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Cambridgeshire v Norfolk
Minor Counties Championship 1911 (North and East Division)
VenueFP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 9th, 10th August 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over6
TossNorfolk won the toss and decided to bat
ResultMatch drawn
PointsCambridgeshire 3; Norfolk 1
Close of play day 1Cambridgeshire (1) 167/1 (KG Reid 59*, Wilson 38*)
Norfolk first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
M Falconb Coulson114     
+RW Thurgarb KG Reid23     
GA Stevensb Coulson76     
GRR Colmanb Coulson11     
*GW Birkbeckc LJ Reid b KG Reid4     
MH Thursbyc and b Coulson23     
EJ Fulcherc Bocock b Coulson31     
W Thursbyc KG Reid b Whybro12     
SS Amesb Coulson4     
TC Allsoppnot out13     
E Gibsonb Rose8     
Extras(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)21
Total(all out, 67.5 overs)340
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-224, 3-225, 4-?, 5-244, 6-290, 7-?, 8-314, 9-314, 10-340 (67.5 ov)
Cambridgeshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Coulson28   31026--
Rose19.521081--
Whybro6   2221--
KG Reid7   0282--
Wilson4   0340-1
Tebbutt3   0250--
Cambridgeshire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
LJ Reidb Fulcher56     
KG Reidc Birkbeck b Fulcher101     
FW Wilsonc Stevens b Falcon54     
AS Lingc MH Thursby b Birkbeck20     
F Haywardb Falcon28     
*HC Tebbuttnot out127     
OW Bocockb Ames5     
RHV Whybroc Thurgar b Fulcher2     
GA Roselbw b Ames1     
+GH Wattsb Fulcher4     
H Coulsonc Stevens b Birkbeck34     
Extras(? b, 0 lb, 9 nb, 5 w)34
Total(all out, 123.5 overs)466
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-208, 3-238, 4-262, 5-318, 6-337, 7-351, 8-370, 9-379, 10-466 (123.5 ov)
Norfolk bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Falcon18   4502--
Gibson23   47003-
Fulcher28   4924-5
Allsopp23   293014
Birkbeck17.528821-
Ames14   3392--
Norfolk second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
M Falconc Ling b Rose0     
MH Thursbyb Rose51     
GA Stevensb Whybro51     
GRR Colmanc Watts b Rose24     
*GW Birkbecknot out45     
W Thursbynot out55     
+RW Thurgardid not bat      
EJ Fulcherdid not bat      
SS Amesdid not bat      
TC Allsoppdid not bat      
E Gibsondid not bat      
Extras16
Total(4 wickets, 57 overs)242
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-79, 3-125, 4-136
Cambridgeshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Coulson18   8300--
Rose15   0513--
Tebbutt6   0360--
Whybro3   0161--
KG Reid7   0550--
Wilson7   1300--
LJ Reid1   080--
Notes
--> GRR Colman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MH Thursby made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SS Ames made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Falcon (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KG Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KG Reid (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KG Reid (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 19
--> FW Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HC Tebbutt (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 80
This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match was drawn. The match between the two sides at King's Lynn, at the beginning of the month, had been won by Cambridgeshire. For the home side, there were 2 sixes, 17 fours and 7 threes in Tebbutt's 127 not out, an innings of 1 hour and 57 minutes, and 10 fours in K G Reid's 101 scored in 3 hours and 10 minutes. L J Reid's 56 included 7 fours and Wilson scored 54. In the Cambridgeshire innings, K G Reid and Wilson put on 117 runs for the second wicket and Tebbutt and Coulson 87 runs for the last wicket. For the visitors, Falcon's 114 included 1 six and 18 fours, an innings of 2 hours and 3 minutes. There were 12 fours and 8 fours respectively in G A Stevens's two innings of 76 and 51. There were 6 fours in W Thursby's 55 not out and M H Thursby scored 51. In the Norfolk first innings, Falcon and Stevens added 164 runs for the second wicket, and in the second innings Birkbeck and W Thursby put on an undefeated 106 for the fifth wicket. The match aggregate was 1,048 runs.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Norfolk first innings fall of fourth and seventh wickets; in Norfolk second innings boundaries in M H Thursby's 51; in Cambridgeshire innings boundaries in Wilson's 54.]
Sources: Cambridge Daily News 9,10,11 August; Cambridge Independent Press 11 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 11 August; Eastern Daily Press 10,11 August; Norfolk Chronicle 12 August; Norwich Mercury 12 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August; Cricket 26 August, p 464.