfolk won by an innings and 42 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: J Gregory and unknown Debutants: Norfolk none; Cambridgeshire none First day score: Norfolk 236; Cambridgeshire 114 Norfolk Rev G B Raikes c Ling b Hunt 25 G W Birkbeck b Coulson 4 G A Stevens b Coulson 35 * M Falcon c L J Reid b Hunt 58 + R W Thurgar b Coulson 1 E J Fulcher b Whybro 0 R F Popham lbw b Coulson 8 L F Wynne-Willson run out 11 Falconer, R not out 52 Gibson, E c L J Reid b Bryan 27 Watson, H b Coulson 0 Extras w 2, nb 1 15 Total (all out) 236 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 51 89 91 96 115 140 168 229 236 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coulson 32 8 75 5 - - Bryan 11 3 40 1 2 - Hunt 15 2 65 2 - - Whybro 9 2 35 1 - - Tebbutt 2 1 6 0 - 1 Extras - - 15 1 - - Total 69 16 236 10 2 1 Cambridgeshire (Followed on) K G Reid b Watson 15 (1) b Falconer 2 L J Reid b Raikes 20 (2) run out 15 A S Ling c Stevens b Raikes 5 (3) c Popham b Raikes 14 W C Hunt b Raikes 0 (4) b Falconer 6 * H C Tebbutt c Watson b Falconer 48 (5) st Thurgar b Raikes 1 C H Pigg b Falconer 15 (6) b Falconer 0 + Watts, G H c Birkbeck b Falcon 0 (7) st Thurgar b Raikes 2 H B Hart b Falconer 0 (8) b Watson 25 F W Bryan lbw b Falconer 4 (9) b Watson 8 R H V Whybro b Falconer 0 (10) not out 1 Coulson, H not out 0 (11) c Gibson b Raikes 3 Extras w 1 7 3 Total (all out) 114 (all out) 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 42 42 51 92 99 99 111 114 114 Second innings 14 29 36 38 38 38 54 76 77 80 Falcon 12 4 28 1 - - (1) 4 1 9 0 - - Falconer 11.4 4 11 5 - - (2) 11 3 31 3 - - Watson 8 3 7 1 - - (4) 2 0 4 2 - - Raikes 13 1 48 3 - - (3) 9.1 2 33 4 - - Gibson 5 2 13 0 1 - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 3 1 - - Total 49.4 14 114 10 1 0 26.1 6 80 10 - - Notes: Norfolk won this match by an innings and 42 runs at 12.30 pm on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. Rain threatened on both days and delayed play after lunch for 15 minutes on the first day. For the winners, there were 6 fours in Falcon’s 58 and 4 fours in Falconer’s 52 not out. In the Norfolk innings Falconer and Gibson added 61 runs for the ninth wicket. Falconer took 5 wickets for 11 runs in Cambridgeshire’s first innings. For the losers Tebbutt made the highest score with 48, which included 6 fours, and Coulson took 5 wickets for 75 runs in the Norfolk innings. Umpire Gregory is reported as having fallen ill on the first day, with R G Pilch taking his place. [Missing: Second umpire; extras breakdown.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 15,16 August; Eastern Evening News 14,15 August; Norfolk Chronicle 17 August; Norwich Mercury 17 August; Cambridge Daily News 14,15,16 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 16 August; Sporting Life 15,16 August; The Sportsman 15,16 August; Cricket 24 August, p 452. 98