Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 86: HERTFORDSHIRE V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At Hitchin Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin Hill, London Road, Hitchin on Friday 21, Saturday 22 August 1914 Result: Hertfordshire won by ten wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: G Rye and S Wrigley Debutants: Cambridgeshire 2 (F G Lilley, W J M Manning); Hertfordshire none First day score: Cambridgeshire 220; Hertfordshire 273-5 wickets (Household 68*, Thorpe 6*) Cambridgeshire F G Lilley c Household b Burton 16 (1) b Shelford 21 Loveday, F A c Wright b Shelford 28 (2) st Titchmarsh b Shelford 0 * W A Gray b Shelford 31 (3) c Wright b Cox 38 C H Pigg c Household b Shelford 22 (4) b Cox 4 E B Darby b Cox 0 (5) lbw b Burton 29 E P King b Shelford 18 (6) c Wright b Cox 3 + Watts, G H b Cox 37 (7) b Burton 22 W J M Manning not out 29 (8) not out 17 F G M Beck c Titchmarsh b Cox 2 (9) b Coleman 8 Sadler, T W c Cox b Shelford 7 (10) b Coleman 11 Coulson, H c Titchmarsh b Cox 0 (11) b Coleman 23 Extras 30 13 Total (all out) 220 (all out) 189 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 78 83 88 108 140 194 220 Second innings 0 63 63 67 79 115 163 189 Burton 11 2 39 1 - - (3) 11 2 36 2 - - Coleman 9 1 26 0 - - (5) 15.5 2 26 3 - - Shelford 22 5 61 5 - - (1) 16 6 43 2 - - Cox 18 0 64 4 - - (2) 15 3 46 3 - - Marsh (4) 6 0 25 0 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 60 8 220 10 - - 63.5 13 189 10 - - Hertfordshire S G Etheridge b Coulson 81 (1) not out 10 Golding, A J b Sadler 0 + C H Titchmarsh c Pigg b Coulson 86 E S Household b Coulson 69 E L Wright b Coulson 6 Coleman, W E c King b Coulson 0 J H Thorpe c Watts b Gray 59 * W H Marsh c Pigg b Coulson 0 N J Cox c King b Gray 28 Burton, F A c Darby b Gray 25 (2) not out 5 Shelford, W not out 9 Extras 32 0 Total (all out) 395 (0 wicket) 15 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 143 221 249 249 282 284 344 376 395 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coulson 41 6 99 6 - - Sadler 29 8 112 1 - - (1) 1.4 0 5 0 - - Lilley 6 0 30 0 - - Gray 18 0 104 3 - - Pigg 5 0 18 0 - - (2) 1 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 32 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 99 14 395 10 - - 2.4 0 15 0 0 0 Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by 10 wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Cambridge earlier in the month was drawn. For the winners Titchmarsh scored 86, Etheridge 81, Household 69, and Thorpe 59. Etheridge and Titchmarsh added 137 runs for the second wicket and Thorpe and Cox 60 for the eighth wicket in the first innings. Shelford took 5 wickets for 61 runs in the Cambridgeshire first innings. For Cambridgeshire Gray top-scored with 38. Coulson took 6 wickets for 99 runs in the Hertfordshire first innings. [Missing: Toss; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in Etheridge’s 81, Titchmarsh’s 86, Household’s 69, and Thorpe’s 59; precise time completed.] Sources: Hertfordshire Express 29 August; Herts Leader 25 August; Watford Observer 29 August; Cambridge Independent Press 28 August; Cambridge Weekly News 28 August; The Sportsman 21,22,24 August; World of Cricket 3 October, 1914. 107