The MInor Counties Championship 1900

72 MATCH NUMBER 53 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans on Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Bedfordshire 1 (F W Barnwell) First day score: Hertfordshire 439; Bedfordshire 9-0 wicket (J F Morris 4*, F Taylor 1*) Hertfordshire White, H E c Taylor b W F Brown 36 D J Cassavetti run out 34 + E H Wales st L G Brown b W F Brown 25 * A Butcher b T A Brown 9 Golding, A J c Peel b W F Brown 72 R C Grellet c L G Brown b W F Brown 15 H J Hill c Thring b W F Brown 84 Rev H Highley st L G Brown b Thring 38 Coleman, W E not out 63 Kentish, G c Morris b W F Brown 27 W H Marsh b T A Brown 19 Extras b 16, lb 1 17 Total 439 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 58 98 112 118 143 280 307 374 417 439 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - W F Brown 46 10 136 6 - - Brown, T A 31.1 7 115 2 - - Barnwell 19 5 55 0 - - Morris 3 1 18 0 - - Thring 13 0 63 1 - - Orr 3 0 23 0 - - Peel 2 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 17 1 - - Total 117.1 23 439 10 0 0 Bedfordshire (Followed on) J F Morris c Wales b White 21 (8) lbw b White 11 F Taylor b Kentish 60 (1) b White 28 Pollitt, G b Golding 77 (2) b Kentish 10 * H R Orr c Cassavetti b White 12 (3) b Golding 18 L C R Thring c Butcher b Kentish 38 (4) b Golding 63 F G Brooks b Golding 0 (5) c White b Highley 0 Brown, T A lbw b Golding 3 (6) b White 9 B L Peel b Marsh 6 (7) b White 6 + Rev L G Brown b Golding 18 (9) not out 3 F W Barnwell c Wales b Golding 0 W F Brown not out 0 Extras b 14, lb 1 15 b 10, nb 2 12 Total 250 (8 wickets) 160 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 130 154 202 202 206 222 244 245 250 Second innings 24 48 81 86 95 103 152 160 - - White 41 13 91 2 - - (3) 18.3 7 44 4 - 1 Golding 21.1 4 47 5 - - (1) 17 3 52 2 - - Coleman 5 0 12 0 - - Grellet 2 0 15 0 - - Marsh 20 4 48 1 - - (5) 2 0 11 0 - - Kentish 13 5 22 2 - - (2) 16 6 35 1 - 1 Highley (4) 2 0 6 1 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 102.1 26 250 10 0 0 55.3 16 160 8 0 2 Notes: This return match was drawn, after Bedfordshire followed on 189 runs behind. Bedfordshire had won the game played at Dunstable in June. The Hertfordshire score of 439 was the third highest innings of the Championship season. For Hertfordshire, there were 12 fours in Hillís 84, 7 fours in Goldingís 72, and 8 fours in Colemanís 63 not out. In the Hertfordshire innings, Golding and Hill put on 137 runs for the sixth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season, and Highley and Coleman 67 for the eighth wicket, which was the second highest for that wicket. For the visitors, Pollittís 77 included 1 five and 9 fours, Thringís 63 contained 7 fours, and Taylorís 60 included 5 fours. The 136 runs conceded by W F Brown in the Hertfordshire innings was the highest of the season, and the 46 overs he bowled was the joint second highest. When dismissing T A Brown in the Bedfordshire second innings, White took his two hundredth wicket in championship matches, and when Golding scored 26 in the Hertfordshire innings, he scored his one thousandth run in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Advertiser 18 August; Hertfordshire Standard 18 August; Bedfordshire Standard 24 August; Bedfordshire Times 24 August; Dunstable Advertiser 18 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 22 August; The Sportsman 16,17 August.