MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 42: SUFFOLK V NORFOLK At The Bury and West Suffolk Cricket Club Ground, Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmunds on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1912 Result: Norfolk won by an innings and 36 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: J Gregory and W H Harden Debutants: Suffolk 1 (E L D Lake); Norfolk 2 (H C Prior, L F Wynne-Willson) First day score: Norfolk 274; Suffolk 160 and 24-3 wickets (F P Wood 5*, R Lee 0*) Norfolk E J Fulcher b Bassett 64 R F Popham run out 15 G A Stevens b Bassett 19 * G W Birkbeck c Cornell b Bassett 60 L F Wynne-Willson c Wood b Bassett 6 R G Pilch b Trudgett 9 + R W Thurgar b Bassett 0 H C Prior b Wood 63 Gibson, E b Bassett 21 Falconer, R c Cornell b Wood 4 Watson, H not out 2 Extras w 1 11 Total (all out) 274 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 50 86 115 123 152 171 182 240 254 274 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Penfold 6 0 32 0 - - Trudgett 18 2 61 1 - - Bassett 22 0 117 6 - - Wood 10.3 2 53 2 1 - Extras - - 11 1 - - Total 56.3 4 274 10 1 0 Suffolk (Followed on) H Bassett b Falconer 6 (2) st Thurgar b Gibson 15 F P Wood c Thurgar b Falconer 3 (4) b Falconer 7 Col R H Dewing b Falconer 14 (6) b Gibson 1 R Lee b Falconer 10 (5) b Falconer 1 * A K Watson b Falconer 1 (3) st Thurgar b Gibson 0 W Randall c Stevens b Falconer 0 (7) b Falconer 0 E L D Lake c Fulcher b Falconer 53 (8) not out 22 Penfold, W c Fulcher b H Watson 22 (9) c and b Falconer 12 F L Titchmarsh c Birkbeck b H Watson 9 (10) c Pilch b Falconer 8 + P P Cornell not out 35 (1) c Stevens b Gibson 4 Trudgett, F G st Thurgar b Gibson 6 (11) b Falconer 0 Extras lb 1 1 8 Total (all out) 160 (all out) 78 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 11 25 31 31 40 105 113 125 160 Second innings 19 19 24 27 28 28 28 68 78 78 Falconer 19 3 68 7 - - (2) 15.5 5 27 6 - - Gibson 11.2 2 29 1 - - (1) 17 6 41 4 - - Watson, H 12 1 46 2 - - (3) 2 0 2 0 - - Fulcher 5 1 16 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 47.2 7 160 10 0 0 34.5 11 78 10 - - Notes: Norfolk won this match by an innings and 38 runs on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. For the winners, Falconer took 13 wickets in the match for 95 runs, including 7 for 68 in the Suffolk first innings and 6 for 27 in their second innings. Fulcher scored 64 with 12 fours, the debutant Prior scored 63, and Birkbeck 60 with 11 fours. In the Norfolk innings Prior and Gibson added 58 runs for the eighth wicket. For the losers, the debutant Lake scored 53. In the Norfolk innings Bassett took 6 wickets for 117 runs. In the Suffolk first innings Lake and Penfold added 65 runs for the seventh wicket. Suffolk were handicapped through injuries, in the Norfolk innings Trudgett splitting his finger in attempting to catch Fulcher when the score was 80 for one wicket, and Penfold was described in the Norfolk press as being “scarcely in a fit condition to bowl.”. Randell was dismissed first ball in both the Suffolk innings. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Norfolk innings boundaries in Prior’s 63; in Suffolk first innings boundaries in Lake’s 53; precise time completed.] Sources: Bury and Norwich Post 9 August; East Anglian Daily Times 3,5 August; Eastern Daily Press 3,5 August; Eastern Evening News 2,3 August; Norfolk Chronicle 10 August; Norwich Mercury 7 August; Sporting Life 3,5 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August; Cricket 10 August, p 412. 73