Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 81: CAMBRIDGESHIRE v NORFOLK At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 August 1914 Result: Cambridgeshire won by 38 runs Points: Cambridgeshire 5 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cambridgeshire 2 (F G M Beck, A L Gorringe), Norfolk 4 (E K Stephenson, G C Thorne, E O Pretheroe, I PS Hadley) First day score: Cambridgeshire 366; Norfolk 178-3 wickets (E J Fulcher 66*, S D Hill 16*) Cambridgeshire E B Darby c Stevens b Watson 4 (1) b Watson 0 Loveday, F A c Stevens b Fulcher 128 (2) c Fulcher b Watson 18 A L Gorringe c Stevens b Fulcher 57 (5) c Watson b Carter 55 * W A Gray c Gibson b Hadley 15 (3) c Hill b Watson 22 C H Pigg c Gibson b Watson 20 (4) c Gibson b Falconer 4 + Watts, G H run out 0 (8) b Gibson 14 F G M Beck c Stevens b Gibson 0 (7) b Gibson 19 A J Rich c Stephenson b Gibson 66 (6) b Watson 0 Sadler, T W c Carter b Fulcher 20 (9) c Watson b Gibson 1 L Rose b Watson 9 (11) c Pretheroe b Watson 5 Coulson, H not out 11 (10) not out 22 Extras w 1, nb 7 36 nb 1 11 Total (all out) 366 (all out) 171 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 173 366 Second innings 61 171 Watson 21 1 94 3 - - (1) 16.3 2 55 5 - - Falconer 11 1 60 0 - - (2) 8 3 19 1 - - Gibson 20 1 70 2 - - (4) 8 0 45 3 - - Fulcher 17.3 0 81 3 1 6 (3) 9 0 36 0 - 1 Hadley 5 0 25 1 - 1 Carter (5) 2 0 5 1 - - Extras - - 36 1 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 74.3 3 366 10 1 7 43.3 5 171 10 0 1 Norfolk G T Carter c Loveday b Gorringe 48 (1) b Coulson 3 E K Stephenson run out 17 (3) c Sadler b Gorringe 63 * + G A Stevens b Sadler 14 (4) c Sadler b Coulson 111 E J Fulcher c Rich b Gorringe 66 (2) c Gray b Gorringe 25 S D Hill b Gorringe 33 (5) c Darby b Coulson 1 G C Thorne c Watts b Gorringe 13 (6) b Coulson 12 E O Pretheroe lbw b Coulson 2 (10) b Sadler 10 I P S Hadley b Gorringe 0 (8) c Rose b Gorringe 4 Falconer, R b Coulson 14 (11) not out 6 Watson, H b Coulson 15 (7) c Sadler b Gorringe 6 Gibson, E not out 1 (9) c Coulson b Gorringe 8 Extras w 5 21 6 Total (all out) 244 (all out) 255 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 102 244 Second innings 36 181 227 227 231 255 Coulson 32.2 14 58 3 - - (2) 25 11 52 4 - - Rose 7 0 50 0 - - Gorringe 27 6 70 5 5 - (1) 22 2 109 5 - - Sadler 7 0 32 1 - - (4) 5.1 1 30 1 - - Gray 3 0 13 0 - - (3) 9 1 58 0 - - Extras - - 21 1 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 76.2 20 244 10 5 0 61.1 15 255 10 - - Notes: Cambridgeshire won this return match by 38 runs, taking the last wicket with the first ball of the final over. They did not enforce the follow on and set Norfolk a target of 294 in 2 hours 45 minutes; the visitors reached 227 for five wickets but then collapsed. Norfolk had won the match between the two sides at Norwich earlier in the month but here were weakened by war duties, giving debuts to no fewer than four players. For the winners there were 14 fours in Loveday’s 128 and 2 fives and 6 fours in Rich’s 66. Gorringe scored 57 with 1 five and 9 fours in the first innings and 55 in the second. Loveday and Gorringe added 169 for the second wicket in the Cambridgeshire first innings and then Loveday and Rich put on 102 for the seventh wicket, a partnership that took just 45 minutes. Gorringe, who was playing in his only Championship match, also took 5 wickets for 70 runs in the Norfolk first innings and 5 for 109 in their second, giving him match figures of 10 for 179. For Norfolk there were 1 six and 10 fours in Fulcher’s 66, 7 fours in Stephenson’s 63 and 1 six and 20 fours in Stevens’s 111, an innings that took only 58 minutes and saw him and Stephenson add 145 runs for the third wicket in the Norfolk second innings. Watson took 5 wickets for 55 runs in the Cambridgeshire second innings whilst Hadley took what would be his only Championship wicket with his very first ball. In the absence of a regular wicket-keeper, Stevens started as custodian but Pretheroe took over the gloves after lunch on the first day. Having already made 2 dismissals Stevens then took 2 catches at slip. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Cambridgeshire first innings duration of Loveday’s 128; precise time completed.] .Sources: Cambridge Independent Press 21 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 21 August; Eastern Daily Press 20,21 August; Eastern Evening News 19, 20 August; World of Cricket 5 September, p 451. 106