minc700	Norfolk v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 23rd, 24th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by 124 runs
Points	Norfolk 3; Cambridgeshire 0
Umpires	C Mills, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (2) 54/4 (Watson 0*, Starling 0*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fryer	c Bocock b Hayward	19
G Starling	b Gray	4
AR Hoare	b Hayward	2
*GB Raikes	b Gray	0
AK Watson	c Robins b Gray	2
JG McCormick	b Gray	0
MW Ireland	b Hayward	5
+G Allen	b Gray	6
RG Pilch	c Bocock b Hayward	0
E Gibson	c Watts b Gray	0
EW Smith	not out	1
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 26.3 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-26, 3-26, 4-28, 5-28, 6-28, 7-33, 8-39, 9-39, 10-40 (26.3 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	13.3	2	30	6	-	-
Hayward	13	8	9	4	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+GH Watts	c Starling b Gibson	50
E Briggs	b Starling	5
PA French	c Hoare b Ireland	6
DM Hayward	b Starling	8
H Coulson	b Gibson	8
OW Bocock	c Ireland b Gibson	5
GPM Robins	b Starling	9
*H Gray	b Starling	7
CDF Waters	b Starling	2
WJB Crouch	b Gibson	2
HR Barker	not out	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-35, 3-64, 4-78, 5-83, 6-86, 7-101, 8-103, 9-108, 10-108 (44.2 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	10	1	24	0	-	-
Gibson	14	8	14	4	-	-
Starling	12.2	0	39	5	-	-
Ireland	8	1	25	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Hoare	b Gray	28
PA Fryer	b Gray	19
JG McCormick	b Gray	4
*GB Raikes	c Robins b Gray	2
AK Watson	b Coulson	83
G Starling	b Gray	0
MW Ireland	lbw b Hayward	3
+G Allen	b Gray	12
RG Pilch	c Bocock b Gray	88
E Gibson	c Hayward b Gray	0
EW Smith	not out	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 0 w)	21
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-40, 3-54, 4-54, 5-62, 6-79, 7-108, 8-260, 9-260, 10-260 (76.1 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	36	10	103	8	-	-
Hayward	27	9	75	1	-	-
Coulson	10.1	3	36	1	-	-
Waters	3	0	25	0	-	2

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Gray	b Smith	0
E Briggs	b Smith	10
+GH Watts	b Gibson	11
PA French	b Smith	8
DM Hayward	c Allen b Gibson	0
H Coulson	c Ireland b Gibson	2
OW Bocock	b Smith	0
GPM Robins	b Gibson	13
CDF Waters	b Smith	0
WJB Crouch	b Smith	8
HR Barker	not out	0
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 39.4 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-20, 3-38, 4-38, 5-38, 6-38, 7-51, 8-60, 9-68, 10-68 (39.4 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20	7	28	6	-	-
Gibson	19.4	11	24	4	-	-

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Notes
--> HR Barker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Fryer made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Allen made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Briggs made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Fryer (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 13
--> AK Watson (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 43
--> RG Pilch (2) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Gray reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Norfolk first innings
--> G Starling achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire first innings (previous best was 1-0)
--> G Starling achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Norfolk won this return match by 124 runs shortly before 4 pm on the second day, thus winning the Championship outright for the first time. The County had also shared the Championship with Durham and Worcestershire in 1895, the inaugural year. The match between the two sides at Cambridge the previous week had also been won by Norfolk. For the winners, there were 14 fours in Pilch's 88, scored in 80 minutes, and 1 five and 6 fours in Watson's 83, an innings of 2¼ hours. In the Norfolk second innings, these two batsmen put on 152 runs for the eighth wicket in an hour and 20 minutes. For the losers, Gray took 14 wickets in the game for 133 runs, including 8 for103 in the Norfolk second innings. It was statistically the best match bowling performance of the season. Watts's first innings 50 contained 8 fours and was scored in 70 minutes. On the first day, rain prevented play after lunch until 3.00 pm.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; precise time completed; dates of NC and NM.]
Sources: Eastern Daily Press 24,25 August; Eastern Evening News 23,24 August; Norfolk Chronicle ? August; Norwich Mercury ? August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 25 August; East Anglian Daily Times 24,25 August; The Sportsman 24,25 August.

 

 

 

 

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