minc8234	Hertfordshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1984 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Balls Park, Hertford on 13th, 14th August 1984 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by 9 wickets
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Norfolk 10
Umpires	DJ Dennis, DJA Edwards
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 189 all out

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Osman	c Cook b Whittaker	9
MR Gouldstone	retired hurt	6
DG Ottley	run out	17
BG Evans	c Thomas b Whittaker	0
JD Carr	c Cook b Topley	13
N Gilbert	c Huggins b Topley	41			7	-
*AR Garofall	b Topley	0
C Garside	c Mattocks b Parvez Mir	3
RL Johns	lbw b Topley	2
WG Merry	not out	8
RB Clayton	lbw b Parvez Mir	2
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 31.5 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-23, 3-47, 4-47, 5-52, 6-74, 7-87, 8-98, 9-106 (31.5 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whittaker	11	1	32	2	-	-
Parvez Mir	12.5	3	37	2	-	-
Topley	7	2	29	4	-	-
Thomas	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FLQ Handley	c Gilbert b Clayton	63			12	1
JR Carter	lbw b Johns	10
RDP Huggins	c Merry b Johns	10
Parvez Mir	c Clayton b Johns	47
SG Plumb	lbw b Garofall	7
ND Cook	b Johns	14
+DE Mattocks	c Carr b Merry	21
TD Topley	c Evans b Johns	5
DR Thomas	b Johns	3
PK Whittaker	not out	0
IR Lambourne	b Merry	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Carter), 2-73 (Handley), 3-113, 4-125, 5-157, 6-168, 7-180, 8-189, 9-189, 10-189 (59.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merry	14.3	2	64	2	-	-
Clayton	6	0	39	1	-	-
Johns	20	7	26	6	-	-
Carr	9	0	29	0	-	-
Garofall	10	4	22	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Osman	lbw b Parvez Mir	1
BG Evans	c Mattocks b Whittaker	19
DG Ottley	c Mattocks b Whittaker	6
JD Carr	c Mattocks b Whittaker	10
N Gilbert	lbw b Plumb	24
*AR Garofall	lbw b Parvez Mir	40		143
C Garside	b Whittaker	6
RL Johns	lbw b Whittaker	0
WG Merry	b Topley	25
RB Clayton	not out	6
MR Gouldstone	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-24, 3-32, 4-37, 5-74, 6-86, 7-86, 8-131, 9-145 (67.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whittaker	13	2	51	5	-	-
Parvez Mir	27.3	14	30	2	-	-
Topley	16	6	34	1	-	-
Plumb	5	3	7	1	-	-
Thomas	4	2	10	0	-	-
Lambourne	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FLQ Handley	c Gilbert b Johns	6
JR Carter	not out	39
RDP Huggins	not out	12
Parvez Mir	did not bat
SG Plumb	did not bat
ND Cook	did not bat
+DE Mattocks	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
DR Thomas	did not bat
PK Whittaker	did not bat
IR Lambourne	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 22.1 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Handley)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garofall	3	0	9	0	-	-
Johns	7	2	18	1	-	-
Merry	5	3	7	0	-	-
Carr	3	1	6	0	-	-
Clayton	3	0	6	0	-	-
Ottley	1	0	7	0	-	-
Osman	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Garside made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RB Clayton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Garside made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RB Clayton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WM Osman (1) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> FLQ Handley (1) 50 in 28 balls
--> Parvez Mir (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 35
--> WG Merry (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Carter (2) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TD Topley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-42)
--> WG Merry reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Norfolk first innings
--> PK Whittaker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-32)
--> PK Whittaker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings

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Handley struck first 4 balls of the Norfolk first innings for fours.
Norfolk lost their last 5 first innings wickets in "atrocious" light which then ended play an hour early on the first day
Gouldstone was hit on the head trying to hook Whittaker
Plumb also visited hospital when hit on the jaw while fielding