Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 66 : NORFOLK V STAFFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 August 1913 Result: Norfolk won by 35 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: J Gregory and B Brown Debutants: Norfolk none; Staffordshire none First day score: Norfolk 65 and 83-8 wickets (R W Thurgar 6*); Staffordshire 66 Norfolk R W Collinson c J S Heath b Barnes 25 (2) b Deyes 18 * M Falcon c Nichols b Barnes 17 (1) b Deyes 34 G A Stevens lbw b Barnes 4 (3) b Deyes 1 + R W Thurgar c J S Heath b Barnes 4 (4) b Barnes 40 R F Popham lbw b Barnes 0 (5) lbw b Barnes 3 E J Fulcher b Barnes 2 (6) c Morgan b Deyes 2 A R Hudson b Morgan 1 (7) c Meakin b Morgan 4 L F Wynne-Willson not out 0 (8) c J S Heath b Barnes 9 Falconer, R b Barnes 0 (9) c J S Heath b Barnes 0 Watson, H b Barnes 0 (10) b Deyes 14 Gibson, E b Barnes 0 (11) not out 0 Extras b 10, lb 1, nb 1 12 b 1, lb 8, nb 3 12 Total (all out) 65 (all out) 137 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 42 51 55 55 58 65 65 65 65 65 Second innings 54 56 57 61 65 72 83 83 133 137 Barnes 16.3 5 31 9 - 1 (1) 17 5 46 4 - - Morgan 16 8 22 1 - - (2) 13 4 47 1 - - Deyes (3) 12 1 21 5 - 5 Nichols (4) 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 32.3 13 65 10 0 1 44 10 137 10 0 5 Staffordshire L F Taylor b Falcon 5 (2) b Falconer 9 Nichols, J E b Falcon 10 (3) b Falconer 3 J S Heath b Falconer 7 (5) b Falcon 3 * B Meakin lbw b Falcon 0 (7) c Thurgar b Falcon 26 Barnes, S F b Falcon 7 (4) b Falconer 15 R A Heath b Falcon 13 (6) b Falcon 0 C H Campbell b Falconer 9 (8) b Falconer 4 Morgan, B F b Falconer 1 (10) not out 3 Deyes, G not out 3 (9) c Stevens b Falconer 29 + J Poole b Falconer 7 (11) b Falcon 0 P Briggs absent ill 0 (1) c Thurgar b Falcon 5 Extras b 1, lb 1, nb 2 4 b 1, nb 3 4 Total (all out) 66 (all out) 101 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 21 21 30 30 40 42 54 66 - Second innings 11 15 22 35 35 49 53 93 100 101 Falcon 13 3 25 5 - 2 (1) 15.3 3 44 5 - 3 Watson 5 2 11 0 - - (3) 6 1 16 0 - - Falconer 9 0 26 4 - - (2) 18 8 37 5 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - - 4 0 - - Total 27 5 66 9 0 2 39.3 12 101 10 0 3 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by 35 runs at 3.17 pm on the second day despite having been bowled out for just 65 in their first innings. The match between the two sides at Stoke-on-Trent in July had been won by Staffordshire by an innings and 54 runs. The wicket was slow and difficult at the start and, although it dried out, it remained hard to bat on. In Norfolk’s first innings Collinson and Falcon added 42 for the first wicket, after which all 10 fell for the addition of just 23 runs. In their second innings the same pair added 54 for the first wicket before another collapse. However Thurgar, who made Norfolk’s top score of 40, and Watson added a crucial 50 runs for the ninth wicket in just 40 minutes. Falcon had figures of 10 wickets for 69 runs in the match, including 5 for 25 in Staffordshire’s first innings and 5 for 44 in their second. Falconer took 9 wickets for 63 runs in the match, including 5 for 37 in Staffordshire’s second innings. For the losers Briggs was unable to bat in their first innings due to illness. Deyes top-scored with 29 and also took 5 wickets for 21 runs in Norfolk’s second innings. Barnes took 13 wickets for 77 runs in the match, including 9 for 31 in Norfolk’s first innings, during which he bowled unchanged. His last 5 wickets were obtained without a run being scored from him. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; East Anglian Daily Times 14,15 August; Eastern Daily Press 14,15,16 August; Eastern Evening News 13,14 August; Norwich Mercury 16 August; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 16 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 13,14,16 August; Cricket 23 August, p 547. 99