MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 49: SUFFOLK V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The Ipswich and East Suffolk Cricket Club Ground, Portman Road, Ipswich on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Cambridgeshire won on first innings Points: Cambridgeshire 3, Suffolk 1 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Suffolk 1 (Dr H P Sleigh); Cambridgeshire none First day score: Cambridgeshire 133 and 17-2 wickets (W E Constable 4*, H Coulson 1*); Suffolk 132 Cambridgeshire F E Collier c Whatman b Trudgett 20 (8) c Whatman b Trudgett 2 A S Ling c Leek b Trudgett 24 (5) b Penfold 0 + Watts, G H run out 0 (7) lbw b Trudgett 3 * H C Tebbutt b Penfold 7 (6) c Wood b Penfold 0 H R Barker b Trudgett 5 (9) b Penfold 4 H B Hart c Blount b Penfold 22 (1) b Penfold 7 E B Darby b Trudgett 1 (3) c and b Penfold 0 F W Bryan b Trudgett 21 (10) b Trudgett 0 W E Constable b Penfold 9 (2) b Penfold 17 Coulson, H not out 8 (4) b Trudgett 33 O’Connor, J lbw b Penfold 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 16 10 Total (all out) 133 (all out) 76 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 48 60 69 73 115 115 133 133 Second innings 9 13 52 56 56 67 69 72 74 76 Penfold 27.2 10 50 4 - - (2) 27.4 18 23 6 - - Trudgett 28 11 60 5 - - (1) 25 10 35 4 - - Wood 2 2 0 0 - - (3) 2 0 7 0 - - Leek 1 0 7 0 - - H L Wilson - - (4) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 16 1 - - 10 0 - - Total 58.2 23 133 10 - - 55.4 28 76 10 - - Suffolk * H L Wilson c Hart b Tebbutt 67 (1) b Coulson 11 A K Watson b O’Connor 4 (2) b Coulson 4 + C H B Blount b Bryan 15 (3) c Coulson b Barker 3 A D Whatman b Bryan 0 (4) b Bryan 8 D Mustard lbw b Bryan 2 (5) lbw b Coulson 8 F P Wood b Coulson 23 (6) not out 9 Dr H P Sleigh b Coulson 2 (7) c Barker b Coulson 0 Penfold, W c Ling b Tebbutt 10 (8) not out 9 T W E Wilson not out 0 E H Leek b Coulson 3 Trudgett, F G lbw b Coulson 0 Extras 6 11 Total (all out) 132 (6 wickets) 63 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 40 44 95 99 127 129 132 132 Second innings 23 26 28 44 44 44 - - - - Coulson 23.2 8 45 4 - - (1) 16.3 10 19 4 - - O’Connor 11 3 34 1 - - (5) 1 1 0 0 - - Bryan 12 1 40 3 - - (4) 4 0 16 1 - - Barker 3 1 5 0 - - (3) 6 3 6 1 - - Tebbutt 3 1 2 2 - - (2) 6 1 11 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 52.2 14 132 10 - - 33.3 15 63 6 - - Notes: This closely fought rain-affected return match ended as a draw with Cambridgeshire winning on first innings. Heavy rain stopped play at 5.00 pm on the second day with Suffolk requiring another 15 runs for victory with four wickets remaining. On the first day rain during the lunch interval delayed the resumption of play until 2.30 pm. On the second day, rain delayed the start until 1.55 pm and stopped play at 5.00 pm with 1½ hours play remaining. The rain was so heavy that the match was abandoned at 6.00 pm. It is reported that the first 15 overs bowled on the second day by Suffolk were maidens. For Suffolk, Penfold took 10 wickets in the match for 73 runs and Trudgett 9 for 95. In an innings of two hours, H L Wilson scored 67. For Cambridgeshire, Coulson took 8 wickets in the match for 64 runs. In the Suffolk first innings Bryan dismissed Blount and Whatman with successive balls. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Cambridgeshire first innings fall of second wicket; in Suffolk first innings boundaries in H L Wilson’s 67 and fall of first wicket.] Sources: Bury and Norwich Post 9 August; East Anglian Daily Times 6,7,12 August; Cambridge Daily News 5,6,7 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 9 August; Eastern Daily Press 6,7 August; Sporting Life 6,7 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August; Cricket 10 August, p 415. 80