minc1331	Suffolk v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1912
Venue	Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmunds on 2nd, 3rd August 1912 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by an innings and 36 runs
Points	Suffolk 0; Norfolk 5
Umpires	J Gregory, WH Harden
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (2) 24/3 (Wood 5*, Lee 0*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Fulcher	b Bassett	64
RF Popham	run out	15
GA Stevens	b Bassett	19
*GW Birkbeck	c Cornell b Bassett	60
LF Wynne-Willson	c Wood b Bassett	6
RG Pilch	b Trudgett	9
+RW Thurgar	b Bassett	0
HC Prior	b Wood	63
E Gibson	b Bassett	21
R Falconer	c Cornell b Wood	4
H Watson	not out	2
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 56.3 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-86, 3-115, 4-123, 5-152, 6-171, 7-182, 8-240, 9-254, 10-274 (56.3 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penfold	6	0	32	0	-	-
Trudgett	18	2	61	1	-	-
Bassett	22	0	117	6	-	-
Wood	10.3	2	53	2	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	b Falconer	6
FP Wood	c Thurgar b Falconer	3
RH Dewing	b Falconer	14
R Lee	b Falconer	10
*AK Watson	b Falconer	1
W Randell	c Stevens b Falconer	0
ELD Lake	c Fulcher b Falconer	53
W Penfold	c Fulcher b Watson	22
FL Titchmarsh	c Birkbeck b Watson	9
+PP Cornell	not out	35
FG Trudgett	st Thurgar b Gibson	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 47.2 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-11, 3-25, 4-31, 5-31, 6-40, 7-105, 8-113, 9-125, 10-160 (47.2 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Falconer	19	3	68	7	-	-
Gibson	11.2	2	29	1	-	-
Watson	12	1	46	2	-	-
Fulcher	5	1	16	0	-	-

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Suffolk second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PP Cornell	c Stevens b Gibson	4
H Bassett	st Thurgar b Gibson	15
*AK Watson	st Thurgar b Gibson	0
FP Wood	b Falconer	7
R Lee	b Falconer	1
RH Dewing	b Gibson	1
W Randell	b Falconer	0
ELD Lake	not out	22
W Penfold	c and b Falconer	12
FL Titchmarsh	c Pilch b Falconer	8
FG Trudgett	b Falconer	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 34.5 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-19, 3-24, 4-27, 5-28, 6-28, 7-28, 8-68, 9-78, 10-78 (34.5 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	17	6	41	4	-	-
Falconer	15.5	5	27	6	-	-
Watson	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LF Wynne-Willson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HC Prior made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ELD Lake made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Dewing made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Lee made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Randell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ELD Lake made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PP Cornell (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Falconer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Suffolk first innings (previous best was 6-40)

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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 match by an innings and 38 runs on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. For the winners, Falconer took 13 wickets in the match for 95 runs, including 7 for 68 in the Suffolk first innings and 6 for 27 in their second innings. Fulcher scored 64 with 12 fours, the debutant Prior scored 63, and Birkbeck 60 with 11 fours. In the Norfolk innings Prior and Gibson added 58 runs for the eighth wicket. For the losers, the debutant Lake scored 53. In the Norfolk innings Bassett took 6 wickets for 117 runs. In the Suffolk first innings Lake and Penfold added 65 runs for the seventh wicket. Suffolk were handicapped through injuries, in the Norfolk innings Trudgett splitting his finger in attempting to catch Fulcher when the score was 80 for one wicket, and Penfold was described in the Norfolk press as being "scarcely in a fit condition to bowl.". Randell was dismissed first ball in both the Suffolk innings.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Norfolk innings boundaries in Prior's 63; in Suffolk first innings boundaries in Lake's 53; precise time completed.]
Sources: Bury and Norwich Post 9 August; East Anglian Daily Times 3,5 August; Eastern Daily Press 3,5 August; Eastern Evening News 2,3 August; Norfolk Chronicle 10 August; Norwich Mercury 7 August; Sporting Life 3,5 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August; Cricket 10 August, p 412.

 

 

 

 

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