Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 14 : HERTFORDSHIRE V SUFFOLK At The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans on Friday 4, Saturday 5 July 1913 Result: Hertfordshire won by ten wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: T Attewell and J P Whiteside Debutants: Hertfordshire 2 (E J Dodd, W Montgomery); Suffolk 1 (R M W Gross) First day score: Hertfordshire 270; Suffolk 73-5 wickets (B D Rushbrooke 5*, V F Gaby 15*) Hertfordshire S G Etheridge c Gaby b Penfold 109 (1) not out 11 Golding, A J lbw b Penfold 60 C H Titchmarsh c Phillips b Lawrence 13 (2) not out 5 E S Household c Trudgett b Penfold 2 * Rev C G Ward b Lawrence 22 W Montgomery c Phillips b Lawrence 0 + E H Cuthbertson c Lawrence b Mortimer 26 W H Marsh c Phillips b Lawrence 0 E J Dodd b Penfold 1 Burton, F A b Lawrence 20 Shelford, W not out 3 Extras 14 0 Total (all out) 270 (no wicket) 16 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 154 176 226 270 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Penfold 34 13 55 4 - - (2) 1 0 3 0 - - Trudgett 10 0 32 0 - - Mortimer 3 1 11 1 - - Lawrence 33.3 4 111 5 - - (1) 1.3 0 13 0 - - Gaby 4 1 9 0 - - Titchmarsh 3 1 14 0 - - English 4 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 91.3 20 270 10 - - 2.3 0 16 0 0 0 Suffolk (Followed on) * + C M Phillips c Dodd b Burton 4 (8) not out 23 O Mortimer b Dodd 9 (4) b Burton 5 R D Lake b Burton 29 (3) c Dodd b Burton 3 W G English b Burton 6 (5) b Shelford 16 B D Rushbrooke b Burton 7 (2) b Shelford 0 F L Titchmarsh c Household b Burton 4 (6) st Cuthbertson b Shelford 2 V F Gaby b Burton 36 (7) lbw b Burton 8 R M W Gross not out 43 (1) c Etheridge b Burton 35 Penfold, W c Dodd b Shelford 1 (9) b Montgomery 30 Capt H M Lawrence c Marsh b Burton 15 (10) c Marsh b Montgomery 0 Trudgett, F G c and b Burton 0 (11) c Titchmarsh b Burton 0 Extras 8 1 Total (all out) 162 (all out) 123 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 21 47 80 120 162 Second innings 20 42 49 52 67 123 Dodd 21 4 56 1 - - Burton 31.4 8 76 8 - - (1) 21.2 5 64 5 - - Shelford 11 5 22 1 - - (2) 20 2 58 3 - - Montgomery (3) 1 1 0 2 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 63.4 17 162 10 - - 42.2 8 123 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this match by ten wickets on the second day after Hertfordshire enforced the follow on. For the winners, Burton took 13 wickets in the match for 140 runs, with 8 wickets for 76 runs in the first innings and 5 wickets for 64 runs in the second. Etheridge scored 109 runs in the Hertfordshire first innings, which included 12 fours and 6 threes, and Golding 60. In the Hertfordshire first innings Etheridge and Golding had an opening partnership of 154 runs. For Suffolk Lawrence took 5 wickets for 111 runs in the Hertfordshire first innings. The debutant Gross top-scored with 43 not out in the Suffolk first innings. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire first innings duration of Etheridge’s 109, and boundaries in Golding’s 60; precise time completed.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 12 July; East Anglian Daily Times 5,7 July; Eastern Daily Press 7 July; Cricket 19 July, p 421; The Sportsman 8 July. 47