minc612	Norfolk v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 22nd, 23rd August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 94 runs
Points	Norfolk 0; Buckinghamshire 3
Umpires	TW Cherry, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 29/2 (Walsh 4*, Raikes 14*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EC Hobbs	c and b Raikes	66
JJ Astor	b Hoare	29
FN Bird	c Walsh b Gibson	12
MW Wright	b Smith	34
E Weaver-Adams	b Raikes	1
*CRH Gresson	b Worman	63
+HE Bull	c Page b Raikes	5
CC Edmunds	c Watson b Raikes	0
SWWE Golding	b Smith	3
H Jones	b Worman	28
H Page	not out	5
Extras		23
Total	(all out, 120.1 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-97, 3-130, 4-138, 5-176, 6-189, 7-189, 8-192, 9-254, 10-269 (120.1 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23	6	43	2	-	-
Gibson	13	5	21	1	-	-
Raikes	34	9	80	4	-	-
Worman	16.1	4	43	2	-	-
Hoare	30	14	48	1	-	-
Pilch	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Walsh	b Page	11
LH Leman	c and b Wright	11
AK Watson	b Wright	0
*GB Raikes	c Edmunds b Wright	43
AR Hoare	b Wright	3
AL Kennaway	b Wright	2
JN Worman	c Astor b Wright	0
RG Pilch	c Edmunds b Wright	11
+SD Page	c Bird b Wright	5
E Gibson	b Page	0
EW Smith	not out	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-40, 4-51, 5-63, 6-63, 7-76, 8-85, 9-86, 10-89 (69.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	35	23	30	8	-	-
Page	33.3	18	54	2	-	-
Golding	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Walsh	c Bull b Page	0
LH Leman	c Gresson b Wright	5
AK Watson	c Astor b Page	0
*GB Raikes	lbw b Wright	21
AR Hoare	b Page	5
AL Kennaway	lbw b Wright	3
JN Worman	c Golding b Page	13
RG Pilch	not out	33
+SD Page	b Wright	0
E Gibson	c and b Wright	0
EW Smith	b Page	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-13, 4-26, 5-36, 6-49, 7-86, 8-86, 9-86, 10-86 (40.1 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Page	20.1	9	43	5	-	-
Wright	20	9	37	5	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Pilch (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GB Raikes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-104)
--> MW Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 8-47)
--> MW Wright completed a hat-trick in the Norfolk second innings (Kennaway, Page, Gibson)

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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.
Buckinghamshire won this return match by an innings and 94 runs at 3.55 pm on the second day.
The game between the two sides at Aylesbury the week before had been drawn.
For the winners, Wright took 13 wickets in the match for 67 runs, including 8 for 30 in the Norfolk first innings.
The 23 maidens he bowled in the Norfolk first innings, and the 32 maidens he bowled in the match, were the most in the season for an innings and for a match respectively.
There were 8 fours in Hobbs's 66 and 6 fours in Gresson's 63.
In the Buckinghamshire innings Gresson and Jones added 62 runs for the ninth wicket.
For Norfolk, Watson was out first ball in both innings.
Several players were reported as feeling unwell during the course of this game.
[Missing: Extras breakdown.]
Sources: Bucks Advertiser 27 August; Bucks Herald 27 August; Eastern Daily Press 24,25 August; Eastern Evening News 22,23 August; The Sportsman 22,23 August.]

 

 

 

 

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