Minor Counties Championship 1895

66 BEDFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1895 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 4, drawn 1; position fourth equal with Oxfordshire Won: v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Hertfordshire at St Albans, and v Buckinghamshire at Leighton Buzzard Lost: v Oxfordshire at Banbury, v Oxfordshire at Bedford, v Wiltshire at Dunstable, and v Buckinghamshire at High Wycombe Drawn: v Hertfordshire at Bedford Captain: L C R Thring – J Healing was captain for the match in which L C R Thring did not play Wicket-keepers: L G Brown (1 match), E F Rowe (1 match), J Sanger (5 matches), L C R Thring (1 match) Secretary: L C R Thring Umpire: S Pakes Professionals 2 (T A Brown, F V Hoy) Home grounds 3: Bedford GS, Burnaby Road, Bedford (2 matches); Dunstable GS, West Parade, Dunstable (1 match); Bell Close, Leighton Buzzard (1 match) Notes: Bedfordshire withdrew from the 1896 Championship and only played friendly matches. The Club was wound up in May 1897. A reformed County Club rejoined the Championship in 1900. Of those who played in 1895, 8 were to reappear for the new Club. Of the players that did not, G H Small subsequently played for Hertfordshire. Of the players who did reappear, T A Brown played for Northamptonshire between 1897-1899. + Indicates that 1895 was the only season these 13 players appeared for Bedfordshire in the Championship Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C L Beasley + 3 5 2 43* 74 24.66 - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - L G Brown 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 4 1 - - - - - - - - Brown, T A 8 15 0 74 196 13.06 - 1 2 8 - 333.4 95 702 49 14.32 8-63 2 5 W F Brown 8 12 4 11 44 5.50 - - - 5 - 322.4 99 576 49 11.75 6-59 2 6 W Foxley + 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J Healing + 3 5 1 31* 63 15.75 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Hoy, F V 6 11 0 53 137 12.45 - 1 2 4 - - - - - - - - - J Manton + 8 15 0 42 253 16.86 - - 1 5 - 73.3 29 142 5 28.40 2-10 - - E Y Orlebar + 2 4 1 3 5 1.66 - - 1 3 - 9 3 29 0 - - - - A D Piper + 3 6 1 56 90 18.00 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - A W Platt + 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C G Pope 7 12 1 66 167 15.18 - 1 2 6 - 48.4 10 100 9 11.11 3-22 - - F W Potter 4 7 1 8* 21 3.50 - - 1 3 - 34.1 17 55 4 13.75 2-18 - - A G Richardson + 1 2 0 18 29 14.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E F Rowe 1 2 0 4 7 3.50 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - R Ryder + 6 10 0 56 126 12.60 - 1 3 8 - - - - - - - - - J Sanger + 5 8 4 15* 49 12.25 - - 3 6 1 - - - - - - - - G H Small + 2 4 0 15 33 8.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - L C R Thring 7 12 1 31* 177 16.09 - - 1 2 3 79 17 169 9 18.77 4-41 - - L C W Thring + 8 15 2 49 178 13.69 - - 1 9 - 9 0 22 0 - - - - A J Turner + 3 6 1 24 45 9.00 - - 2 2 - 2 0 2 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 157 - - - - - - - - 142 4 - - - - Total 88 154 19 74 1863 13.80 0 5 23 80 6 912.1 270 1939 129 15.03 8-63 4 11 (21 players) (5 ball overs)