MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 28: LINCOLNSHIRE V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The Sleaford Cricket Club Ground, London Road, Sleaford on Monday 22 [no play], Tuesday 23 July 1912 Result: Match drawn - Lincolnshire won on first innings Points: Lincolnshire 3, Cambridgeshire 1 Toss: Lincolnshire Umpires: J Gregory and G J Rye Debutants: Lincolnshire 3 (T M Heald, C J Nevile, H E Thompson); Cambridgeshire 1 (W E Constable) First day score: Rain prevented any play on the first day Lincolnshire E Pullein lbw b O’Connor 3 L W Gwyn c Hart b Coulson 26 Day, J W c Coulson b O’Connor 85 Broughton, J J b O’Connor 4 C J Nevile c Wilson b Constable 0 * B P Nevile b Hunt 72 Riley, E E c Watts b O’Connor 9 A E Gibson b G A Rose 1 + W R Rose b G A Rose 0 H E Thompson c Hart b G A Rose 5 T M Heald not out 0 Extras 6 Total (all out) 211 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 43 135 172 175 175 197 211 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coulson 14 3 53 1 - - O’Connor 19 5 51 4 - - Constable 6 0 54 1 - - Tebbutt 2 0 17 0 - - G A Rose 8 2 18 3 - - Hunt 2.2 0 12 1 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 51.2 10 211 10 - - Cambridgeshire W C Hunt c Thompson b Broughton 8 F W Wilson c Pullein b Day 22 F E Collier c W R Rose b Riley 30 E B Darby c and b Day 0 * H C Tebbutt b Riley 9 H B Hart b Riley 0 + Watts, G H b Day 39 G A Rose c Day b Riley 9 W E Constable b Gibson 5 Coulson, H not out 0 O’Connor, J c Heald b Riley 0 Extras nb 1 12 Total (all out) 134 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 42 70 73 99 130 134 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Broughton 14 4 23 1 - - Gibson 18 3 43 1 - - Day 9 5 14 3 - - C J Nevile 3 1 7 0 - - Riley 8.2 4 26 5 - 1 B P Nevile 4 1 9 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 56.2 18 134 10 0 1 Notes: This rain-affected match was drawn with Lincolnshire gaining first innings lead with just 15 minutes to spare. The visitors had required 212 runs in 2½ hours to gain first innings points. Rain fell 5 minutes after the Cambridgeshire innings was completed. Cricket was rained off on the first day at 3.30 pm and a start was not made on the second day until 1.15 pm. A fresh pitch was prepared. The ground remained soft and wet on the second day making conditions for the bowlers and fielders difficult. Match reports refer to large pools of water being on the outfield. “Some amusement was caused owing to the fielders having repeatedly to leap pools of water to secure the ball, a sight never previously witnessed on the ground.” For the home side, Day scored 85 which included 4 sixes and 5 fours and B P Nevile 72. Riley, coming on as third change took 5 wickets for 26 runs. For Cambridgeshire Watts made the highest score with 39. W E Thompson, the Lincolnshire captain, was unfit to play as he had injured his right thumb. This was the first time the ground had been used for a Championship match. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Lincolnshire innings boundaries in B P Nevile’s 72.] Sources: Grantham Journal 27 July; Lincolnshire Echo 22,23,24 July; Sleaford Gazette 27 July; Nottingham Guardian 23,24 July; Cambridge Daily News 22,23,24 July; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 26 July; The Sportsman 26 July; Cricket 3 August, p 392. 59