minc70	Norfolk v Worcestershire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 19th, 20th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Norfolk -1; Worcestershire 1
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (2) 8/1 (Page 4*, Sandwith 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WHW Wilkes	c Blake b Raikes	18
GE Bromley-Martin	run out	39
J Howard	c Shore b Bathurst	32
EG Arnold	c Bathurst b Raikes	24
*HK Foster	c Page b Shore	35
EP Jobson	b Morley	5
HF Bennett	st Blake b Shore	0
A Millward	b Morley	6
A Bird	c Morley b Shore	9
RD Burrows	c Raikes b Morley	11
+T Straw	not out	0
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-85, 3-?, 4-131, 5-154, 6-154, 7-154, 8-165, 9-?, 10-180 (63.4 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	26	8	62	3	-	-
Raikes	15	3	42	2	-	-
Mack	4	0	22	0	-	-
Morley	8.4	3	17	3	-	-
Bathurst	7	0	21	1	1	-
Cowles	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCV Bathurst	c Burrows b Arnold	4
JF Skrimshire	c and b Bird	21
T Morley	b Arnold	11
*WFG Sandwith	c Arnold b Bird	5
GB Raikes	c Straw b Arnold	0
SRB Cowles	c and b Bird	4
JC Wilson	b Bird	0
+GF Blake	c Bird b Arnold	1
ESP Mack	c Millward b Bird	13
SD Page	not out	21
C Shore	b Burrows	6
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-37, 3-37, 4-37, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-51, 9-70, 10-88 (44.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	22	10	50	4	-	-
Burrows	8.4	0	23	1	-	-
Bird	14	6	13	5	-	-

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Norfolk second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ESP Mack	b Arnold	4
SD Page	c Foster b Bird	14
*WFG Sandwith	c Straw b Bird	24
LCV Bathurst	b Burrows	5
T Morley	c Arnold b Millward	16
JF Skrimshire	c Arnold b Bird	0
GB Raikes	c Straw b Bird	31
SRB Cowles	c Bird b Millward	23
JC Wilson	not out	10
+GF Blake	c Jobson b Bird	0
C Shore	b Bird	20
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-26, 3-42, 4-50, 5-50, 6-73, 7-116, 8-120, 9-120, 10-157 (93 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	27	13	51	1	-	-
Burrows	14	9	27	1	-	-
Bird	37	20	43	6	-	-
Millward	15	7	26	2	-	1

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EP Jobson	c Blake b Raikes	13
*HK Foster	c Sandwith b Shore	0
GE Bromley-Martin	b Bathurst	20
J Howard	b Raikes	1
EG Arnold	b Raikes	14
HF Bennett	not out	16
A Bird	not out	0
WHW Wilkes	did not bat
A Millward	did not bat
RD Burrows	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(5 wickets, 26.3 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-16, 4-39, 5-55

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	7	0	28	1	-	-
Raikes	13	5	21	3	-	1
Morley	2	1	7	0	-	-
Bathurst	4.3	2	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HF Bennett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ESP Mack (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WFG Sandwith (2) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Arnold (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> A Bird reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Norfolk second innings
--> A Millward reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Norfolk second innings
--> GB Raikes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 3-30)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won by five wickets at 5.10 pm on the second day after Norfolk followed-on 92 runs behind. The victory meant the visitors had completed the double over Norfolk, having won at Worcester the previous week. In the match Bird took 11 wickets for the winners at the cost of 56 runs.
[Missing: Umpires; in Worcestershire 1st inns fall of 3rd and 9th wickets; in Norfolk 1st inns fall of 5th to 7th wickets.]
Sources: Norfolk Cricket Annual 1897, p 50-54; Eastern Daily Press 20,21 August; Eastern Evening News 19,20,21 August; Norfolk Chronicle 22 August; Norwich Mercury 22 August; Berrow's Worcester Journal 22 August; The Sportsman 20,21 August.

 

 

 

 

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