minc911	Bedfordshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (East Division)
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 2nd, 3rd July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Norfolk 0
Umpires	TH Holton, A Rudd
Close of play day 1	Norfolk (1) 36/0 (McCormick 31*, Dunning 4*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	c Dunning b Pilch	27
HF Holdstock	c Stevens b Leman	76
GE Wharmby	c Cozens-Hardy b Dunning	150
LCR Thring	b Leman	46
*HR Orr	c Leman b Smith	2
H Squire	b Gibson	67
WE King	c sub (O Pointer) b Leman	1
W Brown	not out	15
+EE Apthorp	st Stevens b Smith	32
RH Moss	c sub (O Pointer) b Smith	0
DH Peel	c Stevens b Gibson	2
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	432
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-165, 3-226, 4-233, 5-371, 6-372, 7-387, 8-428, 9-428, 10-432 (99 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	31	6	104	2	-	-
Pilch	22	2	110	1	-	-
Smith	14	2	69	3	-	3
Cozens-Hardy	3	1	13	0	1	-
Leman	23	4	86	3	-	-
Barratt	3	0	23	0	-	-
Dunning	3	0	13	1	-	1

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG McCormick	c Apthorp b Moss	35
CE Dunning	c Wharmby b Moss	4
LH Leman	b Moss	0
OHC Dunell	b Peel	40
+GA Stevens	not out	100
*L Barratt	c Rice b Peel	0
B Cozens-Hardy	c Apthorp b Peel	2
RG Pilch	c Rice b Moss	32
CCO Gascoigne	b Moss	0
E Gibson	c Apthorp b Wharmby	12
EW Smith	c Moss b Wharmby	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-55, 4-122, 5-122, 6-134, 7-190, 8-190, 9-232, 10-232 (72 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	20	5	38	2	-	-
Moss	31	3	91	5	-	-
Peel	14	1	77	3	-	-
King	5	1	14	0	-	-
Orr	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG McCormick	b Moss	7
*L Barratt	st Apthorp b Wharmby	166
OHC Dunell	c Rice b Wharmby	75
+GA Stevens	c Rice b Wharmby	15
B Cozens-Hardy	c Apthorp b Wharmby	51
LH Leman	not out	5
CE Dunning	not out	2
RG Pilch	did not bat
CCO Gascoigne	did not bat
E Gibson	did not bat
EW Smith	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(5 wickets, 69 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-138, 3-157, 4-296, 5-317

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	28	3	95	4	-	-
Moss	13	6	47	1	-	-
Thring	2	0	26	0	-	-
Peel	8	2	26	0	-	-
Orr	6	0	61	0	-	-
Holdstock	3	0	21	0	-	-
King	3	0	12	0	-	-
Squire	6	0	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CCO Gascoigne made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CCO Gascoigne made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HF Holdstock (1) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Wharmby (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 75
--> H Squire (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OHC Dunell (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Barratt (2) passed his previous highest score of 115 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Barratt (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> LH Leman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-32)

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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 match was drawn with Bedfordshire winning on first innings after enforcing the follow-on with Norfolk 200 runs behind on first innings. For the home side, there were 17 fours and 9 threes in Wharmby's 150, scored in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Holdstock's 76 contained 5 fours , and Squire's 67 included 7 fours. In the Bedfordshire innings, there were two century partnerships, with Holdstock and Wharmby adding 104 for the second wicket, and Wharmby and Squire 138 for the fifth. For Norfolk, there were 23 fours, 3 threes and 19 twos in Barratt's 166, scored in 2¼ hours, and 10 fours, 3 threes and 12 twos in Stevens's 100 not out, an innings of an hour and 40 minutes. Dunell's 75 contained 15 fours and Cozens-Hardy's 51 included 6 fours. In the Norfolk first innings Stevens and Pilch added 56 runs for the seventh wicket. In the Norfolk second innings, Barratt and Dunell added 126 runs for the second wicket, and Barratt and Cozens-Hardy 139 for the fourth. On the morning of the match, V Stephens, who had originally been selected to play as the Norfolk wicket-keeper, sprained his thumb after falling in the bathroom at his hotel in Bedford. Gascoigne was wired to take his place but did not arrive at the ground until the close of the Bedfordshire innings. G A Stevens took over the wicket-keeping duties, and O Pointer, of the Bedford Grammar School XI, fielded as substitute and held 2 catches.
[Missing: Extras breakdown.]
Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 10 July; Bedfordshire Standard 10 July; Bedford and County Record 7 July; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 4 July; Eastern Daily Press 3,4 July; Eastern Evening News 2,3 July; Norfolk Chronicle 4 July; Norwich Mercury 8 July; Sporting Life 3,4 July; The Sportsman 3,4 July; Cricket 9 July, p 263.

 

 

 

 

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