minc194	Hertfordshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1899
Venue	Cricketfield Lane, Bishop's Stortford on 17th, 18th July 1899 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Norfolk 0
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (2) 28/1 (Golding 13*, Fastnedge 4*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	c and b Relf	10
AJ Golding	b Shore	13
HJ Hill	b Shore	1
+CD Fastnedge	b Shore	1
GEB Pritchett	c Garnier b Relf	29
*C Pigg	b Relf	22
FE Burrows	b Relf	9
WE Coleman	b Heslop	16
GE Green	b Shore	1
EA Prout	not out	35
G Wilders	c Partridge b Morley	16
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-27, 3-28, 4-33, 5-66, 6-92, 7-93, 8-95, 9-138, 10-161 (63.4 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Relf	24	3	60	4	-	-
Shore	24	7	57	4	-	-
Bathurst	11	3	25	0	-	-
Morley	2.4	2	4	1	-	-
Heslop	2	1	7	1	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WFG Sandwith	b White	0
PW Partridge	b White	11
AE Relf	c Hill b White	11
HW Fisher	c Pigg b Coleman	4
GG Heslop	b White	0
*LCV Bathurst	c Hill b Wilders	18
ET Garnier	b White	9
SD Page	c and b Wilders	4
T Morley	c Burrows b White	15
+WP Barratt	not out	4
C Shore	b Wilders	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-26, 4-31, 5-32, 6-56, 7-60, 8-64, 9-83, 10-83 (44 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	22	10	33	6	-	-
Coleman	15	6	29	1	-	-
Wilders	7	1	14	3	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Prout	c Garnier b Relf	7
AJ Golding	b Bathurst	62
+CD Fastnedge	c Partridge b Relf	12
GEB Pritchett	c Bathurst b Shore	42
HJ Hill	b Morley	23
HE White	b Heslop	13
*C Pigg	b Heslop	37
WE Coleman	not out	3
FE Burrows	did not bat
GE Green	did not bat
G Wilders	did not bat
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84.3 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-45, 3-118, 4-152, 5-152, 6-188, 7-209 (84.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	21	7	47	1	-	-
Relf	29	12	72	2	-	-
Bathurst	16	1	40	1	-	-
Heslop	8.3	5	14	2	-	-
Morley	10	1	26	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WFG Sandwith	run out	2
PW Partridge	b Coleman	3
AE Relf	b Golding	63
HW Fisher	b White	0
GG Heslop	b White	24
*LCV Bathurst	b Coleman	40
ET Garnier	not out	40
SD Page	not out	66
T Morley	did not bat
+WP Barratt	did not bat
C Shore	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 15 lb, 4 nb)	37
Total	(6 wickets, 82 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-22, 3-22, 4-102, 5-116, 6-175

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	26	10	66	2	-	-
Coleman	23	4	76	2	-	-
Pritchett	4	3	4	0	-	-
Wilders	11	1	35	0	-	-
Pigg	4	1	6	0	-	-
Golding	10	1	35	1	-	-
Prout	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FE Burrows made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Prout made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ET Garnier made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Fisher made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WP Barratt made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GEB Pritchett (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GG Heslop (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SD Page (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This match was drawn. For Hertfordshire, Golding's 62 included 10 fours. For the visitors, Page's 66 not out contained 11 fours and Relf's 63 included 9 fours. In the Norfolk second innings, Garnier and Page had an unbroken partnership of 100 runs for the seventh wicket. The Norfolk second innings of 275 for 6 wickets was the highest fourth innings of the season and a new record for the Championship, beating the 263 for 5 wickets scored by Northumberland v Northamptonshire at Northampton in 1896. The Hertfordshire scorebook contains the following comment "The match was left drawn on the second day at 5.30 pm as arranged -- it could not be completed in that time, when the fourth [Norfolk] wicket fell at 102. Some big hitting [reckless] characterised the remainder of play." None of the other sources listed makes reference to the match ending at 5.30 pm. Indeed, there is some criticism in Norfolk sources of the Hertfordshire captain for taking too long in organising frequent bowling changes, with the object of playing for time. For the purpose of calculating the averages of both teams, the score as presented here has been used.
[Missing: Umpires; in Norfolk 2nd inns who bowled 4 no balls.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Hertfordshire Standard 21 July; Eastern Daily Press 18,19 July; Eastern Evening News 17,18 July; Norfolk Chronicle 22 July; Norwich Mercury 22 July; Yarmouth Times 22 July; The Sportsman 17 July.

 

 

 

 

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