minc53	Norfolk v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 3rd, 4th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Norfolk 0; Hertfordshire 0
Umpires	GJ Rye, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 74/3 (Bathurst 51*, Raikes 0*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Small	b Mack	32
A Butcher	c Frere b Mack	28
VA Titchmarsh	c Mack b Shore	87
AS Crawley	c Shore b Raikes	84
FW Poland	b Hoare	11
*H Pigg	c Skrimshire b Raikes	52
HE White	b Skrimshire	56
J Woods	c Frere b Raikes	1
HJ Sharpe	b Skrimshire	1
F Field	c and b Skrimshire	8
+GEB Pritchett	not out	4
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 131.1 overs)	382
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-71, 3-227, 4-255, 5-260, 6-358, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-382 (131.1 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	33	12	64	1	-	-
Morley	16	2	68	0	-	-
Raikes	41	13	101	3	-	2
Mack	17	3	56	2	-	-
Bathurst	10	1	36	0	-	-
Hoare	9	0	29	1	-	-
Skrimshire	5.1	1	10	3	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Skrimshire	b Titchmarsh	0
LCV Bathurst	c and b Titchmarsh	56
F Davies	c White b Titchmarsh	21
AR Hoare	b Titchmarsh	1
GB Raikes	b Titchmarsh	27
*AR Buxton	c and b Titchmarsh	4
T Morley	not out	28
SD Page	c Butcher b White	9
+LRT Frere	c Pigg b White	0
ESP Mack	c Poland b White	1
C Shore	c White b Titchmarsh	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-63, 3-?, 4-82, 5-92, 6-132, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-150 (63 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	32	15	59	7	-	-
White	16	6	39	3	-	-
Woods	15	3	49	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCV Bathurst	c White b Titchmarsh	17
T Morley	c Pritchett b Titchmarsh	37
F Davies	not out	13
GB Raikes	not out	19
JF Skrimshire	did not bat
AR Hoare	did not bat
*AR Buxton	did not bat
SD Page	did not bat
+LRT Frere	did not bat
ESP Mack	did not bat
C Shore	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 29 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-59

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	15	5	40	2	-	-
White	7	2	30	0	-	-
Pigg	5	3	8	0	-	-
Field	2	0	8	0	-	1

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Notes
--> HJ Sharpe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LCV Bathurst made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Crawley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Small (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VA Titchmarsh (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Crawley (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Small made his debut for Hertfordshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Skrimshire achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-30)
--> VA Titchmarsh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 5-54)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Rain caused the loss of two and a half hours of play on the second day of this drawn return match after Norfolk had followed-on 232 runs behind. The game at Bishop's Stortford in July had been won by Hertfordshire. Four of the visiting team scored half-centuries -- Titchmarsh 87 with 7 fours, Crawley 84 with 11 fours, White 56 with ? fours and Pigg 52 with ? fours. In the Hertfordshire innings, Titchmarsh and Crawley put on 156 runs for the third wicket. It was a new record for a third wicket partnership and the highest of the season. Titchmarsh also took 9 wickets in the match for 99 runs. For Norfolk, Bathurst top-scored with 56.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire inns boundaries in White and Pigg 50s; in Norfolk 1st inns boundaries in Bathurst 56; in Norfolk 2nd inns extras breakdown.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Eastern Daily Press 4,5 August; Eastern Evening News 4 August; Norfolk Chronicle 8 August; Norwich Mercury 8 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August.]

 

 

 

 

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