Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 73 : NORFOLK V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 15, Saturday 16 August 1913 Result: Norfolk won by five wickets Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: B Brown and W H Caldow Debutants: Norfolk 1 (G R Pedder); Cambridgeshire none First day score: Cambridgeshire 85 and 152; Norfolk 100 Cambridgeshire F E Collier c Stevens b Falconer 0 (6) b J H Falcon 3 Carpenter, H A c Popham b Falconer 6 (2) c Pedder b Hudson 55 A S Ling c Fulcher b M Falcon 0 (1) b Watson 26 * H C Tebbutt c Pedder b Falconer 23 (4) c Falconer b Hudson 6 C A H Keenlyside c Popham b Falconer 0 (3) c Thurgar b Fulcher 22 E H Hickman c Stevens b Falconer 2 (5) b J H Falcon 0 + Watts, G H b M Falcon 0 (8) b J H Falcon 0 W C Hunt b Falconer 23 (7) c and b Hudson 1 T W Sadler b M Falcon 3 (9) not out 9 Coulson, H c J H Falcon b Falconer 11 (10) b Hudson 4 H Christmas not out 0 (11) run out 10 Extras nb 2 17 w 1, nb 3 16 Total (all out) 85 (all out) 152 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 10 12 12 22 23 62 71 81 85 Second innings 53 109 120 124 126 128 128 128 132 152 M Falcon 11 3 36 3 - 2 (1) 7 2 25 0 - - Falconer 11 4 32 7 - - (2) 8 0 25 0 - - Watson (3) 11 4 25 1 - - J H Falcon (4) 6 1 19 3 - - Fulcher (5) 8 2 27 1 - 3 Hudson (6) 7 2 15 4 1 - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 16 1 - - Total 22 7 85 10 0 2 47 11 152 10 1 3 Norfolk R W Thurgar c Keenlyside b Tebbutt 12 (1) b Sadler 18 R F Popham b Sadler 3 (2) c Ling b Sadler 11 G A Stevens lbw b Sadler 8 (3) c Keenlyside b Christmas 17 * M Falcon lbw b Tebbutt 19 (4) c Watts b Sadler 35 E J Fulcher c Watts b Sadler 8 (5) not out 32 + G R Pedder not out 27 (6) b Sadler 11 J H Falcon b Sadler 4 (7) not out 7 A R Hudson b Sadler 0 R G Pilch c Watts b Christmas 3 Falconer, R b Sadler 3 Watson, H c Watts b Sadler 0 Extras 13 7 Total (all out) 100 (5 wickets) 138 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 17 43 55 55 70 70 77 88 100 Second innings 13 48 48 77 108 - - - - - Tebbutt 9 1 40 2 - - (2) 8 1 37 0 - - Sadler 14.5 3 35 7 - - (1) 14 4 55 4 - - Christmas 6 2 12 1 - - (3) 6 0 39 1 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 29.5 6 100 10 - - 28 5 138 5 - - Notes: This return match was won by Norfolk by five wickets at 12.40 pm on the second day. The first three innings were completed on the first day, and the 138 runs Norfolk needed to win were scored in 90 minutes on the second morning. The encounter between the two sides in the previous week had also been won by Norfolk, by an innings and 161 runs. For the winners, Falconer took 7 wickets for 32 runs in the Cambridgeshire first innings. M Falcon top-scored with 35 which contained 1 six and 5 fours in the Norfolk second innings. For the losers, Sadler took 11 wickets in the match for 90 runs, with 7 for 35 in the Norfolk first innings, and 4 wickets for 55 runs in the second. Carpenter top-scored with 55 which contained 6 fours. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 16,18 August; Eastern Evening News 15,16 August; Norfolk Chronicle 22 August; Norwich Mercury 16,23 August; Cambridge Independent Press 22 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 22 August; East Anglian Daily Times 18 August; Cricket 23 August, p 551; The Sportsman 15 August. 106