Minor Counties Championship 1914

NORFOLK 1914 Championship matches: Played 7, won 2, lost 1, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Sixth equal with Glamorgan out of twenty one Won: v Bedfordshire at Bedford GS and v Cambridgeshire at Norwich Lost: v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge F Drawn - won on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Norwich and v Bedfordshire at Norwich Drawn - lost on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Bushey and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Staffordshire at Norwich Captain: M Falcon (6 matches). G A Stevens (1 match) led the side in the match in which M Falcon did not play. Wicket-keepers: R W Thurgar (4 matches), G R Pedder (2 matches) and G A Stevens (1 match). Debutants: 7 (I P S Hadley, F W Hale, S D Hill, N A Jessopp, E O Pretheroe, E K Stephenson and G C Thorne) Final Season: 9 (G T Carter, R Falconer, E Gibson, I P S Hadley, F W Hale, S D Hill, E K Stephenson, R W Thurgar and L F Wynne- Wilson) Hon Secretary: C B L Prior Professionals: 3 (R Falconer, E Gibson and H Watson) Home Ground 1: The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich (3 matches) Notes: Norfolk had a less successful season that in 1913 winning two of the seven matches they played. Reginald Popham scored 395 runs at 43.88 and Geoffrey Stevens 396 at 39.60. Michael Falcon again proved his value to the team with 303 runs at 37.87 and 33 wickets at 13.54 each. Harold Watson took 27 wickets at 20.66 and Roderick Falconer 24 at 17.75. During the season career milestones reached were 4000 runs by Geoffrey Stevens, 1000 runs by Ralph Thurgar, 300 wickets by Edward Gibson and 100 wickets by Harold Watson. NORFOLK MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Norfolk during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 9 players appeared for Norfolk in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I G T Carter 1 2 0 48 51 25.50 - - - 1 - 2 0 5 1 5.00 1-5 - - G R R Colman 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J H Falcon 4 5 0 19 43 8.60 - - 1 6 - 34 7 118 5 23.60 3-21 - - M Falcon 6 9 1 93 303 37.87 - 1 1 2 - 135 27 447 33 13.54 6-16 1 2 Falconer, R 7 10 5 14 61 12.20 - - 1 2 - 174.2 55 426 24 17.75 6-35 - 1 E J Fulcher 7 11 1 66 232 23.20 - 1 1 7 - 41.3 2 172 3 57.33 3-81 - - Gibson, E 4 6 2 19* 31 7.75 - - 1 5 - 55 9 155 11 14.09 4-24 - - I P S Hadley + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - 5 0 25 1 25.00 1-25 - - F W Hale + 4 6 1 21 32 6.40 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - S D Hill + 2 3 0 33 54 18.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A R Hudson 6 8 1 31 121 17.28 - - - 1 - 10 0 54 1 54.00 1-36 - - N A Jessopp + 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - 1 - 8 2 16 2 8.00 2-16 - - G R Pedder 3 4 0 47 66 16.50 - - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - R F Popham 6 9 0 117 395 43.88 1 2 - 3 - - - - - - - - - E O Pretheroe + 1 2 0 10 12 6.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E K Stephenson + 1 2 0 63 80 40.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - G A Stevens 7 11 1 111 396 39.60 1 2 - 7 - - - - - - - - - G C Thorne + 1 2 0 13 25 12.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R W Thurgar 5 7 0 63 161 23.00 - 2 3 8 - - - - - - - - - Watson, H 7 9 1 25 95 11.87 - - 2 5 - 157 27 558 27 20.66 5-55 - 2 L F Wynne-Willson 2 3 0 26 45 15.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 139 - - - - - - - - 179 5 - - - - Total 77 113 13 117 2379 23.79 2 9 15 56 1 621.5 129 2155 113 19.07 6-16 1 5 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 9 players made their last appearance for Norfolk in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I G T Carter 1913 3 4 0 48 68 17.00 - - - 2 - 12 5 1 5.00 1-5 - - Falconer, R 1912 24 33 14 52* 266 14.00 - 1 5 11 - 3735 1408 125 11.26 7-32 3 14 Gibson, E 1904 90 125 36 48* 743 8.34 - - 28 58 - 12689 5164 307 16.82 8-46 5 25 I P S Hadley 1914 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - 30 25 1 25.00 1-25 - - F W Hale 1914 4 6 1 21 32 6.40 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - S D Hill 1914 2 3 0 33 54 18.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - E K Stephenson 1914 1 2 0 63 80 40.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - R W Thurgar 1909 48 74 3 155 1101 15.50 1 2 12 64 31 - - - - - - - L F Wynne-Willson 1912 10 14 2 33 192 16.00 - - 1 1 - 72 66 2 33.00 2-36 - - (9 players) 164