minc958	Norfolk v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (East Division)
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 7th, 8th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Norfolk 0; Bedfordshire 5
Umpires	F Newman, W Pate
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 309/6 (Morcom 1*, Keenan 6*)

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Dunning	c Rice b Peel	26
OHC Dunell	c Sutherland b Wharmby	5
GA Stevens	b Wharmby	0
B Cozens-Hardy	b Morcom	4
TH Wharton	b Morcom	4
*L Barratt	c Apthorp b Morcom	14
M Falcon	c Moss b Peel	0
+RH Fowler	b Peel	4
JN Worman	b Morcom	4
E Gibson	not out	20
EW Smith	run out	6
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-18, 5-44, 6-44, 7-54, 8-58, 9-71, 10-91 (41.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	21	5	51	4	-	-
Wharmby	11	7	16	2	-	-
Peel	9.1	4	20	3	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	c Worman b Gibson	57
BL Peel	c Dunell b Smith	143
GE Wharmby	st Fowler b Wharton	56
HF Holdstock	c Fowler b Smith	7
*HR Orr	b Gibson	21
HO Sutherland	c and b Smith	11
AF Morcom	b Worman	17
N Keenan	not out	28
+EE Apthorp	st Fowler b Smith	12
RH Moss	b Smith	12
AC Smith	b Smith	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-164, 2-213, 3-233, 4-265, 5-299, 6-302, 7-336, 8-?, 9-377, 10-377 (102.4 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worman	33	5	116	1	-	-
Gibson	26	4	82	2	-	-
Smith	32.4	6	100	6	-	1
Wharton	6	0	34	1	-	-
Falcon	5	0	32	0	1	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Falcon	b Morcom	0
CE Dunning	c Morcom b Wharmby	6
GA Stevens	b Morcom	18
B Cozens-Hardy	c Sutherland b Peel	102
OHC Dunell	b Peel	29
*L Barratt	b Morcom	50
TH Wharton	b Morcom	3
+RH Fowler	c Apthorp b Morcom	1
JN Worman	c Apthorp b Peel	0
E Gibson	not out	33
EW Smith	c Wharmby b Orr	47
Extras		23
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-26, 4-186, 5-211, 6-214, 7-?, 8-?, 9-246, 10-312 (89.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	41	4	132	5	-	-
Wharmby	12	5	56	1	-	-
Peel	20	4	61	3	-	-
Orr	8.3	0	25	1	-	-
Moss	8	2	15	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	not out	11
AC Smith	not out	15
RW Rice	did not bat
BL Peel	did not bat
GE Wharmby	did not bat
HF Holdstock	did not bat
HO Sutherland	did not bat
AF Morcom	did not bat
N Keenan	did not bat
+EE Apthorp	did not bat
RH Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(no wicket, 5.5 overs)	30

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barratt	3	0	16	0	-	-
Falcon	2.5	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RH Fowler made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Rice (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 17
--> BL Peel (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Keenan (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Cozens-Hardy (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Cozens-Hardy (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EW Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AF Morcom reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Norfolk second innings
--> OHC Dunell retired hurt in the Norfolk second innings (team score 50/3) - he returned when the score was 186/4

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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 this return match by 10 wickets at 6.05 pm on the second day. When the sides met at the beginning of July at the Bedford Grammar School ground, the match had been drawn. For the winners, there 25 fours, 3 threes and 8 twos in Peel's 143, an innings of 117 minutes. Rice's 57 included 6 fours and Wharmby's 56 contained 1 five and 6 fours. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Rice and Peel put on 164 runs for the first wicket in 98 minutes. For the losers, Cozens-Hardy's 102 contained 15 fours , 2 threes and 7 twos, scored in 3½ hours. Barratt's 50 included 1 five and 4 fours. In the Norfolk second innings, Cozens-Hardy and Barratt put on 136 runs for the fourth wicket, after Dunell was badly hit on the body by a ball from Wharmby. In the same innings Gibson and Smith added 66 for the tenth wicket.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Norfolk first innings fall of first, second and third wickets; in Norfolk second innings fall of seventh and eighth wickets; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of eighth wicket.]
Sources: Eastern Daily Press 8,10 August; Eastern Evening News 7,8 August; Norfolk Chronicle 15 August; Norwich Mercury 12 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 14 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; East Anglian Daily Times 8,10 August; Sporting Life 10 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August; Cricket 20 August, p 354.

 

 

 

 

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