minc111	Worcestershire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 6th, 7th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 20 runs
Points	Worcestershire 1; Hertfordshire -1
Umpires	[unknown], WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 50/4 (Wheldon 0*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Small	b Bird	11
*A Butcher	c Straw b Bird	8
FL Sutton	b Bird	3
H Pigg	c EG Bromley-Martin b Bird	0
VA Titchmarsh	c Wheldon b EG Bromley-Martin	8
G Dunn	c GE Bromley-Martin b Bird	0
+CD Fastnedge	b Bird	15
RG Wright	st Straw b EG Bromley-Martin	9
B Bamford	b EG Bromley-Martin	3
WE Coleman	c Bird b EG Bromley-Martin	10
EN Goodyear	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-21, 3-21, 4-27, 5-33, 6-33, 7-48, 8-54, 9-69, 10-75 (38 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	19	9	26	6	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	19	3	42	4	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Sutton b Coleman	15
EP Jobson	c Small b Pigg	20
GE Bromley-Martin	c Sutton b Coleman	0
EG Arnold	run out	14
GF Wheldon	b Pigg	3
FL Bowley	b Goodyear	28
EG Bromley-Martin	c Dunn b Pigg	0
A Millward	b Goodyear	25
RD Burrows	c Bamford b Titchmarsh	28
A Bird	c Goodyear b Coleman	57
+T Straw	not out	8
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-47, 4-50, 5-56, 6-56, 7-113, 8-120, 9-164, 10-211 (75.1 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunn	15	2	50	0	-	1
Coleman	16.1	4	49	3	-	-
Pigg	10	4	18	3	-	-
Titchmarsh	23	6	47	1	-	-
Goodyear	11	1	34	2	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Small	b Bird	0
*A Butcher	b EG Bromley-Martin	23
FL Sutton	b EG Bromley-Martin	2
H Pigg	c Millward b EG Bromley-Martin	20
VA Titchmarsh	c Arnold b EG Bromley-Martin	6
G Dunn	b Bird	9
+CD Fastnedge	c Straw b EG Bromley-Martin	10
RG Wright	b EG Bromley-Martin	1
B Bamford	st Straw b Bird	3
WE Coleman	not out	25
EN Goodyear	c Jobson b EG Bromley-Martin	5
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-14, 3-49, 4-57, 5-58, 6-68, 7-75, 8-80, 9-80, 10-116 (43.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	22	7	39	3	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	21.4	4	65	7	-	-

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Notes
--> FL Sutton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CD Fastnedge (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EN Goodyear made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Bromley-Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings (previous best was 6-54)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire completed the double over Hertfordshire by winning this return match by an innings at 4.00 pm on the second day. Play was delayed on the first day by a heavy thunderstorm until after 1.00 pm. For the winners E G Bromley-Martin took 11 wickets in the match for 107 runs, including 7 for 65 in the Hertfordshire second innings. He bowled unchanged in both innings with Bird who took 9 wickets for 65 runs. Bird also scored 57 in the Worcestershire innings, which included 3 fours. In the Worcestershire innings, Bowley and Millward added 57 runs for the seventh wicket, and Burrows and Bird 44 for the ninth wicket, and Bird and Straw 47 for the tenth wicket.
[Missing: One umpire.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Berrow's Worcester Journal 14 August; Worcestershire Daily Times 6,7 August; Worcestershire Echo 6,7 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 14 August; Watford Observer 14 August.

 

 

 

 

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