minc952	Norfolk v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (East Division)
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 5th, 6th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by an innings and 154 runs
Points	Norfolk 5; Cambridgeshire 0
Umpires	F Newman, W Pate
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 272/2 (Stevens 100*, Barratt 8*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Dunning	c Watts b Morgan	99
OHC Dunell	c Hunt b Stibbon	58
+GA Stevens	not out	170		145	31	-
*L Barratt	not out	66
B Cozens-Hardy	did not bat
M Falcon	did not bat
E Gibson	did not bat
RG Pilch	did not bat
EW Smith	did not bat
AK Watson	did not bat
JN Worman	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 90.4 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-242

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coulson	33	11	85	0	-	-
CH Pigg	14	3	48	0	-	-
Brown	9	2	56	0	-	-
Reid	3	0	34	0	-	-
Stibbon	12.4	1	77	1	-	-
Crouch	5	1	29	0	1	-
Morgan	13	0	60	1	-	-
Hunt	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Reid	c and b Gibson	8
WC Hunt	c Stevens b Smith	14
FE Morgan	b Smith	1
TW Brown	b Smith	0
OJ Stibbon	c Smith b Gibson	0
CH Pigg	c and b Smith	21
+GH Watts	run out	20
M Gray	not out	21
*C Pigg	b Smith	1
H Coulson	c Dunell b Smith	1
WJB Crouch	c Cozens-Hardy b Gibson	16
Extras		23
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-23, 3-23, 4-23, 5-27, 6-54, 7-79, 8-?, 9-87, 10-126 (43.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	11	46	6	-	-
Gibson	18.3	6	49	3	-	-
Worman	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Gray	c Pilch b Smith	5
LJ Reid	b Gibson	32
WC Hunt	b Gibson	6
FE Morgan	c Gibson b Smith	5
TW Brown	c Falcon b Gibson	6
OJ Stibbon	b Gibson	0
CH Pigg	c and b Smith	13
+GH Watts	c Barratt b Smith	1
*C Pigg	not out	18
H Coulson	c Dunning b Smith	16
WJB Crouch	c Dunell b Smith	9
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 37.1 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-?, 4-31, 5-31, 6-64, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-120 (37.1 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	19	4	57	4	-	-
Smith	18.1	6	54	6	-	-

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Notes
--> M Gray made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Dunning (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Dunning (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> GA Stevens (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
Norfolk won by an innings and 154 runs at 5.05 pm on the second day, after Cambridgeshire followed on 274 runs behind on first innings. On the first day rain stopped play at 1.05 pm and the match did not resume until 5.00 pm. Norfolk lost just 2 wickets, a new record for a team winning a match in the Championship. Cambridgeshire were dismissed twice on the second day. For the winners, there were 31 fours, 3 threes and 6 twos in Stevens's 170 not out, scored in 2 hours and 25 minutes. Dunning's 99 cotained 13 fours, Barratt's 66 not out 8 fours, and Dunell's 58 9 fours. In the Norfolk innings there were three century partnerships, with Dunning and Dunell putting on 110 runs for the first wicket, Dunning and Stevens 132 for the second, and Stevens and Barratt 158 unbroken for the third. In the match, Smith took 12 wickets for 100 runs. Stibbon had a 'king pair' for Cambridgeshire, being dismissed first ball in both innings. Pilch kept wicket for Norfolk in the visitors second innings.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.]
Sources: Eastern Daily Press 6,7 August; Eastern Evening News 5,6 August; Norfolk Chronicle 8 August; Norwich Mercury 8 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 7 August; East Anglian Daily Times 6,7 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August; Cricket 13 August, p 351.

 

 

 

 

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