minc1149	Bedfordshire v Lincolnshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1910 (North and East Division)
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 3rd, 4th August 1910 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lincolnshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 0; Lincolnshire 3
Umpires	A Rudd, GJ Rye
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 162/9 (Morcom 38*, Pilgrim 1*)

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Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TD Edwards	c and b Grierson	29
*WE Thompson	not out	68
CL Prior	run out	0
W Rose	c Orr b Grierson	12
CC Harrisson	c Morcom b Orr	6
EE Riley	c Apthorp b Morcom	13
JW Day	b Grierson	3
F Geeson	c Apthorp b Wharmby	42
JN Worman	run out	20
NW Wells-Cole	c Apthorp b Grierson	4
+JW Allen	b Grierson	2
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-43, 3-66, 4-73, 5-?, 6-97, 7-152, 8-178, 9-191, 10-201 (81.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	22	4	61	1	-	-
Wharmby	16	6	38	1	-	-
Orr	14	1	51	1	-	-
Grierson	21.1	6	32	5	-	-
Pilgrim	8	3	17	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	b Wells-Cole	20
HF Holdstock	lbw b Day	47
GE Wharmby	c Worman b Day	15
*HR Orr	c Allen b Riley	0
+EE Apthorp	b Day	11
H Willett	b Day	2
GS Leventhorpe	c and b Day	7
TW Saunders	c and b Day	2
AF Morcom	not out	44
H Grierson	b Worman	17
GA Pilgrim	c Worman b Day	14
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-82, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-108, 9-144, 10-182 (54 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worman	14	1	51	1	-	-
Wells-Cole	8	0	28	1	-	-
Day	16	5	46	7	-	-
Riley	16	2	54	1	-	-

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Lincolnshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TD Edwards	c Apthorp b Morcom	0
*WE Thompson	run out	28
CL Prior	c Apthorp b Morcom	4
W Rose	b Morcom	0
CC Harrisson	b Morcom	0
EE Riley	b Pilgrim	34
JW Day	not out	86
F Geeson	lbw b Wharmby	11
JN Worman	b Morcom	31
NW Wells-Cole	run out	5
+JW Allen	not out	0
Extras		11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	28	10	65	5	-	-
Grierson	16	4	32	0	-	-
Orr	11	0	46	0	-	-
Wharmby	15	4	24	1	-	-
Pilgrim	5	0	20	1	-	-
Peel	5	1	12	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Peel	c Geeson b Riley	0
*HR Orr	c Worman b Day	21
GS Leventhorpe	c Riley b Day	4
H Grierson	b Riley	22
+EE Apthorp	not out	35
GE Wharmby	b Riley	6
HF Holdstock	not out	28
H Willett	did not bat
TW Saunders	did not bat
AF Morcom	did not bat
GA Pilgrim	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(5 wickets, 30 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-62

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Riley	11	0	43	3	-	-
Day	10	1	36	2	-	-
Worman	4	1	20	0	-	-
Wells-Cole	4	0	17	0	-	-
Geeson	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CC Harrisson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TD Edwards (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Geeson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 37
--> JW Day (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Grierson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lincolnshire first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> H Grierson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lincolnshire first innings
--> JW Day reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> AF Morcom completed a hat-trick in the Lincolnshire second innings (Prior, Rose, Harrisson)

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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 after rain on the second day stopped play at around 4.00 pm and it was abandoned. The Lincolnshire declaration had set Bedfordshire a victory chase of 230 runs in just under 2½ hours. For Lincolnshire, Thompson carried his bat through the first innings for 68 runs, which included 1 five and 7 fours. Day scored 86 not out. In the Lincolnshire first innings Thompson and Geeson added 55 runs for seventh wicket. In the Bedfordshire first innings Day took 7 wickets for 46 runs. For Bedfordshire, Holdstock top-scored with 47 that contained 7 fours. The three catches held by Apthorp in the Lincolnshire first innings were the joint highest of the season by a wicket-keeper with five others, including himself., and the five catches he held in the match were the most by a wicket-keeper during the season.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Lincolnshire second innings boundaries in Day's 86 not out.]
Sources: Bedford and County Record 9 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 5 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 12 August; Leighton Buzzard 6 August; Luton News 4,11 August; Luton Reporter 5 August; Grantham Journal 5 August; Grimsby News 5 August; Lincoln Gazette 6 August; Lincolnshire Echo 3,4 August; Yorkshire Post 5 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August; Cricket 16 August, p 350.

 

 

 

 

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