minc855	Bedfordshire v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1907 (East Division)
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 5th, 6th August 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridgeshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 5; Cambridgeshire 0
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 341/8 (Wharmby 69*, Brown 11*)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Reid	c Morcom b Wharmby	12
LJ Reid	b Morcom	0
PA French	b Morcom	6
TSW Thomas	b Morcom	16
ED Gilbert	b Morcom	0
PW Gray	c and b Morcom	0
+GH Watts	not out	61
H Coulson	c Brown b Wharmby	25
BW Pigg	b Morcom	0
*C Pigg	c Morcom b Wharmby	15
AE Bellars	st Apthorp b Wharmby	18
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	6
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-16, 3-16, 4-20, 5-22, 6-66, 7-67, 8-91, 9-125, 10-159 (47.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	22.3	2	70	4	-	-
Morcom	23	2	73	6	-	1
Peel	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	c C Pigg b Bellars	109
G Pollitt	c Thomas b Coulson	5
HF Holdstock	c Watts b Bellars	0
LCR Thring	c Thomas b Coulson	7
*HR Orr	c LJ Reid b Gray	95
JM Cavanagh	lbw b Bellars	20
WE King	b Bellars	0
GE Wharmby	not out	69
+EE Apthorp	c Bellars b Coulson	13
W Brown	not out	11
AF Morcom	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	341
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-20, 3-27, 4-211, 5-232, 6-232, 7-255, 8-313

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coulson	28	5	102	3	-	1
Bellars	21	3	77	4	2	-
LJ Reid	4	0	31	0	-	-
BW Pigg	9	0	58	0	1	-
Gray	10	0	61	1	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Reid	c Apthorp b Morcom	9
KG Reid	c Morcom b Wharmby	23
PA French	b Peel	29
TSW Thomas	b Morcom	0
+GH Watts	c Peel b Wharmby	0
PW Gray	b Wharmby	15
ED Gilbert	c Wharmby b Morcom	30
H Coulson	b Morcom	57
BW Pigg	c Thring b Wharmby	86
*C Pigg	not out	21
AE Bellars	c Apthorp b Peel	18
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	26
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-30, 3-35, 4-52, 5-80, 6-80, 7-138, 8-265, 9-273, 10-314 (82.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	26	2	128	4	-	1
Wharmby	29	5	83	4	-	-
Peel	14.2	1	41	2	-	-
Orr	6	2	19	0	-	-
Thring	7	1	17	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	c Watts b Coulson	7
LCR Thring	c Gilbert b Coulson	7
JM Cavanagh	b Coulson	29
G Pollitt	c and b BW Pigg	8
GE Wharmby	b Coulson	8
*HR Orr	st Watts b Gray	48
WE King	not out	10
+EE Apthorp	b Coulson	0
AF Morcom	not out	5
HF Holdstock	did not bat
W Brown	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(7 wickets, 35.1 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-17, 3-37, 4-54, 5-77, 6-125, 7-128

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coulson	18.1	4	50	5	-	-
Bellars	5	1	22	0	-	-
BW Pigg	11	0	45	1	-	-
Gray	1	0	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> G Pollitt made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Coulson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> BL Peel (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 65
--> ED Gilbert (2) equalled his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BW Pigg (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 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.
Bedfordshire won this match on the second day. Needing 133 runs for victory in their second innings in 100 minutes, the home team scored the winning run with 7 wickets down and 4 minutes to spare. For the winners, there were 10 fours in Peel's 109. Orr scored 95, and Wharmby scored 69 not out. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Peel and Orr added 184 for the fourth wicket and Wharmby and Apthorp 58 for the eighth wicket. Morcom took 10 wickets in the match for 201 runs. For the losers, B W Pigg scored 86, Watts 61 not out, and Coulson 57. In the Cambridgeshire second innings, Coulson and B W Pigg put on 127 for the eighth wicket. The match was Pollitt's benefit. Over 3,000 spectators were present on the first day when receipts exceeded £50. The match aggregate of 947 runs was the third highest of the season. The 201 runs conceded by Morcom in the match were the third highest of the year.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; precise time completed; in Cambridgeshire first innings boundaries in Watts's 61 not out; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Orr's 95 and Wharmby's 69 not out; in Cambridgeshire second innings boundaries in Coulson's 57 and B W Pigg's 86.]
Sources: Bedfordshire Advertiser 9 August; Bedfordshire Standard 9 August; Bedfordshire Times 9 August; Luton Reporter 9 August; Cambridge Daily News 6,7 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 9 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August.

 

 

 

 

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