minc697	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter on 21st, 22nd August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Staffordshire won by 76 runs
Points	Staffordshire 3; Bedfordshire 0
Umpires	W Copeland, A Stockwin
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 26/2 (Brown 12*, RC Page 2*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	b Morcom	8
A Hollowood	b Wharmby	1
SF Barnes	c Apthorp b Morcom	1
RC Page	b Wharmby	6
JB Fereday	c Morcom b Wharmby	5
EH Bourne	b Morcom	62
EW Page	c Rice b Brown	21
*HD Stratton	b Brown	1
A Tinsley	c Holdstock b Moss	13
RJ Mee	not out	10
+J Poole	b Morcom	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-11, 3-11, 4-16, 5-33, 6-66, 7-77, 8-112, 9-135, 10-135 (70 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	20	7	33	4	1	-
Wharmby	24	9	46	3	-	-
Brown	15	8	26	2	-	-
Moss	6	2	14	1	-	-
Orr	5	1	9	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJJ Hodgkins	b Mee	6
G Pollitt	c Mee b Barnes	0
GE Wharmby	c Mee b Barnes	7
AF Morcom	c RC Page b Mee	0
RW Rice	c Tinsley b Mee	10
TA Brown	lbw b Mee	13
RH Moss	b Mee	0
WE King	b Barnes	4
HF Holdstock	b Barnes	0
*HR Orr	b Mee	0
+EE Apthorp	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 28.4 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-14, 4-16, 5-26, 6-26, 7-41, 8-41, 9-41, 10-47 (28.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	14.4	6	18	4	-	-
Mee	14	5	27	6	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	b Wharmby	12
A Hollowood	b Wharmby	4
SF Barnes	b Wharmby	2
RC Page	b Wharmby	7
JB Fereday	lbw b Wharmby	13
EH Bourne	run out	8
EW Page	b Brown	4
*HD Stratton	b Brown	0
A Tinsley	not out	6
RJ Mee	b Brown	0
+J Poole	b Wharmby	2
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-19, 3-26, 4-39, 5-53, 6-55, 7-58, 8-63, 9-63, 10-68 (48.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	6	2	13	0	-	-
Wharmby	24.2	11	21	6	-	-
Brown	18	5	24	3	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJJ Hodgkins	run out	5
G Pollitt	c Fereday b Barnes	0
GE Wharmby	b Barnes	16
AF Morcom	b Mee	25
RW Rice	b Mee	4
TA Brown	b Barnes	4
RH Moss	b Barnes	4
WE King	b Mee	14
HF Holdstock	lbw b Barnes	6
+EE Apthorp	c and b Mee	1
*HR Orr	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-25, 4-34, 5-41, 6-49, 7-71, 8-76, 9-78, 10-80 (31 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	16	4	49	5	-	-
Mee	15	5	30	4	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Mee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-54)
--> RJ Mee achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> GE Wharmby reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Staffordshire second innings
--> TA Brown reached 350 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire second 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.
Staffordshire won this low-scoring return match by 76 runs at 3.50 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Bedford in July had been drawn. For the winners, Barnes and Mee bowled unchanged through both Bedfordshire innings, taking 9 wickets for 67 runs and 10 for 57 respectively. There was 1 five and 4 fours in Bourne's 62, scored in 2¼ hours. For the losers, Wharmby took 9 wickets in the match for 67 runs. Orr played with a damaged shoulder caused by a fall.
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Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 26 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 21,22 August; Birmingham Daily Post 22,23 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 25 August; Bedfordshire Standard 25 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 26 August; The Sportsman 22,23 August.

 

 

 

 

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