minc581	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 5th, 6th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 1; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	TH Holton, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 43/3 (Hobbs 20*, Bird 8*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	b Stacey	25
HJJ Hodgkins	b Wright	55
*HR Orr	c sub b Stacey	16
LCR Thring	c Wright b Page	79
TA Brown	c Page b Jones	51
GE Wharmby	lbw b Stacey	17
BL Peel	c Page b Stacey	30
G Pollitt	c Perry b Jones	67
RH Moss	c Langley b Jones	40
+HM Cantrell	b Stacey	2
AF Morcom	not out	5
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 115.3 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-80, 3-163, 4-185, 5-224, 6-265, 7-293, 8-380, 9-?, 10-399 (115.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	36	15	64	1	-	-
Page	24	7	75	1	-	-
Stacey	30.3	1	130	5	-	-
Faulkner	13	0	61	0	1	-
Perry	4	1	23	0	-	-
Jones	8	0	34	3	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CRH Gresson	c Rice b Orr	9
+F Langley	c Cantrell b Wharmby	2
CC Edmunds	lbw b Orr	0
EC Hobbs	b Brown	51
FN Bird	c Wharmby b Brown	27
MW Wright	b Wharmby	9
T Stacey	c Peel b Brown	58
ASB Perry	b Wharmby	0
GM Faulkner	b Orr	9
H Page	c Hodgkins b Wharmby	12
H Jones	not out	7
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-17, 4-76, 5-103, 6-122, 7-122, 8-?, 9-166, 10-204 (97.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	43	10	75	4	-	-
Orr	25	8	46	3	-	-
Morcom	6	3	14	0	1	-
Brown	23.2	3	49	3	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Stacey	b Wharmby	22
EC Hobbs	b Brown	26
*CRH Gresson	lbw b Orr	44
MW Wright	b Peel	9
FN Bird	b Morcom	65
GM Faulkner	c Moss b Peel	0
CC Edmunds	b Brown	2
+F Langley	not out	4
ASB Perry	did not bat
H Page	did not bat
H Jones	did not bat
Extras		15
Total	(7 wickets, 83.1 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-56, 3-80, 4-80, 5-128, 6-143, 7-187 (83.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	19	4	36	1	-	-
Orr	20	7	32	1	-	-
Brown	18	5	38	2	-	-
Morcom	5.1	2	16	1	-	-
Peel	13	5	27	2	-	-
Moss	6	3	12	0	-	-
Thring	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Rice (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Stacey (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 1-10)
--> T Stacey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 1-23)
--> T Stacey achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> H Page reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Bedfordshire 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 return match was the third of the Bedford Cricket Week.
It was drawn after Buckinghamshire were forced to follow on 195 runs in arrears.
For Bedfordshire, Thring scored 79 with 13 fours, Pollitt 67, Hodgkins 55 and Brown 51 with 9 fours.
In the Bedfordshire innings, Pollitt and Moss put on 87 for the eighth wicket.
For Buckinghamshire, Bird scored 65, Stacey 58, and Hobbs 51.
The match between the two teams at Wolverton in July had been won by Bedfordshire.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire
innings who held substitute catch, boundaries in Pollitt's 67 and Hodgkins's 55, fall of ninth wicket, in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Hobbs's 51 and Stacey's 58, fall of eighth wicket; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Bird's 65, ( check initials of Langley -- assumed F).]
Sources: Bedfordshire Standard 12 August; Bedfordshire Times 12 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter; Bucks Advertiser 13 August; Bucks Herald 13 August; Slough Observer 13 August; South Bucks Free Press 12 August; Wolverton Express 12 August; The Sportsman 6,8 August.

 

 

 

 

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