Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 53: NORFOLK v CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Cricket Ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 August 1914 Result: Norfolk won by an innings and 124 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Norfolk 1 (N A Jessopp), Cambridgeshire 1 (L Rose) First day score: Cambridgeshire 96; Norfolk 88-2 wickets (G A Stevens 36*, M Falcon 9*) Cambridgeshire W A Gray c J H Falcon b Falconer 0 (1) b M Falcon 26 Loveday, F A lbw b M Falcon 18 (2) lbw b Jessopp 1 * A S Ling c Fulcher b M Falcon 4 (3) b Jessopp 0 E H Hickman c Pedder b M Falcon 13 (5) not out 2 + Watts, G H b M Falcon 13 (6) c Popham b M Falcon 0 T W Sadler b Watson 3 (10) absent hurt H D Chaplin not out 10 (4) c Falconer b M Falcon 8 Coulson, H b M Falcon 0 (8) c Popham b M Falcon 0 G A Rose c Jessopp b M Falcon 20 (7) b M Falcon 0 L Rose c Thurgar b Watson 4 (9) st Pedder b M Falcon 0 Extras nb 4 11 9 Total (all out) 96 (all out) 46 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 19 38 48 61 96 - Second innings 46 46 46 46 46 - - M Falcon 16 5 59 6 - 4 (1) 7.2 1 16 6 - - Falconer 8 3 17 1 - - (3) 2 0 5 0 - - Watson 8 4 9 2 - - Jessopp (2) 8 2 16 2 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 32 12 96 9 0 4 17.2 3 46 8 - - Norfolk R F Popham c Watts b G A Rose 26 R W Thurgar c G A Rose b L Rose 11 G A Stevens c Chaplin b Coulson 68 * M Falcon b L Rose 38 E J Fulcher b L Rose 37 + G R Pedder b Coulson 5 J H Falcon c and b G A Rose 19 A R Hudson b Coulson 3 N A Jessopp b G A Rose 18 Falconer, R not out 13 Watson, H st Watts b Coulson 17 Extras 11 Total (all out) 266 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 150 266 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - L Rose 21 3 99 3 - - Sadler 9 2 29 0 - - G A Rose 14 3 54 3 - - Coulson 17.2 2 73 4 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 61.2 10 266 10 - - Notes: Norfolk won by an innings and 124 runs at 3.07 pm on the second day, despite showery weather both delaying the start and then interrupting play on the first day so that just 3 hours of play were possible. Cambridgeshire were only able to field ten men as W A G Pratt had been called up to the Yeomanry at very short notice; Norfolk’s Gibson fielded as a substitute. To add to the visitors’ woes, Sadler’s arm became too swollen to bowl on the second day and he did not bat in the second innings. For the winners there were 10 fours in Stevens’ 68. M Falcon took 6 wickets for 59 runs in Cambridgeshire’s first innings, during which he bowled unchanged, and 6 for 16 in their second innings, giving him match figures of 12 wickets for 75 runs. In the second innings he took 5 wickets in 8 balls, including a hat-trick of G A Rose, Coulson, and L Rose; Cambridgeshire were bowled out in just 17.2 overs, with the last five wickets all falling at the total of just 46. It was reported that the wicket was lively with a lot of bounce and several batsmen were hit on the body. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; extras breakdown.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 6,7 August; Eastern Evening News 5,6 August; Norwich Mercury 8 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 7 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 430. 94