minc64	Worcestershire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	Boughton Park, Worcester on 12th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 42 runs
Points	Worcestershire 1; Norfolk -1

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GB Raikes	b Arnold	9
RM Arnold	b Bird	0
*WFG Sandwith	b Arnold	1
T Morley	b Arnold	0
SRB Cowles	b Arnold	0
SD Page	b Bird	0
+GF Blake	st Straw b Bromley-Martin	32
AG Blyth	b Bromley-Martin	13
JF Skrimshire	b Burrows	0
WA Rix	b Bird	2
C Shore	not out	4
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-11, 3-11, 4-11, 5-12, 6-14, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-67 (36 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	14	7	34	4	-	-
Bird	13	6	10	3	-	-
Burrows	5	2	6	1	-	-
Bromley-Martin	4	1	11	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	b Shore	0
EP Jobson	b Shore	14
GE Bromley-Martin	b Shore	34
GF Wheldon	c Arnold b Morley	22
EG Arnold	not out	54
A Bird	st Blake b Shore	2
JB Fereday	c Cowles b Shore	0
JC Harris	b Skrimshire	2
F Hunt	b Skrimshire	2
RD Burrows	c Morley b Skrimshire	4
+T Straw	c and b Skrimshire	2
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 37.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-37, 3-?, 4-67, 5-?, 6-99, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-137 (37.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shore	19	4	62	5	-	-
Raikes	6	0	25	0	-	-
Morley	7	0	34	1	-	-
Skrimshire	5.3	1	15	4	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Skrimshire	b Bird	2
GB Raikes	b Bird	1
RM Arnold	b Arnold	1
*WFG Sandwith	b Arnold	6
T Morley	b Bird	0
SRB Cowles	b Arnold	1
+GF Blake	b Arnold	3
AG Blyth	b Arnold	0
SD Page	b Arnold	0
WA Rix	not out	1
C Shore	b Arnold	4
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 18.1 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-7, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-28 (18.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	9.1	5	9	7	-	-
Bird	9	4	10	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.
--> RM Arnold made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Blake (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Blyth made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WA Rix made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Arnold completed a hat-trick in the Norfolk first innings (victims: G B Raikes, T Morley, S R B Cowles)
--> JF Skrimshire achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 3-10)
--> EG Arnold achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk second innings (previous best was 6-28)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This was the first ever Championship match to be completed on the first day, Worcestershire winning by an innings and 42 runs at 5.30 pm. For the winners, Arnold took 11 wickets in the match for 43 runs, including the 'hat-trick' in the Norfolk first innings where his victims were Raikes, Morley and Cowles. It was statistically the third best match bowling performance of the season, and he took 7 wickets for nine runs in the Norfolk second innings. He also top-scored with 54 not out, an innings that included 11 fours. Norfolk's second innings score of 28 runs, and the match aggregate of 232 runs for a completed match, were both the lowest of the season. The match aggregate was also a new record low for the competition. None of the 20 Norfolk dismissals fell to catches.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.]
Sources: Malvern News 15 August; Worcester Herald 15 August; Eastern Daily Press 13 August; Eastern Evening News 13 August; Norfolk Chronicle 15 August; Norwich Mercury 15 August; The Sportsman 13 August.

 

 

 

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