Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 85 : NORFOLK V GLAMORGAN – FINAL At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 1, Tuesday 2, Wednesday 3 September 1913 Result: Match drawn – Norfolk won on first innings Toss: Norfolk Umpires: T Attewell and C Marshall Debutants: Norfolk none; Glamorgan none Close of play score: First day: Norfolk 173-3 wickets (B Cozens-Hardy 12*, E J Fulcher 27*); Second day: Norfolk 244; Glamorgan 54-0 wicket (N V H Riches 18*, J R Tait 27*) Norfolk R W Thurgar b Creber 12 (1) c Bancroft b Creber 6 R F Popham b Hacker 74 (2) c Maxwell b Creber 12 * G A Stevens c Bancroft b Maxwell 38 (3) st Billings b Creber 10 B Cozens-Hardy lbw b Creber 14 (5) c Hacker b Creber 19 E J Fulcher b Creber 35 (4) run out 0 + G R Pedder c Riches b Hacker 17 (7) b Creber 1 A R Hudson run out 1 (8) c Tait b Creber 3 Watson, H c Billings b Hacker 31 (6) c Hacker b Creber 4 J H Falcon c Billings b Hacker 0 (9) b Hacker 0 Falconer, R not out 7 (10) st Billings b Creber 5 Gibson, E c Bancroft b Creber 1 (11) not out 1 Extras b 11, lb 2, w 1 14 0 Total (all out) 244 (all out) 61 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 49 128 130 183 190 203 203 215 242 244 Second innings 18 23 23 31 37 48 54 61 Hacker 32 8 79 4 1 - (2) 12 3 28 1 - - Maxwell 18 3 72 1 - - Creber 20.4 2 79 4 - - (1) 12.4 1 33 8 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 70.4 13 244 10 1 0 24.4 4 61 10 0 0 Glamorgan * N V H Riches c Fulcher b Falconer 38 J R Tait c Watson b Fulcher 46 R A Gibbs c Pedder b Fulcher 0 T A L Whittington lbw b Fulcher 18 E R Sweet-Escott c Watson b Fulcher 4 Bancroft, W J c Cozens-Hardy b Falconer 12 W P Morris b Falconer 11 Maxwell, J c Stevens b Falconer 0 + E A Billings b Fulcher 21 Hacker, W S not out 0 Creber, H lbw b Falconer 0 Extras b 12, lb 3, nb 3 18 Total (all out) 168 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 95 95 95 102 131 135 135 168 168 168 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Falconer 31.3 15 49 5 - - Gibson 11 5 18 0 - - Watson 27 10 41 0 - - Fulcher 22 9 26 5 - - Falcon 3 0 13 0 - 1 Hudson 3 1 3 0 - 2 Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 97.3 40 168 10 0 3 Notes: Despite the absence of their captain Michael Falcon, who was touring the U.S.A. with the Incogniti, Norfolk won the Championship by virtue of securing a first innings lead of 76 runs in a match that was severely affected by rain. There were only 2 hours and 12 minutes play on the first day and 1 hour and 52 minutes on the second. On the third afternoon Norfolk collapsed but they were not dismissed until 5.20 pm and, as it had been agreed to finish the match at 5.30 pm, Glamorgan did not commence their second innings. For the Champions there were 5 fours in Popham’s 74, an innings of 1 hour and 40 minutes and he added 79 runs for the second wicket with Stevens. Falconer took 5 wickets for 49 runs and Fulcher took 5 wickets for 26. For the runners-up Tait top-scored with 46 and he added 95 runs for the first wicket with Riches. Creber took 12 wickets for 112 runs in the match, including figures of 8 for 33 in Norfolk’s second innings during which he bowled unchanged. Billings caught 2 batsmen in Norfolk’s first innings and stumped 2 in their second whilst Bancroft took 3 catches in the match. [Missing: Part fall of wickets.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 2,3,4 September; Eastern Evening News 1,2,3 September; Norwich Chronicle 5 September; Norwich Mercury 6 September; Western Mail 2,3,4 September; Cricket 6 September, p 603; Wisden 1914, p 366. 118