Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 55: SUFFOLK V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Town Ground, Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 August 1914 Result: Hertfordshire won by nine wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Suffolk none; Hertfordshire 1 (B E Baker) First day score: Suffolk 81 and 15-2 wickets (O Mortimer 11*); Hertfordshire 175 Suffolk C A H Hillier b Coleman 9 ( ) c Coleman b Cox 0 + E E G Alderwick c Marsh b Cox 14 ( ) c Coleman b Shelford 27 C B W Magnay c Etheridge b Coleman 5 ( ) b Cox 0 Rev F N Bird st Titchmarsh b Cox 0 ( ) c Cox b Coleman 6 H A Busher c and b Cox 3 ( ) not out 13 W G English c Titchmarsh b Coleman 9 ( ) c Hosier b Shelford 7 Penfold, W c Household b Cox 6 ( ) c Baker b Shelford 12 O Mortimer c and b Coleman 13 ( ) b Burton 66 * H Bassett c Cox b Coleman 11 ( ) c Coleman b Shelford 27 R S J Rands not out 2 ( ) c Shelford b Burton 5 H T W Gaffney c and b Coleman 0 ( ) b Shelford 2 Extras 9 5 Total (all out) 81 (all out) 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 81 Second innings 15 170 Cox 12 2 42 4 - - (1) 6 0 40 2 - - Coleman 11.3 4 30 6 - - (2) 15 3 56 1 - - Marsh (3) 8 4 19 0 - - Shelford (4) 8.5 1 18 5 - - Burton (5) 14 3 32 2 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 23.3 6 81 10 - - 51.5 11 170 10 - - Hertfordshire S G Etheridge b Penfold 42 (1) c Busher b Penfold 27 L G Hosier st Alderwick b Gaffney 6 + C H Titchmarsh c Bird b Penfold 37 E S Household c Alderwick b English 4 (2) not out 14 Golding, A J b Penfold 0 (3) not out 34 Coleman, W E b English 0 B E Baker c English b Penfold 21 N J Cox c Penfold b English 5 * W H Marsh c Alderwick b Gaffney 14 Burton, F A not out 27 Shelford, W b Penfold 0 Extras 19 4 Total (all out) 175 (1 wicket) 79 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 175 Second innings - - - - - - - - - Penfold 26.1 8 65 5 - - (1) 9 3 28 1 - - Gaffney 11 3 36 2 - - (2) 2 0 23 0 - - English 15 1 55 3 - - (3) 8 3 18 0 - - Busher (4) 1.4 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 52.1 12 175 10 - - 20.4 6 79 1 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by 9 wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Hertford in June had been won by Hertfordshire. For the winners Coleman took 6 wickets for 30 runs in the Suffolk first innings and Shelford 5 or 18 in the Suffolk second innings. For Suffolk Mortimer scored 66 in the Suffolk second innings. Penfold took 5 wickets for 65 runs in the Hertfordshire first innings. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Suffolk second innings boundaries in Mortimer’s 66 and batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: East Anglian Daily Times 6,7 August; Watford Observer 15 August; The Sportsman 7 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 431. 96