Minor Counties Championship 1895

42 MATCH NUMBER 29 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At Clarence Park, Clarence Road, St Albans on Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 August 1895 Result: Bedfordshire won by 102 runs Points: Bedfordshire 1, Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (A S Crawley); Bedfordshire 1 (J Healing) First day score: Bedfordshire 191; Hertfordshire 98-7 wickets (H J Hill 24*, C Pigg 1*) Bedfordshire Hoy, F V c White b H Pigg 13 (1) c Titchmarsh b White 27 J Manton c Butcher b Nicholls 39 (2) c Field b Nicholls 15 Brown, T A c Field b Nicholls 15 (3) c White b Titchmarsh 74 C G Pope c White b Titchmarsh 7 (4) not out 22 * L C R Thring st Poland b H Pigg 30 (5) b Crawley 22 L C W Thring c C Pigg b Nicholls 17 (6) not out 3 R Ryder hit wicket b H Pigg 23 F W Potter c Hill b Nicholls 6 + J Sanger not out 15 J Healing b H Pigg 1 W F Brown c C Pigg b H Pigg 11 Extras b 11, lb 2, w 1 14 b 10, lb 2 12 Total 191 (4 wickets declared) 175 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 60 74 111 112 153 155 163 163 191 Second innings - - - - - - Titchmarsh 23 8 47 1 - - (3) 13 4 33 1 - - White 21 7 44 0 - - (4) 11 3 33 1 - - Nicholls 17 4 45 4 1 - (1) 11 2 28 1 - - H Pigg 18.1 4 41 5 - - (2) 10 2 21 0 - - C Pigg (5) 6 2 21 0 - - Hill (6) 3 0 18 0 - - Crawley (7) 1 0 9 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 79.1 23 191 10 1 0 55 13 175 4 0 0 Hertfordshire + Rev F W Poland c Pope b W F Brown 9 (9) not out 39 A Butcher b W F Brown 22 (7) c Potter b T A Brown 8 Titchmarsh, V A b W F Brown 7 (4) c L C W Thring b W F Brown 0 White, H E c T A Brown b W F Brown 13 (3) st L C R Thring b W F Brown 0 A S Crawley c Sanger b T A Brown 6 (8) c Hoy b Pope 16 H Pigg b W F Brown 8 (6) c Healing b T A Brown 7 Field, F c W F Brown b T A Brown 0 (1) lbw b T A Brown 18 H J Hill not out 43 (5) b T A Brown 11 * C Pigg c Hoy b Potter 6 (2) c Hoy b T A Brown 8 Rev W H Heale b T A Brown 5 (10) c Ryder b W F Brown 1 W H Nicholls c Pope b T A Brown 0 (11) st L C R Thring b W F Brown 1 Extras b 10, lb 2 12 b 16, lb 7, w 1 24 Total 131 133 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 31 51 58 60 60 73 125 131 131 Second innings 133 W F Brown 28 12 59 5 - - (1) 23 8 38 4 1 - L C R Thring 8 1 22 0 - - Brown, T A 21.4 9 38 4 - - (2) 27 9 48 5 - - Potter 2 2 0 1 - - (3) 4 2 9 0 - - L C W Thring (4) 3 0 8 0 - - Manton (5) 2 1 5 0 - - Pope (6) 1 0 1 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 24 0 - - Total 59.4 24 131 10 0 0 60 20 133 10 1 0 Notes: Bedfordshire won this return match, which was for Titchmarsh’s benefit, by 102 runs on the second day with 25 minutes to spare. The Bedfordshire declaration set Hertfordshire a victory target of 236 runs in 2¾ hours. The encounter between the two sides earlier in the month at Bedford had been drawn. T A Brown top-scored with 74 for Bedfordshire. At the fall of the second wicket in the first Hertfordshire innings, L C R Thring took the gloves from Sanger who had a damaged hand. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns boundaries in T A Brown’s 74; time completed.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Advertiser 17 August; Watford Observer 17 August; Watford Times 15 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 17 August; Bedfordshire Standard 16 August; Bedfordshire Times 17 August; Dunstable Advertiser 17 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 20 August; Luton News 15 August; Sporting Life 14,15,16 August; The Sportsman 15,16 August.