MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 63: NORFOLK V SUFFOLK At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 12 August 1912 Result: Norfolk won by an innings and 165 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Norfolk none; Suffolk 3 (C K Bridgnell, Dr E V Gostling, E S Lock) First day score: As scorecard – match completed in one day Suffolk * A K Watson c Thurgar b Falcon 4 (1) b Falcon 5 F P Wood lbw b Falconer 4 (2) b Falcon 0 D Mustard c Falconer b Raikes 6 (3) b Falconer 0 E S Lock lbw b Falconer 0 (5) b Falconer 11 C K Bridgnell b Falconer 0 (4) b Falcon 0 F L Titchmarsh b Falconer 0 (6) c Gibson b Falconer 6 Penfold, W c Fulcher b Raikes 10 (7) b Falconer 6 V F Gaby c Fulcher b Raikes 13 (8) b Falcon 7 Dr E V Gostling c Falcon b Falconer 0 (9) b Falconer 1 + P P Cornell b Falconer 2 (10) not out 1 Trudgett, F G not out 0 (11) b Falcon 1 Extras 0 2 Total (all out) 39 (all out) 40 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 10 14 14 14 16 35 35 39 39 Second innings 3 6 8 8 17 26 37 38 39 40 Falcon 4 1 9 1 - - (1) 8.2 1 19 5 - - Falconer 9 4 15 6 - - (2) 8 1 19 5 - - Raikes 5.1 0 15 3 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 18.1 5 39 10 0 0 16.2 2 40 10 - - Norfolk Rev G B Raikes b Trudgett 58 E J Fulcher b Gaby 54 G A Stevens c Trudgett b Gostling 25 G W Birkbeck c Gostling b Penfold 0 * M Falcon c Gaby b Penfold 21 + R W Thurgar b Penfold 44 R G Pilch c Bridgnell b Penfold 8 R F Popham b Gaby 11 Falconer, R st Cornell b Penfold 8 Gibson, E c and b Penfold 0 Watson, H not out 3 Extras nb 1 12 Total (all out) 244 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 89 124 124 166 172 206 227 244 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Penfold 35.5 10 92 6 - - Trudgett 14 5 32 1 - - Gaby 17 4 69 2 - 1 Gostling 5 0 30 1 - - Wood 1 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 72.5 19 244 10 0 1 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by an innings and 165 runs a few moments after 6.00 pm on the first day, after Suffolk had been put into bat by the Norfolk captain. The match between the two sides at Norwich at the beginning of the month had also been won by Norfolk. Suffolk were dismissed in just over an hour before lunch and their second innings was of the same length. For the winners, Falconer took 11 wickets for just 34 runs, with 6 wickets for 15 runs in the first innings, and 5 for 19 in the second. There was 1 six and 7 fours in Raikes’s 58 and 10 fours in Fulcher’s 54. For Suffolk, no batsman exceeded 13 runs in either of their innings. In the Norfolk innings Penfold took 6 wickets for 92 runs. Bridgnell on his debut for Suffolk was dismissed without scoring in both innings. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Norfolk innings fall of sixth and ninth wickets.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 13 August; Eastern Evening News 12,13 August; Norfolk Chronicle 17 August; Norwich Mercury 14 August; Bury and Norwich Post 16 August; East Anglian Daily Times 13,19 August; Sporting Life 13 August; The Sportsman 13 August; Cricket 17 August, p 435. 94