The MInor Counties Championship 1900

67 MATCH NUMBER 48 : STAFFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 August 1900 Result: Bedfordshire won by two wickets Points: Bedfordshire 1, Staffordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (E R Payne); Bedfordshire none First day score: Staffordshire 164 and 3-1 wicket (A E Fernie 2*, H D Stratton 0*); Bedfordshire 88 Staffordshire Hollowood, A b T A Brown 10 (4) c Taylor b W F Brown 2 * C C Mott c L G Brown b T A Brown 1 (1) b T A Brown 0 Hassall, F H run out 9 (5) b Haycraft 18 H D Stratton b T A Brown 40 (3) c L G Brown b Haycraft 9 H C B Cummins b W F Brown 29 (7) c Thring b Haycraft 5 Brown, W lbw b Haycraft 37 (6) b Haycraft 25 E R Payne b W F Brown 3 (9) b Haycraft 0 D H Brownfield b Haycraft 15 (8) b Haycraft 17 A E Fernie b Haycraft 0 (2) b T A Brown 33 Grimshaw, T c Brooks b W F Brown 6 (10) c T A Brown b W F Brown 5 + J Poole not out 2 (11) not out 0 Extras 12 9 Total 164 123 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 14 24 84 114 120 149 149 164 Second innings 0 27 30 61 71 102 102 123 Brown, T A 29 13 65 3 - - (2) 18 6 31 2 - - W F Brown 23 10 45 3 - - (1) 25.5 6 42 2 - - Thring 5 1 12 0 - - Haycraft 9.2 3 19 3 - - (3) 24 9 38 6 - - Orr 3 0 11 0 - - (4) 1 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 69.2 27 164 10 - - 68.5 21 123 10 - - Bedfordshire L C R Thring run out 35 (2) b Grimshaw 0 Pollitt, G b Grimshaw 8 (1) c Grimshaw b Hassall 48 * H R Orr b Grimshaw 4 (3) b Hassall 46 F Taylor b Grimshaw 4 (8) not out 16 Brown, T A b Grimshaw 9 (4) c Mott b Grimshaw 38 F G Brooks b Cummins 1 (6) c Mott b Fernie 26 J H H Orman b Cummins 0 (5) b Cummins 3 J F Morris b Grimshaw 5 (7) c and b W Brown 11 + Rev L G Brown b Cummins 18 (9) run out 0 T H Haycraft run out 0 (10) not out 2 W F Brown not out 0 Extras w 1, nb 1 4 w 1, nb 1 11 Total 88 (8 wickets) 201 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 37 45 58 88 Second innings 0 101 121 170 170 191 197 - - Grimshaw 18.4 6 24 5 - 1 (2) 24.4 3 71 2 - - Fernie 4 0 23 0 1 - (5) 3 0 14 1 1 1 Cummins 14 1 37 3 - - (1) 14 2 60 1 - - Hassall (3) 10 3 23 2 - - Brown, W (4) 4 0 22 1 - - Extras - - 4 2 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 36.4 7 88 10 1 1 55.4 8 201 8 1 1 Notes: By winning this return match by two wickets amid scenes of some excitement, Bedfordshire completed the ëdoubleí over Staffordshire, having also won at Bedford in June. The margin of victory was the smallest for a team batting last. Bedfordshire needed 200 runs to win in their second innings in 200 minutes, and the victory was achieved with 45 minutes to spare. This result had appeared unlikely overnight when Staffordshire had led on first innings by 76 runs. For the winners, Pollitt top- scored with 48 and Haycraft took 9 wickets in the match for 57 runs. In the Bedfordshire second innings, Pollitt and Orr put on 101 runs for the second wicket, and the Bedfordshire total of 201 for 8 wickets was the highest fourth innings total of the season. For the home side, Stratton top-scored with 40. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; time completed.] Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 18 August 1900; Bedfordshire Standard 17 August; Bedfordshire Times 17 August; Dunstable Advertiser 18 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 22 August; Birmingham Daily Gazette 14,15 August; The Sportsman 14,15 August.