minc939	Suffolk v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (East Division)
Venue	Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge on 29th, 30th July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Suffolk 0; Bedfordshire 5
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (1) 117/7 (Ireland 43*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	c Cornell b FH Mustard	9
HF Holdstock	c Ireland b FH Mustard	4
GE Wharmby	c FTD Wilson b Ireland	118
H Squire	c D Mustard b Ireland	63
*HR Orr	b FTD Wilson	30
HO Sutherland	not out	46
WE King	b Penfold	4
AF Morcom	c Cornell b FTD Wilson	1
+EE Apthorp	run out	6
AC Smith	c Penfold b FTD Wilson	1
FE Pestell	b FTD Wilson	5
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-26, 3-194, 4-200, 5-253, 6-262, 7-263, 8-274, 9-282, 10-294 (85.1 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penfold	29	4	77	1	-	-
FH Mustard	16	1	67	2	-	-
FTD Wilson	18.1	2	73	4	-	-
Waters	15	3	45	0	-	-
Ireland	7	2	25	2	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Quaife	c Smith b Wharmby	18
D Mustard	b Morcom	16
FTD Wilson	b Morcom	14
HF Fox	b Morcom	0
JF Ireland	b Morcom	73
HL Wilson	b Pestell	11
*FH Mustard	b Morcom	8
VJ Lewis	b Morcom	0
W Penfold	c Apthorp b Wharmby	1
+PP Cornell	not out	13
F Waters	b Morcom	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-47, 3-47, 4-54, 5-95, 6-117, 7-117, 8-122, 9-162, 10-162 (43 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	22	1	92	7	-	-
Wharmby	17	2	49	2	-	-
Pestell	4	0	13	1	-	-

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Suffolk second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Quaife	c Morcom b Wharmby	5
*FH Mustard	c Pestell b Morcom	34
FTD Wilson	b Wharmby	4
JF Ireland	c Rice b Morcom	3
HL Wilson	c and b Morcom	18
D Mustard	not out	34
HF Fox	st Apthorp b Wharmby	4
VJ Lewis	b Wharmby	0
W Penfold	b Morcom	22
+PP Cornell	run out	4
F Waters	b Morcom	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	5
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-29, 3-?, 4-64, 5-74, 6-77, 7-77, 8-?, 9-130, 10-133 (48.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	24.1	2	77	5	-	1
Wharmby	24	5	51	4	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+EE Apthorp	not out	2
FE Pestell	not out	0
RW Rice	did not bat
HF Holdstock	did not bat
GE Wharmby	did not bat
H Squire	did not bat
*HR Orr	did not bat
HO Sutherland	did not bat
WE King	did not bat
AF Morcom	did not bat
AC Smith	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1 overs)	2

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penfold	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HO Sutherland made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Waters made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Ireland (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 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.
Bedfordshire won by ten wickets at 3.00 pm on the second day, after Suffolk followed on 132 runs behind. For the winners, Morcom took 12 wickets in the match for 169 runs, including 7 for 92 in the Suffolk first innings. Wharmby's 118 contained 10 fours, 11 threes and 8 twos, scored in just over 2½ hours. Squire scored 63. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Wharmby and Squire put on 168 runs for the third wicket. For the losers, Ireland scored 73. Lewis was dismissed first ball in both Suffolk innings. This was the first use of this venue for a championship match.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Squire's 63; in Suffolk first innings boundaries in Ireland's 73; in Suffolk second innings fall of third and eighth wickets.]
Sources: East Anglian Daily Times 30,31 July; Woodbridge Reporter 30 July; Bedfordshire Standard 7 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 1 August; Luton News 6 August; Sporting Life 30,31 July;
Cricket 6 August, p 327.

 

 

 

 

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