minc980	Hertfordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (East Division)
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 17th, 18th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 3; Bedfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 507 all out

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Golding	c Morcom b Moss	33
HE White	c Gooding b Moss	47
A Butcher	c Gooding b Orr	96
CH Titchmarsh	b Orr	104
AE Clarke	c Rice b Orr	0
EL Wright	b Orr	0
CT Rudd	b Morcom	42
+RB Cowley	c Peel b Morcom	14
WE Coleman	b Moss	16
*HM Harford	c Sutherland b Wharmby	82
WH Marsh	not out	47
Extras	(13 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(all out, 134.3 overs)	507
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-91, 3-275, 4-275, 5-281, 6-312, 7-337, 8-373, 9-380, 10-507 (134.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	25	2	119	2	2	1
Wharmby	16.3	0	58	1	-	-
Peel	24	4	80	0	-	-
Moss	41	12	114	3	-	-
Orr	28	3	110	4	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	b Marsh	22
BL Peel	c and b White	51
GE Wharmby	c Cowley b White	89
HF Holdstock	c Cowley b Coleman	43
N Keenan	b Coleman	24
H Squire	b White	14
*HR Orr	b Marsh	19
RH Moss	lbw b White	24
HO Sutherland	c Harford b Marsh	1
AF Morcom	not out	0
+CJ Gooding	c Titchmarsh b White	2
Extras		27
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-99, 3-183, 4-231, 5-241, 6-271, 7-303, 8-314, 9-314, 10-316 (100 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	29	4	116	2	-	-
White	43	11	103	5	-	-
Marsh	22	7	39	3	-	-
Clarke	6	0	31	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	b Coleman	34
BL Peel	c Butcher b Coleman	21
GE Wharmby	not out	15
HF Holdstock	not out	6
N Keenan	did not bat
H Squire	did not bat
*HR Orr	did not bat
RH Moss	did not bat
HO Sutherland	did not bat
AF Morcom	did not bat
+CJ Gooding	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 27 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-61

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	10	2	25	2	-	-
White	8	0	18	0	-	-
Marsh	4	0	19	0	-	-
Clarke	5	1	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EL Wright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CJ Gooding made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Harford (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Wharmby (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 63

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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 Hertfordshire winning on first innings, with Bedfordshire following on 191 runs behind. The result of the match would determine which of the teams won the East Division of the Championship and went on to play in the semi-final against Staffordshire, who were the winners of the North Division. The match between the two teams at Elstow School, Bedford in July had been won by Hertfordshire. For the home side, there were 12 fours and 5 threes in Titchmarsh's 104. Butcher scored 96 which included 12 fours and Harford 82. In the Hertfordshire innings, Butcher and Titchmarsh added 184 runs for the third wicket, and Harford and Marsh 127 for the last wicket. For the visitors, Wharmby's 89 contained 1 five and 8 fours and Peel's 51 included 5 fours.. The Hertfordshire total of 507 was the third highest innings total of the season.
[Missing: Umpires; in Hertfordshire innings duration of Titchmarsh's 104 and boundaries in Harford's 82; in Bedfordshire first innings extras breakdown.]
Sources: Herts Advertiser 22 August; Herts Leader 18 August; Watford Observer 22 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 21 August; Bedfordshire Standard 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 22 August; Luton News 20 August; Sporting Life 18,19 August; The Sportsman 18,19 August; Cricket 27 August, p 378.

 

 

 

 

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