Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 48: NORFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1914 Result: Match drawn - Norfolk won on first innings Points: Norfolk 3, Hertfordshire 1 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: A McArthur and W H Harden Debutants: Norfolk none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Norfolk 203 and 0-0 wicket (J H Falcon 0*, R W Thurgar 0*); Hertfordshire 104 Norfolk * M Falcon b Shelford 23 (5) c and b Shelford 93 + R W Thurgar b N J Cox 0 (2) c Titchmarsh b Burton 0 G A Stevens b N J Cox 6 (3) c Titchmarsh b Burton 19 R F Popham c Titchmarsh b N J Cox 86 (4) b Marsh 42 E J Fulcher b N J Cox 34 (6) c Etheridge b Marsh 15 A R Hudson b Burton 3 (7) c Titchmarsh b Burton 13 J H Falcon b N J Cox 15 (1) c Marsh b N J Cox 0 F W Hale run out 0 (8) b Burton 5 Watson, H b N J Cox 0 (9) c Coleman b Shelford 12 Falconer, R b N J Cox 6 (10) not out 2 Gibson, E not out 19 (11) c and b Shelford 1 Extras nb 3 11 nb 3 11 Total (all out) 203 (all out) 213 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 16 73 117 129 160 161 162 168 203 Second innings 0 2 43 82 112 155 163 211 213 Coleman 8 2 19 0 - - (3) 6 0 20 0 - - N J Cox 22.2 3 86 7 - 3 (1) 9 0 49 1 - 3 Burton 22 3 45 1 - - (2) 19 1 73 4 - - Shelford 5 1 23 1 - - (4) 5 1 15 3 - - Marsh 4 1 19 0 - - (5) 11 0 45 2 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 61.2 10 203 10 0 3 50 2 213 10 0 3 Hertfordshire S G Etheridge b M Falcon 1 (2) b Watson 92 Golding, A J c Fulcher b M Falcon 2 ( ) run out 0 + C H Titchmarsh b J H Falcon 59 (3) run out 47 E S Household b M Falcon 0 ( ) not out 53 L G Hosier c Thurgar b M Falcon 6 (1) b Watson 14 G Cox b Watson 8 ( ) lbw b Falconer 2 Coleman, W E c Fulcher b J H Falcon 16 ( ) c Fulcher b Falconer 31 * W H Marsh c Stevens b Watson 1 ( ) b M Falcon 0 N J Cox b J H Falcon 1 ( ) b M Falcon 16 Burton, F A c Falconer b Watson 6 ( ) not out 0 Shelford, W not out 2 ( ) Extras nb 2 2 nb 10 19 Total (all out) 104 (8 wickets) 274 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 8 24 62 84 95 104 Second innings 35 142 185 - - M Falcon 10 3 28 4 - 3 (1) 19 3 82 2 - 4 Falconer 11 5 20 0 - - (3) 24 8 62 2 - - Watson 10.5 1 33 3 - - (2) 15 3 60 2 - - J H Falcon 9 3 21 3 - - (4) 5 2 15 0 - 2 Hudson (5) 3 0 18 0 - 1 Fulcher (6) 8 2 18 0 - 3 Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 19 2 - - Total 40.5 12 104 10 0 3 74 18 274 8 0 10 Notes: This return match was left drawn with Norfolk winning on the first innings. The match between the two teams at Bushey in July had also been drawn, but with Hertfordshire winning on the first innings. Hertfordshire narrowly avoided the follow on and were eventually set 313 to win in what turned out to be 74 overs. They finished 39 runs short with 2 wickets remaining; if 45 minutes play had not been lost to rain on the first day an outright result might have been achieved. For Norfolk there were 7 fours in Popham’s 86 and 1 six and 11 fours in M Falcon’s 93. Fulcher took 3 catches in the match. For Hertfordshire there were 9 fours in Titchmarsh’s 59, 12 fours in Etheridge’s 92, and Household scored an unbeaten 53. Etheridge and Titchmarsh put on 107 runs for the second wicket in the Hertfordshire second innings; the latter also took 3 catches in the Norfolk second innings and 4 in the match. N J Cox took 7 wickets for 86 runs in the Norfolk first innings. [Missing: Breakdown of extras; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire second innings boundaries in Household’s 53 not out, partial batting order in Hertfordshire’s second innings] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 4,5 August; Eastern Evening News 3,4 August; Norwich Mercury 8 August; Watford Observer 8 August; World of Cricket 8 August, p 417. 90