MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 71: NORFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 16, Saturday 17 August 1912 Result: Norfolk won by 140 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Norfolk none; Bedfordshire 1 (D F Roberts) First day score: Norfolk 183 and 22-0 wicket (R W Thurgar 4*, Rev G B Raikes 18*); Bedfordshire 64 Norfolk Rev G B Raikes b Graham 39 (2) b Morcom 38 E J Fulcher b Graham 2 (5) c Apthorp b Morcom 0 G A Stevens c Apthorp b Morcom 19 (3) c Apthorp b Morcom 7 * M Falcon b Morcom 56 (4) lbw b Wharmby 3 + R W Thurgar c Wharmby b Orr 34 (1) c and b Wharmby 10 G W Birkbeck b Morcom 9 (6) not out 54 C J H Treglown c Apthorp b Wharmby 16 (7) c Apthorp b Graham 23 M H Thursby c Apthorp b Orr 0 (8) b Morcom 4 Falconer, R c Apthorp b Wharmby 3 (9) not out 11 Gibson, E not out 1 Watson, H b Wharmby 0 Extras lb 4 4 2 Total (all out) 183 (7 wickets declared) 152 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 34 90 128 148 169 169 169 183 183 Second innings 36 58 58 105 120 - - - Morcom 21 4 50 3 - - (1) 28 5 62 4 - - Graham 28 10 56 2 - - (4) 10 2 18 1 - - Wharmby 14.3 9 12 3 - - (2) 28 11 45 2 - - King 5 0 24 0 - - Barnwell 3 0 17 0 - - (5) 2 0 8 0 - - Orr 14 6 20 2 - - (3) 4 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 85.3 29 183 10 0 0 72 18 152 7 - - Bedfordshire Holdstock, H F c Thurgar b Falconer 3 (2) b Gibson 28 Wharmby, G E b Falcon 4 (6) c Stevens b Gibson 0 Dr A F Morcom b Falconer 0 (4) st Thurgar b Falconer 5 + E E Apthorp c Thurgar b Falcon 8 (5) c Thurgar b Falconer 2 F C W Newman b Falconer 11 (3) run out 0 * H R Orr b Falconer 1 (1) c Thursby b Gibson 60 W Brown b Watson 10 (7) b Gibson 0 S V Graham b Falconer 11 (8) not out 7 R H King b Falcon 4 (9) b Gibson 6 D F Roberts b Falconer 1 (10) b Gibson 8 F W Barnwell not out 2 (11) c Fulcher b Falcon 3 Extras w 2 9 12 Total (all out) 64 (all out) 131 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 8 9 20 21 64 Second innings 90 90 90 99 105 131 Falcon 11 5 20 3 2 - (1) 8.2 0 20 1 - - Falconer 13.1 5 20 6 - - (2) 16 4 56 2 - - Watson 8 4 6 1 - - Raikes 5 1 9 0 - - (3) 6 0 25 0 - - Gibson (4) 14 5 18 6 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 12 1 - - Total 37.1 15 64 10 2 0 44.2 9 131 10 - - Notes: Norfolk won this return match by 140 runs at 4.45 pm on the second day. The match between the two teams at Bedford Grammar School in July had also been won by Norfolk. For the winners, there were 7 fours in Falcon’s 56 and 4 fours in Birkbeck’s 54 not out. In the Bedfordshire first innings Falconer took 6 wickets for 20 runs and in the second innings Gibson 6 wickets for 18 runs. For the losers, Apthorp took 4 catches in Norfolk’s first innings and 7 in the match. There were 6 fours in Orr’s 60, in this his final match leading Bedfordshire. He was to emigrate to Canada. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 17,19 August; Eastern Evening News 16,17 August; Norfolk Chronicle 24 August; Norwich Mercury 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 24 August; Cricket 14 September, p 507. 102