minc1424	Bedfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1913
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 8th, 9th August 1913 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 1; Hertfordshire 3
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 90/3 (Nicholas 40*, Holdstock 18*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Etheridge	c Holdstock b Morcom	60
AJ Golding	b Graham	62
+CH Titchmarsh	c King b Morcom	85
ES Household	c Grierson b Graham	6
*CG Ward	c Apthorp b Morcom	4
W Montgomery	b Peel	10
WH Marsh	c Apthorp b Morcom	22
AS Thorpe	b Morcom	3
NJ Cox	c King b Morcom	33
FA Burton	not out	17
W Shelford	b Graham	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 103.3 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-129, 3-162, 4-165, 5-190, 6-246, 7-?, 8-261, 9-314, 10-314 (103.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	39	10	122	6	-	-
Grierson	14	6	24	0	-	-
King	9	2	36	0	-	-
Graham	24.3	2	68	3	-	-
Peel	17	3	52	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE King	c Etheridge b Cox	11
SV Graham	b Burton	8
BL Peel	c Ward b Burton	4
FWH Nicholas	c Household b Burton	46
HF Holdstock	b Shelford	62
AF Morcom	c Montgomery b Shelford	73
FCW Newman	c Ward b Shelford	3
J Ratcliff	b Shelford	1
*+EE Apthorp	b Shelford	10
W Brown	c Titchmarsh b Cox	12
H Grierson	not out	5
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-39, 4-100, 5-171, 6-185, 7-195, 8-213, 9-?, 10-250 (65.5 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	18	3	63	2	-	-
Burton	25	4	87	3	-	3
Montgomery	7	0	27	0	-	-
Marsh	1	0	14	0	-	-
Shelford	14.5	3	44	5	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Etheridge	b Morcom	2
AJ Golding	b King	19
+CH Titchmarsh	lbw b Graham	79
ES Household	b Ratcliff	51
*CG Ward	c Nicholas b Grierson	16
W Montgomery	c Holdstock b Grierson	12
WH Marsh	not out	18
AS Thorpe	c Graham b Ratcliff	0
NJ Cox	not out	26
FA Burton	did not bat
W Shelford	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-36, 3-129, 4-?, 5-?, 6-187, 7-189

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	19	4	49	1	-	-
Peel	7	2	32	0	-	-
Grierson	14	3	54	2	-	-
King	4	0	19	1	-	-
Holdstock	4	1	17	0	-	-
Graham	8	0	22	1	-	-
Ratcliff	6	0	30	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Grierson	b Burton	16
W Brown	c Cox b Burton	1
J Ratcliff	c Cox b Marsh	32
*+EE Apthorp	c Golding b Marsh	3
FCW Newman	not out	54
BL Peel	not out	6
WE King	did not bat
SV Graham	did not bat
FWH Nicholas	did not bat
HF Holdstock	did not bat
AF Morcom	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(4 wickets, 32 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-39, 3-45, 4-68

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	5	0	13	0	-	-
Burton	10	0	51	2	-	3
Marsh	11	2	29	2	-	-
Shelford	6	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AS Thorpe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NJ Cox (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FCW Newman (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Ratcliff (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AF Morcom reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hertfordshire first 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.
This match was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings.
For Hertfordshire, Titchmarsh had two scores of over fifty with 85 with 9 fours in the first innings, and 79 with 11 fours in the second.
In the Hertfordshire first inning Golding scored 62 with 7 fours and Etheridge 60.
In the Hertfordshire first innings Etheridge and Golding put on 125 runs for the first wicket and Cox and Burton added 53 runs for the ninth wicket.
In the Bedfordshire first innings Shelford took 5 wickets for 44 runs.
For Bedfordshire , in the first innings Morcom scored 73 with 8 fours and Holdstock 62 with 6 fours, and in the second Newman scored 54 not out.
Morcom took 6 wickets for 122 runs in the Hertfordshire first innings.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in Etheridge's 60 and fall of seventh wicket; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of ninth wicket; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Newman's 54 not out.]
Sources: Bedfordshire Advertiser 15 August; Bedfordshire Standard 15 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 16 August; Luton Reporter 11 August; Luton Times and Advertiser DATE?; Herts Advertiser 16 August; Watford Observer 16 August; Cricket 16 August p 514.

 

 

 

 

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