minc498	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 7th, 8th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 1; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	R Humphrey, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 43/0 (Gresson 20*, Hobbs 19*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NDT Oliver	run out	46
BL Peel	c Bull b Vaughan	28
GE Wharmby	b Vaughan	0
*HR Orr	c Vaughan b Nash	80
TA Brown	c and b Holbrooke	0
LCR Thring	c and b Page	132
G Pollitt	b de Paravicini	48
L Parbury	not out	34
+EF Rowe	st +Bull b Wright	9
RH Moss	c de Paravicini b Wright	0
S Brown	run out	13
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 124.3 overs)	396
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-57, 3-73, 4-73, 5-191, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-396 (124.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	45.3	20	93	2	-	-
Page	26	2	83	1	-	-
Vaughan	18	1	88	2	1	-
Holbrooke	21	3	69	1	-	-
Nash	9	1	46	1	1	-
de Paravicini	5	2	11	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b Wharmby	62
+EC Hobbs	run out	62
FN Bird	b S Brown	49
MW Wright	c Wharmby b TA Brown	56
*PJ de Paravicini	b S Brown	28
HE Bull	b TA Brown	48
RH Vaughan	st Rowe b Oliver	1
CC Edmunds	c Parbury b Oliver	12
SWB Holbrooke	b TA Brown	10
H Page	b TA Brown	16
G Nash	not out	0
Extras		23
Total	(all out, 143.3 overs)	367
Fall of wickets:
1-120, 2-182, 3-190, 4-201, 5-296, 6-299, 7-331, 8-?, 9-366, 10-367 (143.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	39	13	93	1	-	-
TA Brown	47.3	13	103	4	-	-
S Brown	26	6	68	2	-	-
Moss	7	2	18	0	-	-
Parbury	4	1	14	0	-	-
Oliver	20	3	48	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RH Vaughan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Peel (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> LCR Thring (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LCR Thring (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Parbury (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE Bull (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 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.
This match was drawn with each side completing only one innings. Buckinghamshire were dismissed on the second day 29 runs short of the Bedfordshire total. For the home team, there were ? fours, ? threes and ? twos in
Thring's 132 scored in ? minutes and Orr's 80 contained 12 fours. Together they put on 118 for the Bedfordshire fifth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the visitors, Gresson's 62 contained ? fours, Hobbs's 62 included 5 fours and Wright's 56 contained ? fours. The first two batsmen put on 120 runs for the first Buckinghamshire wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Hobbs kept wicket for Buckinghamshire until lunch on the first day, and Bull for the rest of the Bedfordshire innings. T A Brown's 47.3 overs and Wright's 45.3 overs were the second and third highest number bowled in an innings during the season. The 20 maidens bowled by Wright were the second most bowled in an innings during the season.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire innings breakdown and duration of Thring's 132; in Buckinghamshire innings boundaries in Gresson's 62 and Wright's 56.]
Sources: Bedford Record 11 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 14 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 14 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Bedfordshire Times 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; Luton News 13 August; Bucks Advertiser 15 August; Bucks Herald 15 August; South Bucks Free Press 14 August; Hertfordshire Standard 14 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.

 

 

 

 

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