minc259	Hertfordshire v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1900
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 25th, 26th July 1900 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Cambridgeshire 0
Umpires	[unknown]
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) ?/2 (Hickin 69*, White 10*)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JH Widdicombe	b Coleman	15
J Bacon	c Butcher b Marsh	40
+GH Watts	b White	1
DM Hayward	not out	73
FW French	c White b Golding	29
M Bellamy	b Coleman	11
W Bryan	c Butcher b Coleman	4
FK Robinson	c and b Wilders	16
PA Chaloner	b Marsh	1
HL Gardner	b Coleman	12
RJ Fuller	c Hill b Coleman	3
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-30, 3-71, 4-106, 5-126, 6-130, 7-180, 8-181, 9-214, 10-222 (74.4 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	20.4	4	61	5	-	-
White	21	4	53	1	-	-
Marsh	11	0	40	2	-	-
Wilders	13	4	36	1	-	-
Golding	9	5	15	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Hickin	b Bryan	87
AJ Golding	c and b Bryan	65
HM Harford	b Widdicombe	7
HE White	b Bellamy	120
HJ Hill	c Watts b Bryan	14
A Butcher	not out	30
WE Coleman	not out	8
*+CD Fastnedge	did not bat
CH Little	did not bat
WH Marsh	did not bat
G Wilders	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	28
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-124, 2-139, 3-218, 4-252, 5-342

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bryan	46	13	101	3	-	1
Bellamy	8	2	34	1	1	-
Hayward	13	2	51	0	-	-
Chaloner	4	0	19	0	1	-
Widdicombe	10	3	43	1	-	-
Bacon	7	0	38	0	-	-
Watts	10	0	45	0	1	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JH Widdicombe	b White	15
J Bacon	b White	18
+GH Watts	b White	105
DM Hayward	b White	21
FW French	c Hill b Coleman	15
M Bellamy	not out	58
HL Gardner	b Coleman	0
W Bryan	not out	29
FK Robinson	did not bat
PA Chaloner	did not bat
RJ Fuller	did not bat
Extras	(36 b, 2 lb)	38
Total	(6 wickets, 68 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-47, 3-147, 4-192, 5-222, 6-226

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	19	4	57	2	-	-
White	28	6	102	4	-	-
Golding	12	2	45	0	-	-
Marsh	3	0	19	0	-	-
Wilders	6	0	38	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PA Chaloner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Fuller made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CH Little made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW French made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Fuller made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE White (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Widdicombe (2) equalled his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Watts (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 55
--> M Bellamy (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
In this drawn game, 880 runs were scored for the loss of 21 wickets, an average of 41.90 per dismissal. For Cambridgeshire, there were 20 fours and 3 twos in Watts's 105, 7 fours in Hayward's 73 not out, and 9 fours in Bellamy's 58 not out. In the visitors' first innings, Hayward and Robinson
had a partnership of 50 runs for the seventh wicket. In the second innings, Watts and Hayward put on 100 runs for the third wicket, and Bellamy and Bryan an unbroken 73 runs for the seventh wicket. White's 120 for Hertfordshire included 13 fours, 6 threes and 11 twos, while Hickin's 87 contained 9 fours and Golding's 65 included 8 fours. In the Hertfordshire innings, Hickin and Golding had a partnership of 124 runs for the first wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The match aggregate was the third highest of the season. The 46 overs bowled by Bryan in the Hertfordshire innings were the joint second highest number in the year. The 55 extras conceded by Hertfordshire were a new match record for the Championship, exceeding the 50 by Hertfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Cambridge in 1899. When White caught French in the Cambridgeshire first innings, it was his fiftieth catch in championship matches. Unusually, no version of the score has been found in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk sources or The Sportsman and Sporting Life.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; Hertfordshire close of play score; in Cambridgeshire 2nd inns duration of Watts's 105; in Hertfordshire inns duration of White's 120.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Barnet Press 28 July; Barnet Times 27 July; Berkhamsted Times 27 July; Bishop's Stortford Weekly News 27 July; Hemel Hempstead Advertiser 2 August; Herts Advertiser 28 July; Herts and Cambs Reporter 27 July; Herts and Essex Observer 28 July; Herts Leader 2 August; Hertfordshire Express 28 July; Hertfordshire Standard 27 July; St Albans Gazette 1 August; Watford Observer 28 July; Watford and West Herts Post 27 July; The Sportsman 26,27 July; The Times 26,27 July.

 

 

 

 

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