minc86	Hertfordshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Cricketfield Lane, Bishop's Stortford on 14th, 15th July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hertfordshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Hertfordshire 1; Norfolk -1
Umpires	GJ Rye, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 227/6 (Reynolds 13*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GG Heslop	c Vizard b White	2
T Morley	b Coleman	16
*WFG Sandwith	b Coleman	8
JF Skrimshire	b Coleman	0
AR Buxton	b Coleman	9
H Lomas	b Coleman	7
+GF Blake	b White	8
SRB Cowles	b Coleman	11
SD Page	run out	7
C Shore	b White	3
EB Raikes	not out	6
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 29.1 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-19, 3-19, 4-32, 5-43, 6-54, 7-54, 8-63, 9-77, 10-85 (29.1 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	15	4	34	3	-	-
Coleman	14.1	2	43	6	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Ward	b Shore	10
*A Butcher	c Heslop b Blake	86
NS Bulwer-Lytton	b Cowles	0
HE White	c Page b Blake	85
F Field	c Raikes b Skrimshire	9
AH Reynolds	c Sandwith b Morley	13
H Pigg	b Morley	4
C Pigg	b Morley	0
HJ Austin	not out	24
WE Coleman	b Morley	0
+WO Vizard	c Shore b Morley	0
Extras	(19 b, 6 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 101.1 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-48, 3-185, 4-206, 5-220, 6-227, 7-229, 8-232, 9-240, 10-256 (101.1 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	31	9	67	1	-	-
Morley	22.1	9	32	5	-	-
Cowles	15	0	59	1	-	-
Raikes	16	7	21	0	-	-
Heslop	6	1	25	0	-	-
Blake	8	1	24	2	-	-
Skrimshire	3	1	3	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GG Heslop	b Coleman	11
T Morley	b White	12
*WFG Sandwith	c Coleman b White	59
JF Skrimshire	b Coleman	1
AR Buxton	b White	41
H Lomas	c Ward b White	27
+GF Blake	b Coleman	6
SRB Cowles	lbw b White	6
SD Page	not out	34
EB Raikes	b Austin	2
C Shore	b White	18
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-25, 4-119, 5-144, 6-155, 7-173, 8-185, 9-196, 10-235 (81.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	25	4	70	3	-	-
White	28.3	8	71	6	-	-
Austin	16	6	37	1	-	-
Ward	10	2	25	0	-	-
Bulwer-Lytton	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Austin	c Blake b Shore	4
C Pigg	not out	38
AS Ward	c Buxton b Morley	13
AH Reynolds	c Shore b Cowles	0
F Field	not out	4
*A Butcher	did not bat
NS Bulwer-Lytton	did not bat
HE White	did not bat
H Pigg	did not bat
WE Coleman	did not bat
+WO Vizard	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 22.2 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-44, 3-55

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morley	11	1	24	1	-	-
Shore	5	0	21	1	-	-
Raikes	4	0	10	0	-	-
Cowles	2.2	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> H Lomas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE White (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Reynolds made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HJ Austin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WO Vizard made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WFG Sandwith (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Ward (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pigg (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Coleman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 2-25)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Hertfordshire won by 7 wickets at 4.50 pm on the second day. For the victors, there were 6 fours in Butcher's 86 and 10 fours in White's 85. In the Hertfordshire first innings Butcher and White put on 137 for the third wicket, the largest partnership for that wicket during the season. Both White and Coleman each took 9 wickets in the match. Sandwith's 59 for Norfolk included 6 fours. In the Hertfordshire first innings, Buxton kept wicket when Blake bowled.
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Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1898, p 20-22; Eastern Daily Press 15,16 July; Norwich Mercury 17 July; The Sportsman 16 July.

 

 

 

 

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