Minor Counties Championship 1913

NORFOLK 1913 Championship matches: Played 9, won 4, lost 1, drawn 4 (won on first innings 4, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: First equal with Glamorgan. Champion County on having a first innings lead in the Challenge Match. Won: v Bedfordshire at Bedford ES, v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge, v Staffordshire at Norwich and v Cambridgeshire at Norwich Lost: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn - won on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Bushey, v Hertfordshire at Norwich, v Bedfordshire at Norwich and v Glamorgan at Norwich Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captains: M Falcon (7 matches). G A Stevens led the side in the two matches in which M Falcon did not play. Wicket-keepers: R W Thurgar (7 matches) and G R Pedder (2 matches) Debutants: 5 (G T Carter, A R Hudson, G R Pedder, S W J Trafford and R A Wingfield) Final Season: 6 (R W Collinson, B Cozens-Hardy, G B Raikes, S W J Trafford, C J H Treglown and R A Wingfield) Hon Secretary: C B L Prior Professionals: 3 (R Falconer, E Gibson and H Watson) Home Ground 1: The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich (5 matches) Notes: Norfolk had another excellent season finishing first equal with Glamorgan in the Table. Rain spoilt the Challenge Match but Norfolk led on first innings and became Champion County. Staffordshire were opponents in place of Suffolk. The captain Michael Falcon scored 410 runs at 37.27 and took 36 wickets at 14.38. Batting support was given by Geoffrey Stevens with 451 runs at 30.06 and Reginald Popham with 438 at 29.20. Roderick Falconer obtained 36 wickets at a cost of 12.91 runs each. During the season career milestones reached were 2000 runs and 100 wickets by Michael Falcon, 1000 runs by Eric Fulcher, 100 wickets by Roderick Falconer and 50 catches by Edward Gibson. NORFOLK MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Norfolk during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Norfolk in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I G T Carter + 2 2 0 16 17 8.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R W Collinson 2 4 1 30 82 27.33 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - B Cozens-Hardy 2 3 0 19 33 11.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - J H Falcon 2 4 1 7* 11 3.66 - - 2 1 - 9 1 32 3 10.66 3-19 - - M Falcon 7 11 0 155 410 37.27 1 1 2 1 - 166.3 37 518 36 14.38 6-18 1 5 Falconer, R 9 12 4 13* 71 8.87 - - 3 6 - 206.3 78 465 36 12.91 7-32 - 4 E J Fulcher 9 15 2 57 278 21.38 - 1 3 4 - 54 19 113 8 14.12 5-26 - 1 Gibson, E 8 9 3 11 25 4.16 - - 1 5 - 88 25 199 5 39.80 3-28 - - A R Hudson + 5 9 2 39 81 11.57 - - 1 2 - 26 8 58 6 9.66 4-15 - - G R Pedder + 2 4 1 27* 56 18.66 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - R G Pilch 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R F Popham 9 15 0 112 438 29.20 1 3 1 5 - - - - - - - - - Rev G B Raikes 1 2 0 9 10 5.00 - - - - - 4 0 25 0 - - - - G A Stevens 9 15 0 142 451 30.06 1 2 1 11 - - - - - - - - - R W Thurgar 9 16 0 155 322 20.12 1 - 2 17 - - - - - - - - - Capt S W J Trafford + 3 5 1 10* 23 5.75 - - 1 2 - 10 2 31 0 - - - - C J H Treglown 2 4 1 34 54 18.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Watson, H 9 11 3 32 124 13.00 - - 2 3 - 207.5 65 469 30 15.63 7-62 - 3 R A Wingfield + 3 4 0 7 16 4.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - L F Wynne-Willson 5 7 2 24 86 17.20 - - - - - 6 1 30 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 149 - - - - - - - - 131 5 - - - - Total 99 153 21 155 2740 20.75 4 7 22 64 0 777.5 236 2071 129 16.05 7-32 1 13 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Norfolk in the Championship in 1913. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I R W Collinson 1910 8 16 3 139 431 33.15 1 1 - 8 - 30 9 0 - - - - B Cozens-Hardy 1904 19 31 5 102 529 20.34 1 2 5 18 - 198 122 3 40.66 1-9 - - Rev G B Raikes 1895 49 77 4 145 2439 33.41 5 9 4 42 - 6025 3471 214 16.21 9-24 6 14 Capt S W J Trafford 1913 3 5 1 10* 23 5.75 - - 1 2 - 60 31 0 - - - - C J H Treglown 1910 20 34 6 55 422 15.07 - 1 4 14 - - - - - - - - R A Wingfield 1913 3 4 0 7 16 4.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - (6 players) 167