The MInor Counties Championship 1900

30 MATCH NUMBER 11 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Dunstable Grammar School Ground, West Parade, Dunstable on Monday 25, Tuesday 26 June 1900 Result: Bedfordshire won by 52 runs Points: Bedfordshire 1, Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: E Goodyear and W T Westell Debutants: Bedfordshire 2 (T H Haycraft, S G Wilkinson); Hertfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 108; Hertfordshire 43-5 wickets (C D Fastnedge 4*, F Field 5*) Bedfordshire L C R Thring b Coleman 20 (1) c Hickin b Marsh 6 Pollitt, G c Hill b Stevens 46 (2) c Hill b Marsh 20 J J H Orman b Coleman 0 (6) b Coleman 3 * H R Orr c Hill b Marsh 9 (4) b Marsh 2 Brown, T A c Stevens b Coleman 3 (5) c Stevens b Coleman 9 F Taylor c Hickin b Stevens 24 (3) b Golding 46 J F Morris c Stevens b Golding 0 (7) b Coleman 18 S G Wilkinson b Golding 0 (9) not out 6 + Rev L G Brown not out 0 (8) st Fastnedge b Wilders 10 T H Haycraft b Stevens 0 (10) lbw b Wilders 3 W F Brown b Stevens 4 (11) b Wilders 7 Extras lb 2 2 b 9, lb 2 11 Total 108 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 22 41 46 92 92 104 104 104 108 Second innings 10 47 54 63 82 97 124 126 129 141 Coleman 17 4 43 3 - - (1) 17 5 46 3 - - Golding 10 2 28 2 - - (4) 5 0 22 1 - - Marsh 11 3 16 1 - - (2) 18 3 42 3 - - Stevens 4.5 2 19 4 - - (3) 2 0 6 0 - - Wilders (5) 5.1 0 14 3 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 42.5 11 108 10 0 0 47.1 8 141 10 0 0 Hertfordshire A Butcher b T A Brown 0 (5) b T A Brown 12 Golding, A J run out 19 (1) b T A Brown 1 H J Hill c Orr b T A Brown 2 (4) c L G Brown b Haycroft 32 J H Hickin hit wicket b W F Brown 8 (2) b T A Brown 8 * + C D Fastnedge c L G Brown b W F Brown 16 (6) b T A Brown 0 H M Harford run out 5 (7) c and b Haycroft 13 Field, F b T A Brown 5 (8) c T A Brown b Haycroft 2 Coleman, W E c L G Brown b W F Brown 0 (9) not out 19 W H Marsh not out 4 (3) c Pollitt b Haycroft 11 Wilders, G b W F Brown 3 (11) b Thring 0 Stevens, H W b Thring 8 (10) c Orman b Thring 13 Extras b 2 2 b 12, lb 2 14 Total 72 125 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 4 23 31 38 43 44 57 61 72 Second innings 1 18 52 69 70 89 89 91 125 125 W F Brown 35 21 30 4 - - (1) 10 5 11 0 - - T A Brown 30 19 30 3 - - (2) 24 4 67 4 - - Thring 4.1 1 10 1 - - (3) 8 5 4 2 - - Haycroft (4) 12 2 29 4 - - Extras - - 2 2 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 69.1 41 72 10 0 0 54 16 125 10 0 0 Notes: Bedfordshire won by 52 runs at 6.50 pm on the second day with 10 minutes to spare. On the first day rain prevented play before lunch and brought play to an early close. Hertfordshire had needed to score 178 runs in their second innings to win. For the winners, Pollitt and Taylor both made 46, which was the top score for the match. Pollittís 46 contained 5 fours and Taylorís 46 4 fours. The 21 maidens bowled by W F Brown in the Hertfordshire first innings were the joint third highest during the season. For the losers, Hill with 32 played the highest innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Bedfordshire Times 29 June; Dunstable Advertiser 30 June; Dunstable Borough Gazette 27 June; Herts Advertiser 30 June; Hertfordshire Standard 29 June; The Sportsman 26,27 June.