minc671	Bedfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 9th, 10th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 2; Hertfordshire 0
Umpires	BW Mason, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 422/8 (Wharmby 100*, Apthorp 23*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJJ Hodgkins	c Goodall b Rudd	62
G Pollitt	c Goodall b White	21
RW Rice	c and b Harding	18
LCR Thring	c Dumbelton b White	9
*HR Orr	b Harding	31
TA Brown	c Butcher b Harding	126
WE King	c Goodall b Harding	1
GE Wharmby	not out	100
RH Moss	c and b Harding	13
+EE Apthorp	not out	23
CK Keenan	did not bat
Extras		18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-156, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	41	3	140	0	-	-
White	31	14	44	2	-	-
Harding	30	6	78	5	-	-
Rudd	20	0	93	1	-	-
Dumbelton	2	0	21	0	-	-
Betts	3	0	28	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Golding	b Wharmby	8
A Butcher	b Keenan	30
GG Dumbelton	c Thring b Wharmby	0
CT Rudd	b Wharmby	0
HE White	c Apthorp b Wharmby	70
WE Coleman	c Moss b Orr	70
JA Betts	b Orr	13
*HM Harford	b Wharmby	2
EG Blow	b Wharmby	31
+J Goodall	c King b Keenan	31
ER Harding	not out	8
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-13, 4-84, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-273 (89.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	36	12	70	6	-	-
Orr	27	4	78	2	-	-
Brown	9	3	28	0	-	-
Keenan	7.3	0	32	2	-	-
King	4	0	31	0	-	-
Moss	4	0	23	0	-	-
Thring	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Golding	b Moss	38
A Butcher	c Apthorp b King	23
GG Dumbelton	c Moss b Thring	45
CT Rudd	st Apthorp b Orr	25
HE White	not out	23
WE Coleman	c and b Pollitt	7
JA Betts	not out	8
*HM Harford	did not bat
EG Blow	did not bat
+J Goodall	did not bat
ER Harding	did not bat
Extras		12
Total	(5 wickets, 58 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-66, 3-124, 4-155, 5-170

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	5	3	7	0	-	-
Hodgkins	2	0	7	0	-	-
Orr	9	1	41	1	-	-
Thring	10	1	24	1	-	-
Brown	6	3	3	0	-	-
Moss	8	0	22	1	-	-
Keenan	5	0	34	0	-	-
King	11	2	27	1	-	-
Pollitt	2	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TA Brown and GE Wharmby added 212 runs for the 7th wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> CK Keenan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Blow made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 79
--> EE Apthorp (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 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 return match was drawn with Bedfordshire winning on first innings after enforcing the follow-on. The match between the two sides at St Albans in July had also been drawn. For Bedfordshire, Brown scored 126, which included, 14 fours, 3 threes and 16 twos, and Wharmby scored 100 not out. Hodgkins scored 62. In the Bedfordshire innings Brown and Wharmby added 212 runs for the seventh wicket. For Hertfordshire, White and Coleman both scored 70.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire innings duration of Brown's 126, breakdown and duration of Wharmby's 100 not out, and boundaries in Hodgkins's 62; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in White's 70 and Coleman's 70.]
Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 11 August; Bedfordshire Standard 11 August; Hertfordshire Standard 18 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 19 August; Sporting Life 10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August.

 

 

 

 

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