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| Venue | Cricketfield Lane, Bishop's Stortford on 14th, 15th July 1897 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Hertfordshire won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Hertfordshire 1; Norfolk -1 |
| Umpires | GJ Rye, WT Westell |
| Close of play day 1 | Hertfordshire (1) 227/6 (Reynolds 13*) |
| Norfolk first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Heslop | c Vizard b White | 2 | |||||
| T Morley | b Coleman | 16 | |||||
| *WFG Sandwith | b Coleman | 8 | |||||
| JF Skrimshire | b Coleman | 0 | |||||
| AR Buxton | b Coleman | 9 | |||||
| H Lomas | b Coleman | 7 | |||||
| +GF Blake | b White | 8 | |||||
| SRB Cowles | b Coleman | 11 | |||||
| SD Page | run out | 7 | |||||
| C Shore | b White | 3 | |||||
| EB Raikes | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 29.1 overs) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-19, 3-19, 4-32, 5-43, 6-54, 7-54, 8-63, 9-77, 10-85 (29.1 ov) | |||||||
| Hertfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| White | 15 | 4 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Coleman | 14.1 | 2 | 43 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hertfordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AS Ward | b Shore | 10 | |||||
| *A Butcher | c Heslop b Blake | 86 | |||||
| NS Bulwer-Lytton | b Cowles | 0 | |||||
| HE White | c Page b Blake | 85 | |||||
| F Field | c Raikes b Skrimshire | 9 | |||||
| AH Reynolds | c Sandwith b Morley | 13 | |||||
| H Pigg | b Morley | 4 | |||||
| C Pigg | b Morley | 0 | |||||
| HJ Austin | not out | 24 | |||||
| WE Coleman | b Morley | 0 | |||||
| +WO Vizard | c Shore b Morley | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (19 b, 6 lb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 101.1 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-48, 3-185, 4-206, 5-220, 6-227, 7-229, 8-232, 9-240, 10-256 (101.1 ov) | |||||||
| Norfolk bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shore | 31 | 9 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morley | 22.1 | 9 | 32 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cowles | 15 | 0 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Raikes | 16 | 7 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Heslop | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blake | 8 | 1 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Skrimshire | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Norfolk second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Heslop | b Coleman | 11 | |||||
| T Morley | b White | 12 | |||||
| *WFG Sandwith | c Coleman b White | 59 | |||||
| JF Skrimshire | b Coleman | 1 | |||||
| AR Buxton | b White | 41 | |||||
| H Lomas | c Ward b White | 27 | |||||
| +GF Blake | b Coleman | 6 | |||||
| SRB Cowles | lbw b White | 6 | |||||
| SD Page | not out | 34 | |||||
| EB Raikes | b Austin | 2 | |||||
| C Shore | b White | 18 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 5 lb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.3 overs) | 235 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-24, 3-25, 4-119, 5-144, 6-155, 7-173, 8-185, 9-196, 10-235 (81.3 ov) | |||||||
| Hertfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Coleman | 25 | 4 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| White | 28.3 | 8 | 71 | 6 | - | - | |
| Austin | 16 | 6 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ward | 10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bulwer-Lytton | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hertfordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Austin | c Blake b Shore | 4 | |||||
| C Pigg | not out | 38 | |||||
| AS Ward | c Buxton b Morley | 13 | |||||
| AH Reynolds | c Shore b Cowles | 0 | |||||
| F Field | not out | 4 | |||||
| *A Butcher | did not bat | ||||||
| NS Bulwer-Lytton | did not bat | ||||||
| HE White | did not bat | ||||||
| H Pigg | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Coleman | did not bat | ||||||
| +WO Vizard | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 22.2 overs) | 65 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-44, 3-55 | |||||||
| Norfolk bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morley | 11 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shore | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Raikes | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowles | 2.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> H Lomas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Reynolds made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HJ Austin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WO Vizard made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WO Vizard made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE White (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WFG Sandwith (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Ward (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pigg (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Coleman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> WE Coleman achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings
This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Hertfordshire won by 7 wickets at 4.50 pm on the second day. For the victors, there were 6 fours in Butcher's 86 and 10 fours in White's 85. In the Hertfordshire first innings Butcher and White put on 137 for the third wicket, the largest partnership for that wicket during the season. Both White and Coleman each took 9 wickets in the match. Sandwith's 59 for Norfolk included 6 fours. In the Hertfordshire first innings, Buxton kept wicket when Blake bowled.
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Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1898, p 20-22; Eastern Daily Press 15,16 July; Norwich Mercury 17 July; The Sportsman 16 July.
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