minc117	Cambridgeshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 11th, 12th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by 45 runs
Points	Cambridgeshire -1; Norfolk 1
Umpires	W Rumbelow, GJ Rye
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (2) 27/2 (Fryer 15*, Bathurst 1*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fryer	c Anderson b Hayward	2
JF Skrimshire	c and b Fisher	31
*WFG Sandwith	b O'Connor	18
LCV Bathurst	c Fisher b O'Connor	12
TFH Berwick	b O'Connor	8
T Morley	b O'Connor	25
+GF Blake	b O'Connor	7
SD Page	b Hayward	8
HF Skrimshire	b Hayward	9
EB Raikes	not out	19
C Shore	b O'Connor	6
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-43, 3-63, 4-71, 5-83, 6-111, 7-120, 8-120, 9-141, 10-154 (50.3 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	25.3	5	59	6	-	-
Hayward	21	3	66	3	-	-
Fisher	4	1	20	1	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Swann-Mason	b Shore	1
WLB Hayter	c Morley b Shore	0
+GH Watts	b Morley	27
E Fisher	c Berwick b Morley	8
D Anderson	c Morley b Raikes	29
DM Hayward	c Shore b Morley	3
*FW French	c Page b Bathurst	11
LA Kent	b Raikes	12
PW Gray	not out	5
W Bryan	c Blake b Morley	4
J O'Connor	b Morley	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-28, 4-30, 5-45, 6-76, 7-83, 8-?, 9-?, 10-101 (51.4 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	15	8	20	2	-	-
Morley	19.4	7	38	5	-	-
Raikes	11	4	17	2	-	-
Bathurst	6	0	25	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fryer	b O'Connor	15
JF Skrimshire	b Bryan	10
*WFG Sandwith	b O'Connor	1
LCV Bathurst	c Hayter b Bryan	1
T Morley	c Hayter b Bryan	4
TFH Berwick	c Anderson b Fisher	31
SD Page	c Swann-Mason b Hayward	44
+GF Blake	b Hayward	33
HF Skrimshire	b Hayward	1
EB Raikes	not out	27
C Shore	c and b Fisher	31
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-26, 3-28, 4-31, 5-31, 6-87, 7-135, 8-?, 9-144, 10-203 (59.1 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	22	5	71	2	-	-
Bryan	17	7	38	3	-	-
Hayward	16	4	54	3	-	-
Fisher	4.1	0	35	2	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Swann-Mason	b Raikes	30
WLB Hayter	c Fryer b Morley	5
+GH Watts	b Morley	13
E Fisher	c Fryer b Shore	2
D Anderson	c Fryer b Raikes	14
DM Hayward	c Blake b Morley	51
*FW French	c Sandwith b Bathurst	0
LA Kent	lbw b Shore	12
PW Gray	c Page b Shore	25
W Bryan	not out	44
J O'Connor	lbw b Morley	5
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-?, 3-35, 4-59, 5-66, 6-?, 7-?, 8-130, 9-205, 10-211 (102 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	30	10	63	3	-	-
Morley	36	16	63	4	-	-
Raikes	13	4	26	2	-	-
Bathurst	15	5	33	1	-	-
JF Skrimshire	5	0	11	0	-	-
Blake	3	2	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TFH Berwick made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HF Skrimshire made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LA Kent made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Gray made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Skrimshire made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TFH Berwick made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HF Skrimshire made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Raikes (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SD Page (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Raikes (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Shore (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Swann-Mason (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DM Hayward (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Bryan (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Shore reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cambridgeshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Norfolk won this return match by 45 runs just a minute or two before time amid reported scenes of considerable excitement. The match at Norwich had also been won by Norfolk. Features of the game were two late wicket partnerships. Raikes and Shore put on 59 runs for the tenth wicket in the Norfolk second innings, a total larger than the margin of victory. In the Cambridgeshire second innings, Gray and Bryan added 75 runs for the ninth wicket. Hayward's 51 for Cambridgeshire was scored in two hours. On the first day a thunderstorm ended play early at around 6 pm. In the Cambridgeshire second innings, Fryer kept wicket for Norfolk when Blake bowled. The Cambridgeshire second innings total of 211 was the highest fourth innings total of the season.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Cambridgeshire 2nd inns boundaries in Hayward's 51.]
Sources: Cambridge Daily News 11,12 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 13 August; Ely Weekly Guardian 13 August; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1898, p 34-36; Eastern Daily Press 12,13 August; Norfolk Chronicle 4 August; Norwich Mercury 4 August; East Anglian Daily Times 12,13 August; The Sportsman 12,13 August.

 

 

 

 

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