Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 30: HERTFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At Bushey Cricket Club Ground, Manor House, Bushey Friday 17, Saturday 18 July 1914 Result: Match drawn - Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3, Norfolk 1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: T Holton and unknown Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Norfolk none First day score: Hertfordshire 386; Norfolk 7-3 wickets (R F Popham 6*, G R Pedder 1*) Hertfordshire C H Tait b Watson 22 Golding, A J b Falcon 1 + C H Titchmarsh c Wynne-Willson b Falcon 3 E S Household b Hudson 86 S G Etheridge b Falcon 136 * Rev C G Ward b Falconer 25 G Cox c Gibson b Falconer 25 W H Marsh lbw b Falconer 7 Burton, F A run out 38 Dr J W Simon b Gibson 0 Shelford, W not out 0 Extras w 1, nb 8 25 Total (all out) 368 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 23 46 192 288 368 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Falcon 21 5 71 3 1 4 Watson 33 6 122 1 - - Falconer 32.3 12 73 3 - - Fulcher 6 0 32 0 - 1 Hudson 7 0 36 1 - 3 Gibson 11 4 9 1 - - Extras - - 25 1 - - Total 110.3 27 368 10 1 8 Norfolk (Followed on) R F Popham b Shelford 6 (2) b Marsh 34 Gibson, E c Shelford b Burton 0 Falconer, R run out 0 (8) not out 3 L F Wynne-Willson b Shelford 0 ( ) c Cox b Simon 26 + G R Pedder c Etheridge b Marsh 47 (7) c Household b Simon 14 * M Falcon c Household b Marsh 42 (4) c Ward b Marsh 33 G A Stevens not out 90 (1) c Etheridge b Marsh 49 E J Fulcher c and b Marsh 21 (3) c Household b Marsh 12 A R Hudson b Burton 20 ( ) c Etheridge b Marsh 25 F W Hale b Burton 1 (9) not out 5 Watson, H b Burton 4 Extras 10 12 Total (all out) 241 (7 wickets) 213 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 7 91 115 146 209 231 241 Second innings 70 90 123 132 183 200 - - - Burton 29.5 7 90 4 - - (1) 13 2 62 0 - - Shelford 20 4 67 2 - - (2) 5 0 14 0 - - Simon 8 2 21 0 - - (3) 19 5 51 2 - - Household 1 0 2 0 - - Marsh 22 6 51 3 - - (4) 24 4 74 5 - - Extras - - 10 1 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 80.5 19 241 10 - - 61 11 213 7 - - Notes: This match was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on the first innings; Norfolk were asked to follow on but comfortably played out time. For the home side there were 20 fours in Etheridge’s 136 and Household scored 86; they added 146 runs for the fourth wicket and both took 3 catches in the match. In the Norfolk second innings Marsh took 5 wickets for 74 runs. For Norfolk there were 1 six and 13 fours in Stevens’ unbeaten 90; he also top scored in the second innings, during which he struck 3 sixes and 1 four off one over (almost certainly bowled by Burton). Gibson was late and Thurgar, who was unable to stay for the whole match, delayed his departure to act as twelfth man until Gibson arrived. Norfolk employed two night- watchmen in their first innings but both Gibson and Falconer were dismissed before the close, as was Wynne-Willson, who went into bat at number four. [Missing: Umpire (one); part fall of wickets, breakdown of extras; in Hertfordshire innings boundaries in Household’s 86 and duration of Etheridge’s 136; in Norfolk second innings part batting order.] Sources: Watford Observer 25 July; Eastern Daily Press 18,20 July; Eastern Evening News 17,18 July; Norwich Mercury 25 July; Norfolk Chronicle 24 July; World of Cricket 25 July, p 378. 72