minc569	Buckinghamshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	Osborne Street, Wolverton on 29th, 30th July 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by an innings and 61 runs
Points	Buckinghamshire 0; Bedfordshire 3
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 4/0 (Gresson 0*, Hobbs 4*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	c Hobbs b Wright	31
TA Brown	c Bull b Wright	12
RH Moss	b Watson	59
*HR Orr	c Perry b Wright	0
GE Wharmby	c and b Watson	19
HJJ Hodgkins	c Faulkner b Wright	66
RW Rice	b Wright	20
G Pollitt	b Faulkner	6
AF Morcom	b Wright	13
CLK Peel	c and b Jones	21
+CJ Gooding	not out	5
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-97, 3-105, 4-109, 5-140, 6-181, 7-187, 8-235, 9-242, 10-267 (90.1 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	45	10	107	6	-	-
Watson	35	7	104	2	-	-
Faulkner	9	1	31	1	-	-
Jones	1.1	0	10	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CRH Gresson	c Hodgkins b Brown	3
EC Hobbs	b Wharmby	9
MW Wright	st Gooding b Orr	20
CC Edmunds	b Brown	0
+HE Bull	b Brown	0
SAB Perry	b Brown	1
GM Faulkner	c BL Peel b Brown	0
F Langley	c Brown b Moss	31
H Jones	run out	21
WJ Brown	not out	5
A Watson	c Gooding b Morcom	2
Extras	(16 b)	16
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-?, 4-?, 5-22, 6-36, 7-59, 8-93, 9-97, 10-108 (59.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	27	17	26	5	-	-
Wharmby	16	9	19	1	-	-
Moss	8	2	21	1	-	-
Orr	6	0	22	1	-	-
Morcom	2.3	1	4	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CRH Gresson	c Rice b Wharmby	6
EC Hobbs	c BL Peel b Orr	35
MW Wright	c Gooding b Orr	24
CC Edmunds	c Morcom b Orr	0
WJ Brown	b BL Peel	0
SAB Perry	st Gooding b Orr	6
F Langley	b BL Peel	1
GM Faulkner	b BL Peel	4
H Jones	c Morcom b Orr	6
+HE Bull	not out	5
A Watson	c Rice b BL Peel	4
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-66, 3-66, 4-66, 5-66, 6-76, 7-82, 8-94, 9-94, 10-98 (45.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	8	4	12	0	-	-
Wharmby	10	4	31	1	-	-
Moss	5	2	6	0	-	-
Morcom	2	0	11	0	-	-
BL Peel	10.1	4	21	4	-	-
Orr	10	3	10	5	-	-

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Notes
--> RH Moss (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Rice made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CJ Gooding made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MW Wright (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> WJ Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Watson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HR Orr achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings (previous best was 3-26)

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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 by an innings and 61 runs at 5.25 pm on the second day.
Rain had prevented play after 5.30 pm on the first day and between 1.00 and 3.40 pm on the second.
For the victors, Hodgkins scored 66 and Moss 59.
In the Buckinghamshire first innings the first 20 overs bowled by T A Brown included 17 maidens and 5 wickets were taken.
In the Buckinghamshire second innings four wickets fell at the total of 66.
Watson, the former Lancashire professional, was making his debut for Buckinghamshire at the age of 59 years.
He did not play again.
[Missing: Umpires; in Bedfordshire innings boundaries in Hodgkins's 66 and Moss's 59; in Buckinghamshire first innings fall of third and fourth wickets; (recheck Langley initials -- assumed F.)]
Sources: Bucks Herald 6 August; Slough Observer 6 August; South Bucks Free Press 5 August; Wolverton Express 5 August; Bedfordshire Standard 5 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 6 August; The Sportsman 1 August.

 

 

 

 

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