minc105	Norfolk v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 4th, 5th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by 190 runs
Points	Norfolk 1; Cambridgeshire -1
Umpires	J Fordham, GJ Rye
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (2) 55/0 (Fryer 25*, GB Raikes 21*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCV Bathurst	c Hayward b Bryan	30
PA Fryer	b Hayward	7
GB Raikes	b Hayward	0
*WFG Sandwith	c French b Bryan	13
T Morley	b Bryan	16
JF Skrimshire	c Bryan b Hayward	0
GG Heslop	b Hayward	11
BK Wilson	c O'Connor b Hayward	9
EB Raikes	c O'Connor b Bryan	0
C Shore	c Hall b Hayward	5
+WF Goode	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-50, 4-55, 5-55, 6-70, 7-?, 8-91, 9-91, 10-100 (57 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	14	2	38	0	-	-
Hayward	28	15	32	6	-	-
Bryan	15	6	21	4	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Lees	c and b Morley	11
RS Swann-Mason	c Sandwith b GB Raikes	8
+GH Watts	c Bathurst b Shore	2
WLB Hayter	c Goode b Shore	8
D Anderson	b Bathurst	36
*AC Hall	b Bathurst	9
W Prest	c Shore b Bathurst	0
DM Hayward	c GB Raikes b Bathurst	1
FW French	not out	7
W Bryan	b Shore	10
J O'Connor	c Morley b Shore	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 49.3 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-11, 3-29, 4-29, 5-60, 6-64, 7-79, 8-?, 9-99, 10-99 (49.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GB Raikes	9	3	16	1	-	-
Shore	18.3	10	23	4	-	-
Morley	10	3	24	1	-	-
EB Raikes	6	2	14	0	-	-
Bathurst	6	3	15	4	1	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fryer	b Hayward	25
GB Raikes	c Watts b Hayward	39
LCV Bathurst	c Anderson b O'Connor	10
T Morley	b Hayward	1
*WFG Sandwith	b O'Connor	44
GG Heslop	b Hayward	9
JF Skrimshire	c Lees b Hayward	0
BK Wilson	c and b O'Connor	35
EB Raikes	b O'Connor	18
C Shore	b Hayward	28
+WF Goode	not out	10
Extras	(21 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-81, 3-?, 4-88, 5-127, 6-129, 7-184, 8-185, 9-232, 10-246 (82.1 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	28.1	6	89	4	-	-
Hayward	32	11	79	6	-	1
Bryan	14	4	30	0	-	1
Watts	4	2	5	0	-	-
Hayter	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Lees	c and b Morley	1
RS Swann-Mason	st Goode b EB Raikes	19
W Prest	c Sandwith b Morley	0
+GH Watts	c Bathurst b Morley	1
WLB Hayter	b EB Raikes	18
D Anderson	b EB Raikes	0
*AC Hall	c Morley b Bathurst	1
DM Hayward	b EB Raikes	3
FW French	b EB Raikes	0
W Bryan	b EB Raikes	1
J O'Connor	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	13
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-?, 3-?, 4-44, 5-50, 6-51, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-57 (45.1 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	13	8	10	0	1	-
Morley	15	6	21	3	1	-
Bathurst	10	3	7	1	1	-
EB Raikes	7.1	4	6	6	-	-

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Notes
--> WF Goode made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Lees made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Prest made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WF Goode made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GG Heslop (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Anderson (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BK Wilson (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Raikes (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Shore (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Swann-Mason (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Bryan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> DM Hayward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 3-41)
--> DM Hayward achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings
--> LCV Bathurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire first innings (previous best was 2-15)
--> EB Raikes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire second innings (previous best was 5-24)
--> T Morley retired hurt in the Norfolk first innings having scored 0 (team score 50/3) - he returned when the score was 70/6

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Norfolk won this match by 190 runs just before 5.00 pm on the second day, having set Cambridgeshire a victory target of 248 runs and dismissed them for 57. For the winners, E B Raikes took 6 wickets for 6 runs in the visitors second innings as the last six wickets fell for just 13 runs. No batsman in the match scored 50, but Sandwith's top score of 44 included 7 fours. In the Norfolk second innings, Sandwith and Wilson added 55 runs for the seventh wicket. For Cambridgeshire, Hayward took 12 wickets in the match for 111 runs.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets.]
Sources: Norfolk Cricket Annual 1898, p 30-32; Eastern Daily Press 5,6 August; Norfolk Chronicle 7 August; Norwich Mercury 7 August; Cambridge Daily News 4,5 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 6 August; East Anglian Daily Times 5,6 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August.

 

 

 

 

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