minc1777	Hertfordshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1923
Venue	Ditchmore Lane, Stevenage on 18th, 19th July 1923 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 1; Norfolk 3
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 164/5 (Titchmarsh 96*, Porter 3*)

---

Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Falcon	c and b Thorley	98		124	13	-
AJ Pearse	c Titchmarsh b Walthew	12
GRR Colman	st Porter b Sinfield	68			11	1
JE Nichols	b Burton	19
GN Scott-Chad	b Burton	18
TB Raikes	c sub b Sinfield	30
RD Carter	b Sinfield	23
NG Evans	c Reid b Sinfield	2
H Watson	c Sinfield b Thorley	30
GH Mower	not out	11
+GR Rayner	c sub b Burton	4
Extras	(42 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	51
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-200, 3-229, 4-242, 5-293, 6-297, 7-317, 8-325, 9-355, 10-366 (81.5 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thorley	22	6	57	2	-	-
Burton	31.5	6	129	3	-	-
Walthew	2	1	8	1	-	-
Marsh	9	2	46	0	-	-
Sinfield	17	0	75	4	-	-

---

Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Clarkson	b Falcon	5
RA Sinfield	st Rayner b Scott-Chad	27
LA Watson	b Nichols	15
CH Titchmarsh	c Raikes b Falcon	97
*LJ Reid	b Falcon	0
RB Cowley	c Rayner b Falcon	2
+NKF Porter	run out	4
JJ Thorley	b Scott-Chad	11
FA Burton	not out	4
WH Marsh	b Watson	3
FS Walthew	absent hurt
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-35, 3-117, 4-128, 5-147, 6-166, 7-175, 8-187, 9-190 (53.4 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Falcon	15	2	54	4	-	-
Scott-Chad	5	1	10	2	-	-
Nichols	10	4	24	1	-	-
Watson	13.4	1	36	1	-	-
Raikes	7	1	36	0	-	-
Mower	3	0	8	0	-	-

---

Hertfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Burton	b Nichols	2
RA Sinfield	c and b Falcon	0
LA Watson	c Rayner b Falcon	41
P Clarkson	b Falcon	28
CH Titchmarsh	b Falcon	37
JJ Thorley	b Watson	8
RB Cowley	not out	48
+NKF Porter	not out	32
*LJ Reid	did not bat
WH Marsh	did not bat
FS Walthew	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 65 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-76, 4-79, 5-107, 6-143

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Falcon	19	2	77	4	-	-
Watson	19	4	21	1	-	-
Scott-Chad	2	1	7	0	-	-
Nichols	12	0	40	1	-	-
Raikes	5	2	16	0	-	-
Mower	8	0	35	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> AJ Pearse made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NG Evans made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Mower made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Rayner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Sinfield made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NKF Porter (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches

---

Walthew was hurt as he stopped a hard return drive with his bowling hand (left) and badly damaged it
Missed rail connections delayed arrival of several Norfolk players so Falcon opened the batting with Pearse
Three hours' play was lost to rain on the second day

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles