Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 61 : NORFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Monday 11, Tuesday 12 August 1913 Result: Match drawn – Norfolk won on first innings Points: Norfolk 3, Bedfordshire 1 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: J Gregory and S Wrigley Debutants: Norfolk none; Bedfordshire 1 (B L Rogers) First day score: Norfolk 217-2 wickets (G A Stevens 9*, R W Thurgar 3*) Norfolk * M Falcon c Newman b Morcom 155 R F Popham c Apthorp b Grierson 50 G A Stevens c Holdstock b Peel 58 + R W Thurgar c Morcom b Grierson 26 E J Fulcher not out 26 A R Hudson not out 10 (3) c Holdstock b Graham 9 G T Carter (1) b Graham 1 L F Wynne-Willson (2) not out 11 Falconer, R Gibson, E Watson, H Extras b 5, lb 1 6 4 Total (4 wickets declared) 331 (2 wickets) 25 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 197 205 287 295 - - - - - - Second innings 11 25 - - - - - - - - Morcom 22 0 105 1 - - Grierson 20 4 83 2 - - Peel 17 3 78 1 - - Graham 3 0 30 0 - - (2) 3.5 1 11 2 - - King 2 0 29 0 - - Rogers (1) 4 2 10 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 64 7 331 4 - - 7.5 3 25 2 - - Bedfordshire B L Peel c Stevens b Falconer 27 S V Graham b Watson 10 Holdstock, H F c Thurgar b Watson 24 F W H Nicholas c Hudson b Falcon 41 Dr A F Morcom c Stevens b Gibson 42 F C W Newman c Falconer b Hudson 40 Ratcliff, J c Carter b Falcon 28 H Grierson b Watson 14 * + E E Apthorp c Thurgar b Falcon 9 W E King not out 4 B L Rogers b Watson 0 Extras b 7, lb 3, nb 1 11 Total (all out) 250 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 47 77 109 192 192 232 250 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Falcon 20 6 48 3 - 2 Falconer 23 8 64 1 - - Watson 23.5 9 53 4 - - Gibson 18 4 46 1 - - Fulcher 4 0 18 0 - 3 Hudson 3 1 10 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 91.5 28 250 10 0 5 Notes: This return match was drawn with rain limiting play on the first day to 1 hour and 50 minutes, the wet conditions hampering the fielding side. Then heavy rain at 3.00 pm flooded the pitch and led to play being abandoned for the day. Norfolk had won the encounter between the two sides in July at the Elstow School ground by six wickets. For Norfolk, there were 5 sixes, and 18 fours in Falcon’s 155, an innings of one hour and 40 minutes. Stevens’s 58 included 9 fours, and Popham’s 50 contained 4 fours. In the Norfolk first innings Falcon and Popham added 197 runs for the first wicket. For Bedfordshire there were 3 fours in Morcom’s 42. It was reported that King was taken ill and on the second day of the Norfolk first innings Gibson fielded as his substitute. Still not fully well King batted lower down the order at tenth place by which time the follow on had been saved. [Missing: In Norfolk second innings extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire innings fall of eighth and ninth wickets.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 12,13 August; Eastern Evening News 11,12 August; Norfolk Chronicle 15 August; Norwich Mercury 15 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 15 August; Bedfordshire Standard 15 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 16 August; Luton Reporter 18 August; East Anglian Daily Times 12,13 August; Cricket 23 August, p 545. 94