minc507	Cambridgeshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 12th, 13th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridgeshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cambridgeshire won by 50 runs
Points	Cambridgeshire 3; Bedfordshire 0
Umpires	J Ford, GJ Rye
Close of play day 1	Cambridgeshire (2) 2/0 (ED Gilbert 2*, LA Gilbert 0*)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Swann-Mason	c Peel b Moss	25
JC Falkner	b Moss	5
TSW Thomas	b Moss	3
+GH Watts	c Parbury b Brown	17
DM Hayward	b Peel	53
ED Gilbert	c Anderson b Moss	20
HC Tebbutt	c Wharmby b Moss	14
*H Gray	b Peel	0
LA Gilbert	not out	26
E Briggs	c Parbury b Pepper	24
FE Morgan	b Wharmby	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-44, 4-71, 5-115, 6-141, 7-141, 8-145, 9-191, 10-191 (80.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	24.2	10	43	1	-	-
Brown	10	1	35	1	-	-
Moss	35	11	73	5	-	-
Peel	10	2	34	2	-	-
Pepper	1	0	2	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	b Gray	13
NDT Oliver	c Swann-Mason b Hayward	18
GE Wharmby	b Hayward	42
*HR Orr	b Gray	0
LCR Thring	lbw b Gray	40
G Pollitt	b Gray	0
C Pepper	not out	21
L Parbury	lbw b Hayward	6
RH Moss	run out	2
+REH Anderson	c Gray b Hayward	0
TA Brown	b Hayward	1
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 42.1 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-31, 3-33, 4-112, 5-113, 6-118, 7-139, 8-141, 9-143, 10-147 (42.1 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	19.1	1	64	5	-	-
Gray	16	0	48	4	-	-
Falkner	2	0	15	0	-	-
Briggs	5	1	16	0	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ED Gilbert	c and b Brown	25
LA Gilbert	b Moss	12
E Briggs	b Brown	30
RS Swann-Mason	b Brown	2
+GH Watts	c Wharmby b Moss	5
DM Hayward	c Pollitt b Moss	2
FE Morgan	not out	39
TSW Thomas	c Moss b Brown	0
HC Tebbutt	b Peel	16
JC Falkner	c Oliver b Pepper	1
*H Gray	lbw b Pepper	1
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-38, 3-?, 4-?, 5-57, 6-87, 7-91, 8-125, 9-134, 10-141 (60.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	26	10	45	3	-	-
Wharmby	4	0	22	0	-	-
Brown	22	3	51	4	-	-
Peel	4	1	5	1	-	-
Pepper	4.2	1	10	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	c Falkner b Hayward	5
NDT Oliver	b Gray	14
GE Wharmby	b Gray	0
LCR Thring	b Hayward	15
*HR Orr	b Gray	8
G Pollitt	b Hayward	0
TA Brown	not out	47
C Pepper	b Hayward	3
L Parbury	c Swann-Mason b Briggs	16
RH Moss	b Gray	0
+REH Anderson	c and b Hayward	6
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-18, 4-51, 5-51, 6-51, 7-54, 8-106, 9-108, 10-135 (52.5 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	23.5	9	44	5	-	-
Gray	23	5	52	4	-	-
Briggs	6	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LA Gilbert (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pepper (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Morgan (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
Cambridgeshire won this return game by 50 runs at 5.00 pm on the second day. Bedfordshire had been set a victory target of 186 runs in 3½ hours. The match between the two sides at Dunstable in July had been won by Bedfordshire. For the winners, Hayward took 10 wickets in the match for 108 runs. Hayward's 53 included 3 fours. For Bedfordshire, in their second innings, Brown and Parbury added 52 runs for the eighth wicket. Brown batted last in the Bedfordshire first innings as he was feeling unwell. The 61 overs bowled by Moss during the match were the second highest during the season. The match was for the benefit of the Cambridgeshire professional Bryan, who was reported as having been dropped from the team.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Cambridgeshire second innings fall of third and fourth wickets.]
Sources: Cambridge Independent Press 14 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 14 August; Bedford Record 18 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 14 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Bedfordshire Times 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; Luton News 20 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August.

 

 

 

 

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