MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 36: CAMBRIDGESHIRE V SUFFOLK At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 31 July, Thursday 1 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Suffolk won on first innings Points: Suffolk 3, Cambridgeshire 1 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: G J Rye and A C McArthur Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Suffolk 1 (O Mortimer) First day score: Suffolk 24-1 wicket (H Bassett 11*, D Mustard 7*) Suffolk F P Wood c Reid b O’Connor 5 * H Bassett b Rose 16 D Mustard lbw b Rose 32 W Randall b Rose 12 S H Wrinch c Reid b Bryan 20 Penfold, W c Tebbutt b Bryan 31 F L Titchmarsh c Hart b Bryan 1 O Mortimer b Coulson 1 + E Godley c Collier b Bryan 20 E H Leek b Tebbutt 27 Trudgett, F G not out 7 Extras 11 Total (all out) 183 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 32 72 75 123 138 160 183 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coulson 20 8 41 1 - - O’Connor 14 2 38 1 - - Bryan 10 0 35 4 - - Rose 19 2 53 3 - - Tebbutt 5 0 5 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 68 12 183 10 - - Cambridgeshire (Followed on) L J Reid c Bassett b Trudgett 17 (1) b Trudgett 8 F E Collier c and b Penfold 7 (2) b Trudgett 20 C H Pigg lbw b Penfold 1 (3) c Wood b Penfold 15 * H C Tebbutt c Titchmarsh b Trudgett 11 (4) b Penfold 16 F P C Pemberton c Wrinch b Trudgett 2 (5) c Titchmarsh b Penfold 8 F W Bryan b Penfold 0 (6) b Trudgett 0 + Watts, G H c Wrinch b Penfold 10 (7) not out 34 H B Hart c Wrinch b Trudgett 9 (8) not out 18 G A Rose not out 1 Coulson, H c and b Penfold 2 O’Connor, J c Penfold b Trudgett 9 Extras 5 7 Total (all out) 74 (6 wickets) 126 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 21 37 41 41 43 62 69 74 Second innings 25 40 44 64 65 77 - - - - Trudgett 14.2 2 43 5 - - (1) 23 6 57 3 - - Penfold 14 6 26 5 - - (2) 23 9 42 3 - - Bassett (3) 2 0 10 0 - - Leek (4) 2 0 9 0 - - Titchmarsh (5) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 28.2 8 74 10 - - 51 15 126 6 - - Notes: This rain-affected match was drawn after Cambridgeshire followed on 109 runs behind. On the first day, only around half-an- hour’s play was possible after the start shortly before noon. Because of the reputation of the ground for drying quickly, play for the day was not finally abandoned until 5.15 pm. On the second day play began at 11.00 am, and when six wickets were down for 77 runs in the Cambridgeshire second innings the prospects of a Suffolk victory appeared good. However, Watts and Hart then had an unbroken partnership of 49 runs, staying together until the close of play. Watts innings of 34 not out was the highest of the match. For Suffolk, Trudgett and Penfold both took 8 wickets in the match, for 100 runs and 68 runs respectively. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Suffolk innings fall of fifth and sixth wickets; in Cambridgeshire first innings fall of eighth wicket.] Sources: Cambridge Daily News 31 July, 1,2 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 2 August; East Anglian Daily Times 1,2,5 August; Sporting Life 1,2 August; The Sportsman 1,2 August; Cricket 10 August, p 413. 67