minc1056	Norfolk v Lincolnshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (East Division)
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 4th, 5th August 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lincolnshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lincolnshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Norfolk 0; Lincolnshire 5
Umpires	T Attewell, R Barber
Close of play day 1	Lincolnshire (1) 112/8 (Williams 17*, Geeson 0*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG McCormick	c Williams b Broughton	27
ET Garnier	b Riley	26
GA Stevens	run out	9
OHC Dunell	b Riley	2
NW Stevens	run out	0
*BK Wilson	c Day b Riley	20
TC Allsopp	b Broughton	5
+RH Fowler	c Crookes b Cooke	53
G Stevens	run out	21
E Gibson	c Ward b Cooke	0
EW Smith	not out	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 73.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-59, 3-?, 4-?, 5-68, 6-96, 7-98, 8-168, 9-?, 10-175 (73.1 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooke	11.1	1	33	2	-	-
Geeson	15	4	35	0	-	-
Broughton	24	3	50	2	-	-
Riley	23	8	45	3	-	-

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Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Ward	b Smith	0
JW Day	b Smith	12
JJ Broughton	b Smith	15
T Hedworth	b Smith	16
*WE Thompson	c Wilson b Smith	10
ET Cooke	b Smith	7
EE Riley	c Allsopp b Smith	12
RE Williams	b Smith	26
JE Crookes	st Fowler b Gibson	3
F Geeson	lbw b Smith	6
+JW Allen	not out	3
Extras		24
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-29, 4-59, 5-64, 6-69, 7-100, 8-?, 9-123, 10-134 (81.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	33	17	31	1	-	-
Smith	40.3	12	63	9	-	-
G Stevens	4	0	8	0	-	-
Allsopp	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG McCormick	c Crookes b Cooke	12
ET Garnier	b Cooke	0
OHC Dunell	c and b Cooke	8
GA Stevens	b Cooke	13
NW Stevens	b Cooke	0
TC Allsopp	b Cooke	0
+RH Fowler	b Broughton	1
*BK Wilson	b Cooke	0
G Stevens	lbw b Broughton	1
E Gibson	not out	2
EW Smith	st Allen b Broughton	0
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 15.3 overs)	38
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-25, 3-26, 4-26, 5-26, 6-35, 7-35, 8-35, 9-38, 10-38 (15.3 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooke	8	3	16	7	-	-
Broughton	7.3	0	21	3	-	-

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Lincolnshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Ward	c McCormick b Gibson	28
JW Day	c McCormick b Gibson	23
JJ Broughton	b Smith	8
T Hedworth	b Smith	0
*WE Thompson	not out	9
RE Williams	not out	9
ET Cooke	did not bat
EE Riley	did not bat
JE Crookes	did not bat
F Geeson	did not bat
+JW Allen	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 31.2 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-60, 3-60, 4-60

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	16	4	38	2	-	-
Smith	12.2	1	31	2	-	1
G Stevens	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> T Hedworth made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JJ Broughton (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> EE Riley reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Norfolk first innings
--> EW Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lincolnshire first innings (previous best was 8-48)
--> ET Cooke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk second innings (previous best was 5-17)

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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.
Lincolnshire won by six wickets at 3.20 pm on the second day. For the winners Cooke took 7 wickets for 16 runs in the Norfolk second innings. For the losers, Smith took 11 wickets in the match for 94 runs, including 9 for 63 in the Lincolnshire first innings. There were 3 fours in Fowler's 53. In the Norfolk first innings Fowler and G Stevens put on 70 runs for the eighth wicket. There were 3 run outs in the Norfolk first innings.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Norfolk first innings fall of third, fourth and ninth wickets; in Lincolnshire first innings fall of eighth wicket.]
Sources: Eastern Daily Press 5,6 August; Eastern Evening News 4,5 August; Norfolk Chronicle 7 August; Norwich Mercury 7 August; Grantham Journal 7 August; Lincolnshire Free Press 10 August; East Anglian Daily Times 5,6 August; Yorkshire Post 5,6 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August; Cricket 26 August, p 368.