MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 54: SUFFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Town Ground, Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3, Suffolk 1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Suffolk 1 (R S J Rands); Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 102-2 wickets (E S Household 39*, C H Titchmarsh 35*) Hertfordshire Golding, A J c Wilson b Trudgett 1 E S Household c Leek b Penfold 39 R B Cowley c Wilson b Trudgett 26 C H Titchmarsh lbw b Wilson 93 G G Dumbelton b Trudgett 15 J O Anderson c Wilson b Penfold 33 Coleman, W E c Leek b Penfold 35 * W H Marsh c Wrinch b Penfold 0 Burton, F A c Wrinch b Wilson 4 Shelford, W c Rands b Wilson 1 + H M Lemoine not out 9 Extras 13 Total (all out) 269 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 56 102 134 214 240 240 244 269 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Trudgett 33 15 67 3 - - Penfold 41.2 13 93 4 - - Wilson 15 0 71 3 - - Leek 5 2 16 0 - - Wrinch 1 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - Total 95.2 30 269 10 - - Suffolk * H L Wilson run out 16 A K Watson b Coleman 43 + C H B Blount st Lemoine b Marsh 14 F P Wood c Titchmarsh b Burton 38 S H Wrinch c Burton b Shelford 76 F L Titchmarsh c Marsh b Coleman 38 Penfold, W c Golding b Shelford 4 O Mortimer run out 8 R S J Rands b Coleman 8 E H Leek b Coleman 2 Trudgett, F G not out 0 Extras 13 Total (all out) 260 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 53 113 127 230 237 245 253 260 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Burton 27 8 76 1 - - Shelford 26 5 78 2 - - Marsh 13 2 35 1 - - Coleman 19.4 2 39 4 - - Dumbelton 2 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 13 2 - - Total 87.4 17 260 10 - - Notes: This rain-affected return match was drawn, with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Bushey in July had also been drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. Heavy rain prevented any play after lunch on the first day, and the second day’s play was focussed on which team would gain points for first innings lead. Suffolk opened their innings after lunch requiring 270 runs to gain first innings points, but rain at 3.30 pm interrupted play for half-an-hour. Wrinch and F L Titchmarsh added 103 runs for the fifth wicket. With 30 minutes remaining Suffolk still required 40 runs, but they fell just 10 runs short. For the visitors, C H Titchmarsh’s 93 contained 12 fours. For the home side Wrinch scored 76. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire innings fall of ninth wicket; in Suffolk innings boundaries in Wrinch’s 76, and fall of eighth wicket.] Sources: East Anglian Daily Times 8,9,12 August; Sporting Life 8,9 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August; Cricket 17 August, p 431. 85