minc173	Northumberland v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 17th, 18th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 0; Norfolk 0
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 25/3 (Partridge 11*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Thompson	c and b Relf	112
M Chambers	b Morley	11
J Hansell	c Page b Shore	23
FGH Clayton	b Morley	16
G Elsey	b Nichols	16
*EWR Walters	b Nichols	46
RGE Mortimer	not out	33
JA Miller	b Nichols	1
HB Fawcus	run out	5
E Tomlin	b Blake	14
+L Greenwood	b Page	7
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-89, 3-106, 4-145, 5-217, 6-231, 7-232, 8-243, 9-283, 10-301 (124 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	26	8	51	1	-	-
Relf	20	6	36	1	-	-
Morley	25	2	66	2	-	-
Nichols	31	9	75	3	-	-
Blake	9	2	25	1	-	-
Fisher	12	5	25	0	-	-
Page	1	0	6	1	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WFG Sandwith	b Tomlin	4
SD Page	c Tomlin b Elsey	4
PW Partridge	c Miller b Elsey	46
HW Fisher	c Thompson b Mortimer	6
AE Relf	b Elsey	1
PA Fryer	run out	51
T Morley	b Elsey	28
GF Blake	c Clayton b Mortimer	46
+C Pearse	b Clayton	0
JE Nichols	not out	34
C Shore	c Walters b Elsey	5
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-8, 3-25, 4-26, 5-127, 6-127, 7-176, 8-177, 9-233, 10-243 (91.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tomlin	31	6	52	1	-	-
Elsey	35.4	13	75	5	-	-
Mortimer	8	0	51	2	-	-
Clayton	12	4	32	1	-	-
Walters	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Thompson	b Shore	15
RGE Mortimer	c and b Shore	3
J Hansell	b Nichols	0
FGH Clayton	b Blake	78
JA Miller	b Morley	10
*EWR Walters	c Shore b Morley	2
HB Fawcus	not out	13
M Chambers	not out	4
G Elsey	did not bat
E Tomlin	did not bat
+L Greenwood	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-18, 4-64, 5-70, 6-116

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	14	3	44	1	-	-
Shore	15	5	28	2	-	-
Morley	14	6	28	2	-	-
Fisher	3	0	10	0	-	-
Blake	4	2	15	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fryer	c Mortimer b Hansell	49
JE Nichols	run out	5
HW Fisher	not out	17
*WFG Sandwith	c Thompson b Clayton	0
SD Page	did not bat
PW Partridge	did not bat
AE Relf	did not bat
T Morley	did not bat
GF Blake	did not bat
+C Pearse	did not bat
C Shore	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(3 wickets, 30.3 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-73, 3-76 (30.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	7	2	22	0	-	-
Walters	5	3	6	0	-	-
Tomlin	3	0	10	0	-	-
Clayton	8.3	1	15	1	-	-
Thompson	3	0	17	0	-	-
Hansell	4	3	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Miller made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pearse made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> V Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> V Thompson (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Tomlin (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Partridge (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Blake (1) equalled his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Nichols achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 1-27)
--> G Elsey reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Norfolk first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match was drawn, after Norfolk had been set a victory target of 188 in one hour and five minutes that was not attempted. The encounter between the two sides in July at Great Yarmouth had been won by Norfolk. For Northumberland, there were 7 fours, 12 threes, and 8 twos in Thompson's 112, scored in around 3½ hours. Clayton's 78, scored in 65 minutes, included 12 fours. For Norfolk, Fryer's 51 contained 7 fours. In the visitors' first innings, Partridge and Fryer had a partnership of 101 for the fifth wicket, and Blake and Nichols put on 56 runs for the ninth wicket.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.]
Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 18,19 August; Eastern Daily Press 18,19 August; Eastern Evening News 17,18 August; Norfolk Chronicle 20 August; Norwich Mercury 20 August; The Sportsman 18,19 August.

 

 

 

 

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