MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 30: HERTFORDSHIRE V SUFFOLK At The Bushey Cricket Club Ground, Manor House, Bushey on Tuesday 23, Wednesday 24 July 1912 Result: Match drawn - Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3, Suffolk 1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: G Burton and F Johnson Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (C S Morice); Suffolk 1 (E H Leek) First day score: Hertfordshire 21-2 wickets (E S Household 8*, C H Titchmarsh 5*) Hertfordshire A K Gibson b Trudgett 3 Golding, A J c Titchmarsh b Trudgett 5 E S Household b Trudgett 48 C H Titchmarsh c Titchmarsh b Trudgett 22 R B Cowley c Penfold b Trudgett 44 J O Anderson c Catchpole b Trudgett 13 + E H Cuthbertson lbw b H L Wilson 34 Coleman, W E st Cornell b Trudgett 75 C S Morice c T W E Wilson b Trudgett 14 * W H Marsh not out 9 Burton, F A b Penfold 6 Extras b 9, lb 1, nb 2 12 Total (all out) 285 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 12 40 103 135 213 250 285 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Penfold 26.1 4 92 1 - - Trudgett 33 8 107 8 - - Gaby 10 2 52 0 - - H L Wilson 4 0 21 1 - - Leek 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 74.1 14 285 10 0 2 Suffolk * H L Wilson c Golding b Marsh 113 Penfold, W lbw b Burton 14 F L Titchmarsh c Cuthbertson b Marsh 4 D Mustard b Coleman 18 W Randall c and b Morice 0 W Catchpole lbw b Burton 6 T W E Wilson c Cuthbertson b Marsh 2 V F Gaby c Cuthbertson b Marsh 13 + P P Cornell c Cuthbertson b Marsh 6 E H Leek not out 8 Trudgett, F G b Marsh 7 Extras b 10, lb 7, w 2, nb 1 20 Total (all out) 211 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 46 51 134 164 185 211 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coleman 9 2 46 1 - - Burton 16 5 38 2 - - Marsh 20.5 4 58 6 - - Golding 3 0 20 0 - - Morice 7 1 29 1 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - Total 55.5 12 211 10 2 1 Notes: This match, which was for the benefit of Jack Golding, was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. Rain on the first day delayed the start until noon, and after a little over half-an-hour the rain returned and prevented any further play that day. For the home side, there were 2 sixes and 7 fours in Coleman’s 75. In the Suffolk innings, Marsh took 6 wickets for 58 runs. For the visitors, there were 16 fours and 5 threes in H L Wilson’s 113. Cuthbertson, the Hertfordshire wicket-keeper, took four catches in the Suffolk innings, all off the bowling of Marsh. In the Hertfordshire innings, Trudgett took 8 wickets for 107 runs. George Burton, one of the umpires, was Fred Burton’s father. [Missing: In Hertfordshire innings fall of sixth and ninth wickets and who bowled 2 no balls; in Suffolk innings duration of H L Wilson’s 113, fall of fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth wickets and who bowled 2 wides and 1 no ball.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 27 July; Watford Observer 27 July; East Anglian Daily Times 24,25 July; The Sportsmen 24,25 July; Cricket 3 August, p 391. 61