minc136	Hertfordshire v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Clarence Park, St Albans on 6th, 7th July 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Cambridgeshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Cambridgeshire 0
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 158/6 (Bury 19*, Field 8*)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Lees	lbw b White	27
AJ Hill	lbw b White	8
W Prest	c and b White	6
+GH Watts	c Field b Brenchley	13
FJ Peers	run out	0
WR Thomas	not out	56
DM Hayward	c Bury b Wells	23
EC Jones	b Wells	6
FK Robinson	b Wells	6
W Bryan	b White	14
J O'Connor	b Field	15
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-45, 3-56, 4-64, 5-64, 6-96, 7-106, 8-114, 9-137, 10-189 (79.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	39	13	92	4	-	1
Wells	27	12	53	3	-	-
Brenchley	10	5	16	1	-	-
Field	3.2	0	13	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+EH Wales	c Watts b Hayward	57
HE White	c Watts b Peers	41
F Wells	b O'Connor	17
AH Reynolds	c Hayward b O'Connor	0
JL Bury	b Hayward	25
WE Coleman	b O'Connor	2
*C Pigg	b Hayward	4
F Field	not out	37
WH Marsh	b Hayward	3
G Wilders	b O'Connor	3
RF Brenchley	b Hayward	5
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-121, 3-121, 4-124, 5-142, 6-142, 7-174, 8-190, 9-193, 10-209 (95 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	42	11	89	5	-	1
O'Connor	31	12	52	4	-	-
Bryan	16	5	36	0	-	-
Peers	6	2	17	1	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Lees	b White	16
AJ Hill	c Wales b Brenchley	8
W Prest	c Marsh b White	18
+GH Watts	c Field b White	24
FJ Peers	c Marsh b Wilders	62
WR Thomas	b Coleman	4
DM Hayward	c Wilders b Wells	12
EC Jones	not out	11
FK Robinson	b Wilders	1
W Bryan	c Brenchley b White	0
J O'Connor	b Wilders	0
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 85.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-42, 3-63, 4-80, 5-97, 6-134, 7-166, 8-170, 9-171, 10-171 (85.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	38	13	66	4	-	-
Wells	15	3	37	1	-	-
Brenchley	7	2	12	1	-	-
Wilders	5.3	3	3	3	-	-
Coleman	15	5	28	1	-	-
Field	5	2	10	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+EH Wales	b Hayward	26
HE White	c Robinson b Bryan	20
F Wells	c Lees b Peers	18
AH Reynolds	c and b Hayward	4
JL Bury	c Peers b Bryan	11
WE Coleman	not out	37
*C Pigg	c Watts b Hayward	7
F Field	b Hayward	0
WH Marsh	not out	5
G Wilders	did not bat
RF Brenchley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 51 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	21	3	58	4	-	-
O'Connor	11	2	33	0	-	-
Bryan	17	4	32	2	-	-
Peers	2	1	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FJ Peers made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WR Thomas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Jones made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FK Robinson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Bury made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Marsh made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Wilders made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RF Brenchley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Hill made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Reynolds made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RF Brenchley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Lees (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EH Wales (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Prest (2) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Wells achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire first innings (previous best was 2-60)
--> DM Hayward reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hertfordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Match drawn, with Hertfordshire needing 152 runs to win in two hours falling 20 runs short with 3 wickets remaining. For the visitors, there was 1 five and 5 fours in Peers's 62 and 6 fours in Thomas's 56 not out. In the Cambridgeshire first innings Thomas and O'Connor added 52 runs for the last wicket, which was the third highest tenth wicket partnership of the season.
For the home team, Wales's 57 included 5 fours. White's 77 overs in the match were the second highest bowled in a match during the season. The 158 runs he conceded were the third highest in a match during the year. The Hertfordshire Scorebook does not contain fall of wicket details for the Hertfordshire second innings.
[Missing: Umpires; in Hertfordshire 2nd inns fall of wickets.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Leader 12 July; Hertfordshire Standard 8 July; Cambridge Express 9 July; The Sportsman 7,8 July.

 

 

 

 

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