Minor Counties Championship 1895

33 MATCH NUMBER 20 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1895 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire 3 (A W Platt, F W Potter, G H Small); Hertfordshire 1 (Rev F W Poland) First day score: Bedfordshire 182; Hertfordshire 35-1 wicket (C Pigg 17*, H Pigg 11*) Bedfordshire * L C R Thring b Titchmarsh 0 A W Platt lbw b Titchmarsh 9 G H Small b Titchmarsh 4 (2) c Pritchett b H Pigg 10 C G Pope b Titchmarsh 24 L C W Thring c Butcher b C Pigg 49 A J Turner b Pank 24 (5) not out 3 Brown, T A b White 6 (3) c White b H Pigg 8 J Manton c White b C Pigg 41 (1) c Hill b Pank 22 F W Potter c C Pigg b White 2 (4) b H Pigg 1 + J Sanger not out 5 W F Brown b White 2 Extras b 15, w 1 16 lb 1 3 Total 182 (4 wickets) 47 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 182 Second innings 47 - - - - - - Titchmarsh 37 18 60 4 1 - White 24.2 10 47 3 - - Pank 11 3 29 1 - - (1) 6 0 17 1 - - C Pigg 11 4 30 2 - - H Pigg (2) 6.1 0 27 3 - - Hill (3) 1 1 0 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 83.2 35 182 10 1 0 13.1 1 47 4 - - Hertfordshire * C Pigg b Manton 25 Titchmarsh, V A c Pope b Potter 4 H Pigg c Sanger b W F Brown 31 H J Hill c Manton b Pope 11 White, H E c Pope b Manton 1 Rev F W Poland b L C R Thring 29 + G E B Pritchett b L C R Thring 17 A Butcher not out 17 Hearn, W c L C W Thring b L C R Thring 6 S D Crawford b L C R Thring 1 H W Pank c Potter b T A Brown 16 Extras b 3, lb 3, w 1 7 Total 165 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 165 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Brown, T A 23.2 7 51 1 - - Potter 17 8 25 1 - - W F Brown 16 4 22 1 - - Manton 9 5 10 2 - - Pope 3 1 7 1 1 - L C R Thring 13 2 41 4 - - Turner 2 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 83.2 27 165 10 1 0 Notes: Rain-affected drawn match, which was the first of the Bedfordshire Cricket Week. Rain interrupted play on several occasions on the first day, and prevented a start on the second day until shortly before 3.00 pm. L C W Thring top-scored in the match with 49. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 1 st inns boundaries in L C W Thring’s 49; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns part extras breakdown.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Bedfordshire Mercury 10 August; Bedfordshire Standard 9 August; Bedfordshire Times 10 August; Dunstable Advertiser 10 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 7 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 13 August; Luton News 8 August; Herts Advertiser 10 August; Watford Observer 10 August; West Herts Post 9 August; The Sportsman 5,6,7 August.