Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 6: HERTFORDSHIRE V SUFFOLK At the Hertford Cricket Club Ground, Balls Park, Mangrove Road, Hertford on Monday 22, Tuesday 23 June 1914 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 69 runs Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Suffolk 4 (R H Day, B C Lake, R G Oxlade, R D Paffard); Hertfordshire 2 (C H Rabone, Dr J W Simon) First day score: Suffolk 72 and 30-4 wickets (B C Lake 2*, E Godley 2*); Hertfordshire 261 Suffolk E S Lock c Golding b Burton 0 ( ) run out 4 Penfold, W st Titchmarsh b Shelford 9 ( ) c Burton b Simon 0 O Mortimer c and b Burton 16 ( ) b Burton 4 H W Lake c and b Burton 4 ( ) b Burton 5 W G English b Burton 1 ( ) c Etheridge b Burton 8 B C Lake c and b Burton 3 ( ) c Ward b Simon 23 + E Godley c Golding b Shelford 10 ( ) c Golding b Simon 34 R D Paffard b Shelford 7 ( ) b Simon 5 * H Bassett b Shelford 10 ( ) not out 20 R G Oxlade not out 2 ( ) c Etheridge b Simon 4 R H Day c Etheridge b Burton 1 ( ) b Burton 0 Extras 9 13 Total (all out) 72 (all out) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 38 72 Second innings 120 Burton 38 6 - - (1) 44 4 - - Shelford 25 4 - - (2) 23 0 - - Simon (3) 15 7 25 5 - - Marsh (4) 6 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 13 1 - - Total 72 10 - - 117x 10 - - 120 Hertfordshire S G Etheridge c H W Lake b Penfold 10 Golding, A J lbw b Bassett 6 + C H Titchmarsh c Godley b Penfold 106 E S Household c Paffard b Penfold 13 * Rev C G Ward b Penfold 39 C H Tait b Mortimer 7 C H Rabone b English 21 W H Marsh not out 29 Burton, F A lbw b Penfold 5 Dr J W Simon b English 1 Shelford, W c B C Lake b English 0 Extras 24 Total 261 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 66 158 261 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bassett 16 1 54 1 - - English 18.5 7 53 3 - - Mortimer 10 3 25 1 - - Penfold 37.4 9 96 5 - - Extras - - 24 0 - - Total 82.3 20 252x 10 - - 261 Notes: Hertfordshire won this match by an innings and 69 runs after 1¾ hours play on the second day. For Hertfordshire Titchmarsh scored 106 with 17 fours in 1 hour and 50 minutes. Burton took 10 wickets in the match for 82 runs including 6 for 38 in the Suffolk first innings. Simon took 5 wickets for 25 runs in the Suffolk second innings. For Suffolk Penfold took 5 wickets for 96 runs in the Hertfordshire innings despite having a leg injury. Press reports indicate that the debutant Day was suffering from sciatica. The Suffolk bowling analysis has been derived from the averages published in Wisden and is 9 runs under. The Hertfordshire bowling analysis in the Suffolk second innings has also been calculated from Wisden averages and is 3 runs under. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; full bowling figures for all innings; in Suffolk second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Watford Observer 27June; East Anglian Daily Times 23,24 June; The Sportsman 23,24 June; World of Cricket 27 June, p 291. 48