minc91	Hertfordshire v Worcestershire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 21st, 22nd July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 178 runs
Points	Hertfordshire -1; Worcestershire 1
Umpires	[unknown], WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 397/7 (EG Bromley-Martin 58*, Burrows 33*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Coleman b White	93
EP Jobson	b White	48
EG Arnold	c Cobb b Ward	74
GE Bromley-Martin	b White	12
RE Foster	c Pritchett b White	20
GF Wheldon	b Ward	11
EG Bromley-Martin	not out	58
A Millward	b Woods	25
RD Burrows	not out	33
A Bird	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 9 lb)	23
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 94 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-175, 3-221, 4-249, 5-260, 6-275, 7-339

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	35	5	119	3	-	-
Woods	21	1	82	1	-	-
Titchmarsh	7	0	43	0	-	-
Coleman	10	0	64	0	-	-
Ward	21	4	66	3	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HH Cobb	b Arnold	3
*A Butcher	b Arnold	11
HE White	c and b Burrows	16
AS Ward	b Arnold	0
VA Titchmarsh	b EG Bromley-Martin	7
H Pigg	c Jobson b EG Bromley-Martin	1
C Pigg	lbw b EG Bromley-Martin	13
F Field	not out	39
+GEB Pritchett	c Jobson b Millward	12
J Woods	c Bird b Arnold	5
WE Coleman	c and b Millward	7
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-24, 3-27, 4-40, 5-40, 6-42, 7-61, 8-86, 9-100, 10-123 (78 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	24	9	34	4	-	-
Bird	12	7	7	0	-	-
Burrows	16	13	6	1	-	-
HK Foster	3	1	5	0	2	-
EG Bromley-Martin	16	5	31	3	-	-
Millward	7	0	31	2	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Field	c HK Foster b Bird	6
HH Cobb	c RE Foster b Bird	1
HE White	c and b EG Bromley-Martin	25
*A Butcher	b Bird	9
VA Titchmarsh	c and b Bird	8
H Pigg	c RE Foster b EG Bromley-Martin	2
C Pigg	not out	11
AS Ward	c Arnold b EG Bromley-Martin	3
+GEB Pritchett	c Straw b Bird	0
J Woods	b Bird	13
WE Coleman	c GE Bromley-Martin b Bird	0
Extras	(16 b, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-28, 3-56, 4-56, 5-66, 6-66, 7-76, 8-80, 9-96, 10-96 (43.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	10	3	23	0	-	-
Bird	21.4	13	27	7	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	12	5	28	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Worcestershire first innings
--> HH Cobb made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Bromley-Martin (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Ward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> A Bird achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings (previous best was 7-34)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won by an innings and 178 runs on the second day, after Hertfordshire followed on 274 runs behind on first innings. On the first day when the Worcestershire score had reached 81 without loss, a violent thunderstorm accompanied by torrential rain caused a delay of over two hours. For the winners, there were 12 fours in H K Foster's 93, 10 fours in Arnold's 74 and 7 fours in E G Bromley-Martin's 58 not out. H K Foster and Jobson put on 108 runs for the Worcestershire first wicket, E G Bromley-Martin and Millward 64 for the seventh, and E G Bromley-Martin and Burrows had an unbroken partnership of 58 for the eighth wicket. The Worcestershire total of 397 for 7 declared was the third highest of the season. The margin of victory of an innings and 178 runs was a new record for the competition, exceeding the innings and 169 runs by which Buckinghamshire had defeated Northamptonshire at Aylesbury in 1896.
[Missing: One umpire; in Hertfordshire 2nd inns who bowled 2 no balls; time completed.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Watford Observer 24 July; Worcestershire Echo 22 July; The Sportsman 24 July.

 

 

 

 

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