minc1032	Hertfordshire v Lincolnshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (East Division)
Venue	London Road, Hitchin on 23rd, 24th July 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lincolnshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Lincolnshire 5
Umpires	G Perkins, GJ Rye
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (2) 30/2 (Golding 15*, White 14*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	not out	32
AJ Golding	b Cooke	2
CH Titchmarsh	b Cooke	0
HPL Gaussen	b Cooke	11
+EH Cuthbertson	lbw b Geeson	0
WE Coleman	b Cooke	0
EL Wright	b Cooke	14
H Williams	run out	1
S Brown	c Foster b Geeson	3
*HM Harford	c Cooke b Day	4
WH Marsh	c Pugh b Day	14
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-22, 4-26, 5-26, 6-48, 7-50, 8-55, 9-67, 10-85 (43.4 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooke	14	7	17	5	-	-
Geeson	20	3	47	2	-	-
Riley	6	4	10	0	-	-
Day	3.4	1	7	2	-	-

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Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Ward	c and b White	46
JW Day	b Coleman	4
EE Riley	b Coleman	16
ET Cooke	b White	2
*WE Thompson	c Wright b Marsh	7
F Geeson	c Golding b Coleman	6
JE Crookes	c Golding b White	16
J Raby	c Cuthbertson b White	1
AW Foster	not out	5
DH Pugh	run out	0
+JW Allen	absent hurt
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 46.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-46, 3-53, 4-83, 5-?, 6-95, 7-104, 8-109, 9-111 (46.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	16	1	46	3	-	-
White	22.2	7	40	4	-	-
Brown	1	0	6	0	-	-
Marsh	7	1	11	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HPL Gaussen	c Foster b Cooke	4
AJ Golding	b Riley	20
CH Titchmarsh	b Cooke	0
HE White	b Cooke	21
H Williams	b Geeson	49
WE Coleman	c Riley b Day	8
+EH Cuthbertson	b Riley	15
EL Wright	c Geeson b Riley	34
WH Marsh	c Foster b Geeson	2
*HM Harford	not out	30
S Brown	b Riley	10
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-48, 4-54, 5-93, 6-?, 7-129, 8-135, 9-185, 10-202 (63.4 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooke	14	2	51	3	-	-
Geeson	11	2	22	2	-	-
Riley	25.4	4	63	4	-	-
Day	13	1	57	1	-	-

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Lincolnshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Ward	not out	113
JW Day	b Brown	26
*WE Thompson	b Brown	22
AW Foster	not out	17
EE Riley	did not bat
ET Cooke	did not bat
F Geeson	did not bat
JE Crookes	did not bat
J Raby	did not bat
DH Pugh	did not bat
+JW Allen	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 50.1 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-137

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	12	2	31	0	-	-
White	17	3	61	0	-	-
Brown	10	0	49	2	-	-
Marsh	7	0	13	0	-	-
Williams	4.1	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DH Pugh made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Raby made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Pugh made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EL Wright (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Ward (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Ward (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Ward (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 39
--> ET Cooke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 5-53)
--> ET Cooke reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Hertfordshire first innings

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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.
The match was for Coleman's benefit. Lincolnshire won by eight wickets soon after 5.00 pm on the second day. For the winners, there were 2 sixes and 10 fours in Ward's 113 not out, an innings of 115 minutes. For Hertfordshire, White carried his bat through the Hertfordshire first innings for 32 not out in 2½ hours. In the Hertfordshire second innings Wright and Harford added 50 runs for the ninth wicket. In the Hertfordshire first innings when five wickets were down, Allen was hit on the head by a fast ball bowled by Riley and took no further part in the match. Foster took over the wicket-keeping duties. White was suffering from a slight strain which it was reported adversely affected his bowling.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire second innings fall of sixth wicket; in Lincolnshire first innings fall of fifth wicket.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Express 31 July; Watford Observer 31 July; Grantham Journal 31 July; Sporting Life 24,26 July; The Sportsman 26 July -- not first day; Cricket 5 August, p 318.