minc1209	Bedfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (North and East Division)
Venue	Bedford County School Ground, Bedford on 7th, 8th July 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 124 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 5; Hertfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 131/9 (Burton 5*, Coleman 12*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HF Holdstock	b Marsh	30
GE Wharmby	c Lemoine b Shelford	52
RN Bocquet	c and b Shelford	2
H Squire	lbw b Shelford	16
*HR Orr	run out	53
+EE Apthorp	c Lemoine b Shelford	2
ES Rogers	c Golding b Shelford	32
SV Graham	st Lemoine b Shelford	4
TW Saunders	c Burton b Marsh	2
H Grierson	not out	25
GA Pilgrim	c and b Shelford	6
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-84, 3-90, 4-103, 5-113, 6-185, 7-187, 8-194, 9-?, 10-231 (74.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	10	0	36	0	-	-
Burton	20	1	65	0	-	-
Shelford	27.3	7	78	7	-	-
Marsh	17	0	45	2	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AK Gibson	b Grierson	31
AJ Golding	c and b Wharmby	3
FR Bonsey	c Apthorp b Grierson	55
CH Titchmarsh	lbw b Wharmby	7
ES Household	c Apthorp b Wharmby	6
EL Wright	c Rogers b Grierson	0
*WH Marsh	b Grierson	2
FA Burton	c Rogers b Grierson	5
W Shelford	c Bocquet b Wharmby	0
+HM Lemoine	c and b Wharmby	0
WE Coleman	not out	15
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-82, 3-101, 4-?, 5-?, 6-109, 7-110, 8-?, 9-?, 10-134 (48.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	24	10	46	5	-	-
Grierson	17.5	4	50	5	1	2
Orr	4	1	20	0	-	-
Pilgrim	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	b Burton	2
GE Wharmby	lbw b Shelford	51
RN Bocquet	c Titchmarsh b Burton	45
+EE Apthorp	c Gibson b Shelford	10
H Squire	b Shelford	3
ES Rogers	c and b Shelford	1
SV Graham	c Wright b Burton	2
H Grierson	c Marsh b Shelford	3
TW Saunders	b Burton	2
GA Pilgrim	not out	0
HF Holdstock	absent
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 37.2 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-93, 3-111, 4-111, 5-114, 6-117, 7-117, 8-122, 9-122 (37.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	7	0	27	0	-	-
Burton	14	0	51	4	-	-
Shelford	10.2	3	22	5	-	-
Marsh	6	0	19	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Golding	c Graham b Grierson	13
WE Coleman	b Grierson	3
AK Gibson	b Wharmby	4
FR Bonsey	b Wharmby	21
CH Titchmarsh	b Grierson	29
ES Household	b Wharmby	9
EL Wright	b Wharmby	2
*WH Marsh	not out	2
FA Burton	b Grierson	1
W Shelford	b Pilgrim	1
+HM Lemoine	b Pilgrim	0
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-20, 3-38, 4-48, 5-76, 6-84, 7-86, 8-87, 9-95, 10-95 (42.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grierson	16	7	33	4	-	-
Wharmby	21	8	35	4	-	-
Pilgrim	1.2	1	0	2	-	-
Orr	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ES Rogers made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SV Graham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Bonsey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RN Bocquet (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Shelford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-41)

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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 124 runs at around
4.00 pm on the second day, after Hertfordshire had required in their second innings 220 runs to win. The match between the two teams at Bushey in June had been won by Bedfordshire by 9 runs. For the winners, Wharmby took 9 wickets in the match for 81 runs, including 5 for 46 in the Hertfordshire first innings and Grierson 9 for 83, including 5 for 50 in the first innings. Wharmby played two innings of 52 and 51, the latter containing 3 fours. Orr scored 53. For the losers, Shelford took 12 wickets in the match for 100 runs, including 7 for 78 runs in the Bedfordshire first innings and 5 for 22 in the second. The debutant Bonsey scored 55. Holdstock did not bat in the Bedfordshire second innings due to a family bereavement.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Orr's 53 and Wharmby's 52, fall of ninth wicket; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in Bonsey's 55, and fall of fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth wickets.]
Sources: Bedford and County Record 11 July; Bedfordshire Standard 14 July; Bedfordshire Times 14 July; Herts Advertiser 15 July; Herts Express 15 July; Herts Leader 11 July; Watford Observer 15 July; Cricket 22 July, p 366.

 

 

 

 

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