minc80	Norfolk v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 17th, 18th June 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 12 runs
Points	Norfolk -1; Northumberland 1
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 124/9 (Elsey 6*, Murphy 12*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FGH Clayton	b Morley	28
G Simpson	c Cowles b Morley	15
J Hansell	b Morley	27
RGE Mortimer	c Smith b Shore	14
EW Taylor	c Smith b Shore	0
*EWR Walters	c and b Morley	5
JA Miller	not out	8
CE Bartram	c and b Morley	4
G Elsey	c Smith b Shore	9
WE Robinson	c and b Shore	0
+J Murphy	c Smith b Shore	8
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-46, 3-75, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-117, 10-125 (52.1 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Raikes	7	1	22	0	-	-
Smith	3	0	13	0	-	-
Morley	23	11	40	5	-	-
Shore	19.1	4	43	5	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VR Hoare	c Simpson b Elsey	1
T Morley	c Mortimer b Walters	29
*WFG Sandwith	b Walters	6
R Smith	c Murphy b Elsey	3
SRB Cowles	b Walters	8
JN Worman	c Mortimer b Walters	32
SD Page	lbw b Walters	13
+LRT Frere	lbw b Simpson	21
EB Raikes	lbw b Simpson	0
ESP Mack	b Simpson	1
C Shore	not out	3
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-47, 6-?, 7-102, 8-105, 9-?, 10-121 (34.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	13	2	44	2	-	-
Walters	17	6	59	5	-	-
Simpson	4.4	1	14	3	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Simpson	b Shore	4
FGH Clayton	b Hoare	28
CE Bartram	c Frere b Morley	9
RGE Mortimer	b Mack	28
J Hansell	c Hoare b Raikes	12
*EWR Walters	c Frere b Cowles	5
EW Taylor	lbw b Morley	13
JA Miller	st Frere b Shore	1
WE Robinson	st Frere b Shore	0
G Elsey	not out	7
+J Murphy	c and b Morley	15
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-105, 7-105, 8-106, 9-107, 10-128 (45.1 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Raikes	4	1	11	1	-	-
Morley	13.1	3	38	3	-	-
Shore	16	5	38	3	-	-
Hoare	5	1	16	1	-	-
Cowles	4	1	10	1	-	-
Mack	3	0	9	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VR Hoare	b Simpson	2
T Morley	b Elsey	5
*WFG Sandwith	c Simpson b Robinson	28
R Smith	c Clayton b Elsey	13
JN Worman	b Robinson	19
SRB Cowles	c Walters b Robinson	4
+LRT Frere	lbw b Robinson	1
SD Page	b Robinson	9
EB Raikes	c Mortimer b Walters	0
ESP Mack	run out	7
C Shore	not out	12
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-33, 4-?, 5-83, 6-87, 7-?, 8-?, 9-102, 10-120 (58 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	19	6	27	2	-	-
Walters	9	3	15	1	-	-
Simpson	16	3	35	1	-	-
Robinson	14	5	23	5	-	-

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Notes
--> EW Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Miller made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VR Hoare made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JN Worman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Raikes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LRT Frere made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LRT Frere (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RGE Mortimer (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WFG Sandwith (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk second innings (previous best was 1-38)
--> WE Robinson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Northumberland won this even-scoring match by 12 runs on the second day, after setting Norfolk a target of 133 runs for victory. When the ninth Norfolk wicket fell at 102, 31 runs were still needed to win. Mack and Shore added 18 of those before Mack was run out and the visitors had won. The Norfolk debutant Worman top-scored in the match with 32. Showers interrupted play on the second day. The run margin of victory was the closest of the season. The 4 catches held by Smith, the Norfolk debutant, in the Northumberland first innings equalled the record for the competition for a fielder held by H P Justice of Oxfordshire v Wiltshire at Trowbridge in 1896. The difference between the highest and the lowest of the four innings was only 8 runs.
[Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Norfolk 1st inns extras breakdown; in Norfolk 2nd inns who bowled no ball; time completed.]
Sources: Eastern Daily Press 18,19 June; Norwich Mercury 19 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 18,19 June; The Sportsman 18,19 June.

 

 

 

 

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