minc632	Bedfordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Dunstable Grammar School Ground, Dunstable on 27th, 28th June 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 87 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Northumberland 0
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (2) 193/7 (Pollitt 8*, King 24*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Stileman-Gibbard	b Skinner	2
G Pollitt	c Marshall b Skinner	7
GE Wharmby	c Gillespie b Skinner	0
*HR Orr	b Skinner	15
LCR Thring	c Anderson b Chambers	42
RH Moss	c Chambers b Skinner	16
F Taylor	b Skinner	0
CB Atkinson	b Skinner	10
WE King	c Wilkinson b Chambers	12
TA Brown	b Skinner	3
+EE Apthorp	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 27.3 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-16, 4-37, 5-59, 6-59, 7-?, 8-100, 9-109, 10-109 (27.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	14	1	57	8	-	-
Elsey	9	1	34	0	-	-
Chambers	4.3	0	16	2	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hansell	b Wharmby	24
FW Gillespie	c Thring b Brown	19
O Richardson	c Brown b Wharmby	4
JH Marshall	c Taylor b Brown	26
SW Anderson	c Orr b Brown	11
M Chambers	b Wharmby	11
CM Skinner	c Apthorp b Wharmby	6
*FGH Clayton	b Wharmby	0
RGE Mortimer	c Brown b Wharmby	0
G Elsey	not out	2
+GE Wilkinson	run out	2
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 34.3 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-41, 3-51, 4-67, 5-96, 6-102, 7-102, 8-102, 9-?, 10-108 (34.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	15.3	1	58	3	-	-
Wharmby	17	2	42	6	-	-
Moss	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Stileman-Gibbard	c Gillespie b Elsey	18
TA Brown	c Gillespie b Elsey	76
F Taylor	c Gillespie b Marshall	0
*HR Orr	run out	50
LCR Thring	c Gillespie b Skinner	10
GE Wharmby	b Marshall	1
CB Atkinson	c Elsey b Skinner	0
G Pollitt	b Richardson	51
WE King	st Wilkinson b Richardson	55
RH Moss	not out	10
+EE Apthorp	st Wilkinson b Richardson	1
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-58, 3-135, 4-148, 5-160, 6-160, 7-161, 8-258, 9-272, 10-281 (87.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	24	1	95	2	-	-
Elsey	20	4	59	2	-	-
Marshall	22	8	52	2	-	-
Chambers	12	2	38	0	-	-
Clayton	4	0	17	0	-	-
Richardson	5.3	3	11	3	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FGH Clayton	c Apthorp b Brown	16
J Hansell	run out	23
FW Gillespie	c King b Orr	37
O Richardson	c Apthorp b Brown	41
JH Marshall	b Wharmby	35
SW Anderson	st Apthorp b King	13
M Chambers	b King	0
RGE Mortimer	b Wharmby	0
CM Skinner	c Orr b King	11
G Elsey	c and b Wharmby	2
+GE Wilkinson	not out	6
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-42, 3-94, 4-137, 5-173, 6-175, 7-175, 8-175, 9-183, 10-195 (70.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	20	2	45	3	-	-
Brown	24	5	68	2	-	-
Orr	11	2	34	1	-	-
Moss	6	1	13	0	-	-
King	9.5	2	24	3	-	-

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Notes
--> CB Atkinson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE King made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Moss (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> CM Skinner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-65)
--> CM Skinner achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> O Richardson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> GE Wharmby reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northumberland second innings

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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 87 runs at 4.30 pm on the second day. For the victors, there were 9 fours in Brown's 76, 1 six and 7 fours in King's 55, 4 fours in Pollitt's 51, and 7 fours in Orr's 50. In the Bedfordshire second innings, Pollitt and King added 97 runs for the eighth wicket. Wharmby took 9 wickets in the match for 87 runs. For Northumberland, Skinner took 10 wickets in the match for 152 runs, including 8 for 57 in the Bedfordshire first innings. The four catches held by Gillespie in the Bedfordshire second innings equalled the highest of the season by a fielder and also equalled the Championship record, a feat achieved on 17 previous occasions.
His five catches in the match were the equal most by a fielder for the season
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of seventh wicket.]
Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 30 June; Bedfordshire Standard 30 June; Dunstable Borough Gazette 28 June; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 29 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 28,29 June; Sporting Life 29 June; The Sportsman 28,29 June.

 

 

 

 

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