minc488	Bedfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 3rd, 4th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Hertfordshire 0
Umpires	R Humphrey, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (2) 56/7 (Hill 5*, Golding 1*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GO Bigge	b S Brown	7
CT Rudd	c and b Wharmby	22
HE White	c Peel b Moss	21
*HJ Hill	b Moss	7
WE Coleman	b Wharmby	13
AJ Golding	b Wharmby	3
EJ Metcalfe	c Moss b Wharmby	20
A Butcher	c Pepper b Wharmby	18
CCT Doll	c Moss b Wharmby	20
+CD Fastnedge	b Wharmby	18
WJ Rudd	not out	3
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-38, 3-51, 4-66, 5-70, 6-91, 7-98, 8-131, 9-145, 10-156 (59.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
S Brown	12	2	32	1	-	-
TA Brown	7	1	23	0	-	-
Wharmby	24.3	6	71	7	-	-
Moss	16	6	26	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Pepper	b White	0
NDT Oliver	b White	26
G Pollitt	b White	11
GE Wharmby	b White	20
BL Peel	b WJ Rudd	4
TA Brown	b White	0
*HR Orr	b WJ Rudd	11
L Parbury	b White	14
RH Moss	c Hill b White	5
+EF Rowe	not out	5
S Brown	c and b White	0
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-54, 4-63, 5-63, 6-63, 7-?, 8-90, 9-101, 10-101 (36.4 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	18.4	5	42	8	-	-
Coleman	6	1	26	0	-	-
WJ Rudd	12	2	28	2	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CCT Doll	c Wharmby b Moss	0
CT Rudd	b Wharmby	2
A Butcher	b S Brown	26
GO Bigge	c TA Brown b Moss	13
HE White	c Pollitt b Moss	4
*HJ Hill	b Moss	24
EJ Metcalfe	c TA Brown b S Brown	0
WJ Rudd	b Moss	0
AJ Golding	not out	9
WE Coleman	c Rowe b Wharmby	1
+CD Fastnedge	b Wharmby	15
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-34, 4-46, 5-48, 6-51, 7-54, 8-82, 9-83, 10-105 (42 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	13	3	39	3	-	-
Moss	20	6	44	5	-	-
S Brown	9	3	11	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	c Hill b White	13
NDT Oliver	b White	55
GE Wharmby	not out	62
*HR Orr	b Metcalfe	11
G Pollitt	not out	3
C Pepper	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
L Parbury	did not bat
RH Moss	did not bat
+EF Rowe	did not bat
S Brown	did not bat
Extras		17
Total	(3 wickets, 50.3 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-119, 3-?

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	23.3	5	75	2	-	-
Coleman	9	0	25	0	-	-
WJ Rudd	5	1	9	0	-	-
Metcalfe	13	3	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> C Pepper made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NDT Oliver (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Wharmby (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> GE Wharmby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-21)
--> HE White achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 8-49)

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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, though behind on first innings by 55 runs, won this return match by 7 wickets before tea on the second day. The game between the two teams in June at Hertford had been drawn. For the winners, Wharmby took 10 wickets in the match for 110 runs. He also scored 62 not out, including ? fours in the Bedfordshire second innings. His all-round performance of scoring 82 runs and taking 10 wickets for 110 runs was the best of the season in a match for a bowler taking 10 or more wickets. Oliver's 55 contained ? fours. For Hertfordshire, White took 10 wickets in the match for 117 runs, including 8 for 42 in the Bedfordshire first innings.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire second
innings part batting order; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of seventh wicket; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Wharmby's 62 not out and Pepper's 55, and fall of third wicket; precise time completed.]
Sources: Bedford Record 4 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 7 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 7 August; Bedfordshire Standard 7 August; Bedfordshire Times 7 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 8 August; Luton News 6 August; Barnet Times 7 August; Herts Advertiser 8 August; Hertfordshire Express 8 August; St Albans Gazette 5 August; Watford Observer 8 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August.

 

 

 

 

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