minc59	Worcestershire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	Boughton Park, Worcester on 7th, 8th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 29 runs
Points	Worcestershire 1; Hertfordshire -1
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (2) 10/3 (Field 3*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Poland b Woods	15
EP Jobson	b Woods	4
GE Bromley-Martin	c Titchmarsh b Woods	2
GF Wheldon	b Titchmarsh	9
EG Arnold	c Pank b Pigg	96
EG Bromley-Martin	b Coleman	30
TB Rhodes	b Pank	16
A Millward	b Woods	3
JC Harris	c Field b Pigg	20
RD Burrows	not out	22
+T Straw	c Humble b Titchmarsh	8
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-17, 3-?, 4-35, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-239 (76.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	33.3	8	78	2	-	-
Woods	20	3	62	4	1	-
Coleman	8	0	36	1	-	-
Pigg	7	1	23	2	-	-
Pank	5	0	16	1	-	-
Field	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Butcher	c GE Bromley-Martin b EG Bromley-Martin	15
HJ Sharpe	b Arnold	10
+GEB Pritchett	c Millward b Arnold	15
F Field	c and b Arnold	4
*H Pigg	b Arnold	8
VA Titchmarsh	c Harris b EG Bromley-Martin	0
FW Poland	b Arnold	0
J Woods	c Rhodes b EG Bromley-Martin	3
BM Humble	b Arnold	0
WE Coleman	not out	8
HW Pank	c Straw b EG Bromley-Martin	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-29, 3-43, 4-48, 5-48, 6-?, 7-57, 8-57, 9-?, 10-67 (35.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	18	7	32	6	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	17.4	3	31	4	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Pigg	b Arnold	0
HJ Sharpe	c Arnold b EG Bromley-Martin	4
WE Coleman	run out	6
F Field	b EG Bromley-Martin	3
VA Titchmarsh	c Foster b EG Bromley-Martin	47
A Butcher	c GE Bromley-Martin b Burrows	1
FW Poland	c Jobson b EG Bromley-Martin	14
+GEB Pritchett	c Harris b EG Bromley-Martin	37
J Woods	c Arnold b EG Bromley-Martin	10
BM Humble	b Arnold	8
HW Pank	not out	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-?, 3-10, 4-40, 5-68, 6-?, 7-90, 8-130, 9-?, 10-143 (47.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	18.1	5	44	2	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	20	1	58	6	-	-
Burrows	2	0	9	1	-	-
GE Bromley-Martin	7	1	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JC Harris made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BM Humble made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TB Rhodes made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Arnold (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GEB Pritchett (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Woods achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-59)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won this return game by an innings, at 1.15 pm on the second day, thus completing the double over Hertfordshire having also won when the two sides met at Watford in July. For the winners, E G Bromley-Martin took 10 wickets in the match for 89 runs. There were 12 fours in Arnold's 96, an innings of just under three hours, and he also took 8 wickets for 76 runs. For Hertfordshire, Titchmarsh top-scored with 47 including 5 fours.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Worcester Herald 15 August; Worcestershire Chronicle 15 August; Hertfordshire Standard 14 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.

 

 

 

 

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