Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 60: NORFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 7, Saturday 8 August 1914 Result: Match drawn – Norfolk won on first innings Points: Norfolk 3, Bedfordshire 1 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Norfolk 1 (S D Hill); Bedfordshire 1 (O L Boyes) First day score: Norfolk 316; Bedfordshire 119 Norfolk + R W Thurgar c Holdstock b Rogers 59 R F Popham b King 117 G A Stevens b Newman 21 E J Fulcher c Holdstock b Graham 5 * M Falcon b Newman 0 J H Falcon b Newman 2 S D Hill b King 20 L F Wynne-Willson b Rogers 19 A R Hudson b Rogers 20 Falconer, R lbw b Holdstock 12 Watson, H not out 16 Extras nb 1 25 Total (all out) 316 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 117 173 182 182 192 236 286 316 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Graham 32 14 57 1 - - King 15 2 66 2 - 1 Boyes 5 0 19 0 - - Holdstock 17 6 35 1 - - Rogers 14 0 63 3 - - Newman 11 1 51 3 - - Extras - - 25 0 - - Total 94 23 316 10 0 1 Bedfordshire (Followed on) S V Graham c Thurgar b Falconer 14 (1) b M Falcon 16 Holdstock, H F c Thurgar b Watson 6 (2) not out 27 F C W Newman c J H Falcon b Watson 20 (3) not out 32 W E King b Falconer 19 R C Gutteridge b Falconer 6 * + E E Apthorp b Watson 8 J H Joyce b M Falcon 12 O L Boyes b M Falcon 15 Rogers, B L b M Falcon 4 A J Mander c J H Falcon b M Falcon 0 W Brown not out 9 Extras nb 2 6 nb 3 13 Total (all out) 119 (1 wicket) 88 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 77 119 Second innings 27 - - - - - - - - - M Falcon 9.4 2 23 4 - 2 (1) 6 0 26 1 - 1 Falconer 16 6 35 3 - - (2) 8 0 16 0 - - Watson 10 1 43 3 - - (3) 5 1 14 0 - - J H Falcon 3 0 12 0 - - (4) 4 1 14 0 - 1 Fulcher (5) 1 0 5 0 - 1 Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 38.4 9 119 10 0 2 24 2 88 1 0 3 Notes: This return match was drawn with Norfolk winning on the first innings against a Bedfordshire side that had been considerably weakened by war duties. Norfolk had won the match between the two sides at Bedford in July. Bedfordshire were asked to follow on but rain delayed the start of play until 12.15 pm on the second day and returned later so that only 24 overs could be bowled in all. For Norfolk Thurgar’s 59 contained 8 fours and Popham’s 117, an innings of 2 hours 58 minutes, included 9 fours, 6 threes, and 16 twos; together they added 117 for the Norfolk first wicket. For Bedfordshire Newman had the best bowling figures and scored the most runs. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; extras breakdown.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 8,10 August; Eastern Evening News 7,8 August; Norwich Mercury 15 August; Bedfordshire Times 14 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 431. 100