minc103	Norfolk v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 2nd, 3rd August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by 9 wickets
Points	Norfolk 1; Hertfordshire -1
Umpires	GJ Rye, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 162/6 (Sandwith 49*, Page 30*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	c Morley b Shore	25
JC Knight	c Shore b Morley	15
*A Butcher	b Morley	2
C Pigg	retired hurt	43
+AB Reynolds	c and b Morley	0
H Pigg	b Shore	28
VA Titchmarsh	b EB Raikes	74
RG Wright	c GB Raikes b Morley	29
G Lance	b Bathurst	19
WE Coleman	not out	0
HJ Austin	absent
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-42, 3-42, 4-42, 5-89, 6-199, 7-238, 8-246 (88.2 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	30	13	75	2	-	-
Morley	24.2	5	64	4	-	-
GB Raikes	6	2	18	0	-	-
Bathurst	16	5	39	1	-	-
EB Raikes	12	4	39	1	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCV Bathurst	b Titchmarsh	4
T Morley	c sub (Sandwith) b Titchmarsh	12
GB Raikes	c Titchmarsh b White	18
PA Fryer	c Butcher b White	23
AR Buxton	b Titchmarsh	2
*WFG Sandwith	c Butcher b Titchmarsh	53
GG Heslop	run out	11
SD Page	b Titchmarsh	31
+GF Blake	c H Pigg b Titchmarsh	24
EB Raikes	not out	17
C Shore	b Coleman	23
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-17, 3-59, 4-60, 5-68, 6-97, 7-164, 8-194, 9-194, 10-240 (70.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	31	7	101	6	-	-
White	23	2	79	2	-	-
Coleman	7.3	1	27	1	-	1
H Pigg	4	1	4	0	-	-
Austin	5	3	7	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	c GB Raikes b Morley	1
JC Knight	b EB Raikes	16
WE Coleman	c Buxton b Morley	17
*A Butcher	not out	30
H Pigg	b EB Raikes	11
+AB Reynolds	c Shore b EB Raikes	0
VA Titchmarsh	b EB Raikes	6
C Pigg	b EB Raikes	4
RG Wright	b Bathurst	2
HJ Austin	c Morley b Bathurst	8
G Lance	b GB Raikes	3
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-24, 3-51, 4-63, 5-63, 6-69, 7-79, 8-84, 9-98, 10-102 (49 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morley	17	5	48	2	-	-
Shore	7	1	11	0	-	-
EB Raikes	17	7	24	5	-	-
Bathurst	6	3	15	2	-	-
GB Raikes	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCV Bathurst	c White b Titchmarsh	15
PA Fryer	not out	59
GB Raikes	not out	30
T Morley	did not bat
AR Buxton	did not bat
*WFG Sandwith	did not bat
GG Heslop	did not bat
SD Page	did not bat
+GF Blake	did not bat
EB Raikes	did not bat
C Shore	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 29.4 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (Bathurst)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
H Pigg	8	2	23	0	-	-
Titchmarsh	13.4	2	46	1	-	-
Coleman	5	1	11	0	-	-
White	1	0	9	0	-	-
Knight	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JC Knight made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Reynolds made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Lance made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VA Titchmarsh (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 18
--> GG Heslop (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Shore (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16
--> EB Raikes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-18)
--> EB Raikes achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings
--> C Pigg retired hurt in the Hertfordshire first innings having scored 3 (team score 61/4) - he returned when the score was 89/5
--> C Pigg retired hurt in the Hertfordshire first innings having scored 43 (team score 199/5)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Norfolk won this return match at 4.45 pm on the second day by nine wickets, thus reversing the defeat suffered at Bishop's Stortford in July. For Hertfordshire, there were 9 fours in Titchmarsh's 74. In the Hertfordshire first innings C Pigg and Titchmarsh added 110 runs for the sixth wicket. For Norfolk Fryer's 59 not out included 7 fours and Sandwith's 53 contained 4 fours. Fryer's 59 not out was the highest fourth innings score by a batsman. In the Norfolk first innings, Sandwith and Page put on 67 runs for the seventh wicket. C Pigg was injured twice in the Hertfordshire first innings, on both occasions when hit by balls from Morley. First, when his score was 3 and the total 61-4. He subsequently returned to bat at the fall of the fifth wicket, and again at 199 when a ball from Morley cut him above the eye and he needed 'surgical treatment'. He batted lower down the order in the second innings. Blake did not keep wicket for Norfolk on the second day, and his duties were taken over first by Fryer and then Buxton. Austin did not arrive at the ground until the second day.
[Missing: Why Austin absent on first day.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1898, p 28-29; Eastern Daily Press 3, 4 August; Norfolk Chronicle 7 August; Norwich Mercury 7 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 7 August; Herts Advertiser 7 August; The Sportsman 3,4 August.

 

 

 

 

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