MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 47: NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1912 Result: Norfolk won by 51 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Norfolk none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Norfolk 134 and 107-4 wickets (M Falcon 65*, R W Thurgar 8*); Hertfordshire 99 Norfolk E J Fulcher b Shelford 9 ( ) c Gibson b Shelford 2 R F Popham b Shelford 5 (5) b Coleman 11 G A Stevens b Burton 19 (3) b Shelford 17 * M Falcon c and b Coleman 36 ( ) c Household b Marsh 143 G W Birkbeck c Shelford b Burton 0 (4) b Shelford 0 L F Wynne-Willson c Marsh b Coleman 33 (7) b Shelford 11 R G Pilch b Coleman 6 (8) lbw b Marsh 22 + R W Thurgar run out 2 (6) st Lemoine b Shelford 19 Gibson, E st Lemoine b Marsh 8 (9) c Anderson b Coleman 1 Watson, H c Shelford b Coleman 4 (11) c Titchmarsh b Coleman 1 Falconer, R not out 9 (10) not out 14 Extras 3 8 Total (all out) 134 (all out) 249 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 57 57 101 106 106 110 125 134 Second innings 34 34 64 144 220 241 249 Coleman 13.5 4 35 4 - - (2) 19.4 3 69 3 - - Shelford 10 1 31 2 - - (1) 28 12 38 5 - - Burton 14 2 55 2 - - (3) 20 3 75 0 - - Marsh 2 1 10 1 - - (4) 15 2 53 2 - - A K Gibson (5) 1 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 39.5 8 134 10 - - 83.4 20 249 10 - - Hertfordshire A K Gibson b Falcon 6 (5) c Stevens b Gibson 14 Golding, A J b Falcon 0 ( ) b Watson 11 E S Household b Falcon 4 ( ) c Fulcher b Watson 54 C H Titchmarsh c Thurgar b Falconer 13 (4) st Thurgar b Wynne-Willson 4 R B Cowley c Popham b Watson 8 (3) c Falcon b Wynne-Willson 56 J O Anderson b Watson 12 (6) c Fulcher b Gibson 1 Coleman, W E c Thurgar b Falcon 12 (7) b Falconer 54 * W H Marsh c Stevens b Gibson 17 (8) c Thurgar b Falconer 10 Shelford, W b Falcon 1 (10) b Watson 12 Burton, F A c Pilch b Falcon 15 (9) b Falcon 0 + H M Lemoine not out 9 (11) not out 4 Extras 2 w 1 13 Total (all out) 99 (all out) 233 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 29 46 61 79 99 Second innings 24 101 144 146 198 199 229 233 Falcon 17.1 3 46 6 - - (1) 12 0 43 1 1 - Falconer 20 10 20 1 - - (2) 20 7 33 2 - - Watson 11 4 15 2 - - (3) 15.3 3 32 3 - - Gibson, E 8 1 16 1 - - (4) 14 2 57 2 - - Birkbeck (5) 3 0 19 0 - - Wynne-Willson (6) 6 0 36 2 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 56.1 18 99 10 - - 70.3 12 233 10 1 0 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by 51 runs at 6 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at St Albans in July had been drawn. For the winners there were 16 fours and 7 threes in Falcon’s 143, an innings of 3 hours and 5 minutes. Falcon also took 6 wickets for 46 runs in Hertfordshire’s first innings. For the losers Household scored 54, Cowley 56, and Coleman 54. Shelford took 5 wickets for 38 runs in Norfolk’s second innings. Thursby was selected for Norfolk but he missed his train and Pilch played in his stead. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown, part batting order in both second innings; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire second innings boundaries in Household’ 54, Cowley’s 56, and Coleman’s 54.] Sources: East Anglian Daily Times 6,7 August; Eastern Daily Press 6,7 August; Eastern Evening News 6 August; Norfolk Chronicle 10 August; Norwich Mercury 10 August; Herts Advertiser 10 August; Watford Observer 10 August; Cricket 17 August, p 431. 78