Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 26: BEDFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At Bedford Grammar School, Burnaby Road, Bedford Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 July 1914 Result: Norfolk won by seven wickets Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: T H Holton and S Wrigley Debutants: Bedfordshire 2 (G B Henderson, R T Peel); Norfolk 1 (F W Hale) First day score: Bedfordshire 192 and 4-1 wicket (B L Peel 0*); Norfolk 208 Bedfordshire W E King c Watson b J H Falcon 38 (4) b Watson 3 G E Wharmby lbw b Watson 7 (6) c Hudson b J H Falcon 27 H O Sutherland c Fulcher b Watson 48 (3) b Falconer 17 F W H Nicholas c Fulcher b M Falcon 4 (8) c J H Falcon b Falconer 28 G B Henderson c Hale b Falconer 50 (5) c and b M Falcon 47 R C Gutteridge c Pedder b Watson 1 (1) b M Falcon 4 J H Joyce c J H Falcon b M Falcon 3 (7) c J H Falcon b M Falcon 5 * + E E Apthorp b Watson 22 (9) c Hale b Watson 14 R H King lbw b Falconer 1 (11) not out 0 R T Peel not out 4 (2) b M Falcon 4 H Grierson c Thurgar b Watson 0 (10) c Watson b Falconer 3 Extras w 2 14 15 Total (all out) 192 167 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 74 93 120 124 129 182 187 191 192 Second innings 4 15 33 33 111 121 122 159 167 167 M Falcon 17 4 56 2 2 - (1) 13 2 47 4 - - Watson 18.4 3 71 5 - - (2) 12 2 51 2 - - Falconer 8 0 28 2 - - (3) 7 1 21 3 - - J H Falcon 6 1 23 1 - - (4) 7 0 33 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 49.4 8 192 10 2 0 39 5 167 10 0 0 Norfolk R F Popham c R H King b Wharmby 4 (1) c R H King b Wharmby 63 + R W Thurgar b R H King 63 (2) c Henderson b W E King 28 G A Stevens c Wharmby b Grierson 6 (3) b W E King 11 * M Falcon lbw b Wharmby 20 (4) not out 38 E J Fulcher c Apthorp b Wharmby 13 (5) not out 4 G R Pedder c Henderson b Wharmby 0 J H Falcon c Gutteridge b Wharmby 7 A R Hudson b R H King 31 F W Hale c Henderson b Wharmby 21 Watson, H c Wharmby b R H King 25 Falconer, R not out 3 Extras w 1 15 9 Total (all out) 208 (3 wickets) 153 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 11 40 70 76 98 150 159 185 208 Second innings 97 97 111 - - - - - - - Wharmby 31.5 10 85 6 1 - (1) 20.5 3 65 1 - - Grierson 9 1 37 1 - - (2) 5 1 21 0 - - W E King 11 4 19 0 - - (4) 9 1 34 2 - - R H King 11 2 52 3 - - (3) 6 1 24 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 62.5 17 208 10 1 0 40.5 6 153 3 0 0 Notes: Norfolk won this match at 4.00 pm on the second afternoon, despite play being interrupted by rain on both days. For the winners there were 5 fours in Thurgar’s 63, and 1 five and 6 fours in Popham’s 63. Watson took 5 wickets for 71 runs in the Bedfordshire first innings. J H Falcon took 3 catches in the match. For Bedfordshire there were 9 fours in Henderson’s 50: on his debut he top-scored in both innings and took 3 catches in the match. Wharmby took 6 wickets for 85 runs in the Norfolk first innings and bowled unchanged throughout. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Bedfordshire Standard 17 July; Bedfordshire Times 17 July; Eastern Daily Press 16,17 July; Eastern Evening News 15,16 July; Norwich Mercury 18 July; Norfolk Chronicle 24 July; World of Cricket 25 July, p 373. 68