Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 29 : HERTFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At Bushey Cricket Club Ground, Manor House, Bushey on Friday 18, [Saturday 19] July 1913 Result: Match drawn – Norfolk won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 1; Norfolk 3 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Norfolk none First day score: As scorecard – rain prevented play on the second day Norfolk R W Collinson c Shelford b Montgomery 30 (2) not out 9 + R W Thurgar c Titchmarsh b Burton 11 (1) b Burton 0 G A Stevens b Burton 0 * M Falcon c Montgomery b Burton 0 B Cozens-Hardy lbw b Burton 0 E J Fulcher c Golding b Montgomery 40 R A Wingfield b Burton 7 R F Popham b Burton 11 Falconer, R not out 12 (3) not out 5 Gibson, E b Montgomery 11 Watson, H c Marsh b Montgomery 8 Extras nb 2 3 4 Total (all out) 133 (1 wicket) 18 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 30 60 133 Second innings 0 - - - - - - - - - Burton 24 7 62 6 - 2 (1) 3 1 8 1 - - Shelford 5 0 15 0 - - Montgomery 18.2 6 53 4 - - (2) 3 1 6 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 47.2 13 133 10 0 2 6 2 18 1 - - Hertfordshire S G Etheridge b Falconer 5 Golding, A J c Collinson b Falcon 0 C H Titchmarsh run out 21 * Rev C G Ward b Falcon 2 W Montgomery lbw b Falcon 6 + E H Cuthbertson b Falcon 3 W H Marsh lbw b Falconer 0 Burton, F A c Gibson b Falcon 2 E J Dodd not out 0 Shelford, W b Falcon 0 E S Household absent hurt 0 Extras nb 1 8 Total (all out) 47 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 39 42 47 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Falcon 12.2 6 18 6 - 1 Falconer 12 6 21 2 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - Total 24.2 12 47 9 0 1 Notes: This match was left drawn with Norfolk winning on the first innings. Play did not start until 2.20 pm on the first day and there was no play on the second day. For the visitors Fulcher top-scored with 40. Falcon took 6 wickets for 18 runs as he and Falconer bowled unchanged during Hertfordshire’s innings which lasted for just 24.2 overs. Household was unable to bat having split his hand while attempting to catch a skier from Watson; White had deputised in the field. For the home side Titchmarsh was the only batsman to score more than 6 runs. Burton took 6 wickets for 62 runs in Norfolk’s first innings, during which he bowled unchanged. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 26 July; Watford Observer 26 July; Eastern Daily Press 19,21 July; Eastern Evening News 18,19 July; Norwich Mercury 23 July; Cricket 26 July, p 441. 62