The Minor Counties Championship 1901

28 MATCH NUMBER 5 : STAFFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 June 1901 Result: Staffordshire won by seven wickets Points: Staffordshire +1, Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: W Copeland and W T Westell Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (W S White); Bedfordshire 6 (E B W Gregory, H Moore, L Parbury, F J Rainsford, R E Wedgwood, E B Winch) First day score: Bedfordshire 104 and 64-4 wickets (F Taylor 2*); Staffordshire 182 Bedfordshire * H R Orr c Fernie b W Brown 2 (1) st Poole b White 27 Pollitt, G b Grimshaw 0 (7) b Grimshaw 16 E B Winch b Grimshaw 9 (3) b White 2 F Taylor b Grimshaw 3 (4) b Grimshaw 5 Gregory, E B W b Grimshaw 0 (5) c Poole b White 0 Brown, T A c Poole b Grimshaw 15 (6) st Poole b White 9 L Parbury b Grimshaw 30 (2) b Grimshaw 30 F J Rainsford c Poole b White 14 (8) b White 6 Moore, H run out 7 (9) b Grimshaw 4 + R E Wedgwood b Briggs 13 (10) not out 10 W F Brown not out 4 (11) b Grimshaw 0 Extras b 6, lb 1 7 b 3 3 Total 104 112 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 4 9 9 18 47 78 78 93 104 Second innings 51 52 63 64 72 84 92 100 112 112 Grimshaw 19.3 7 29 6 - - (1) 13.5 4 36 5 - - Brown, W 10 4 29 1 - - (2) 5 1 13 0 - - White 7 1 31 1 - - (3) 14 2 44 5 - - Briggs 2 0 8 1 - - (4) 6 1 16 0 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 38.3 12 104 10 0 0 38.5 8 112 10 0 0 Staffordshire Hollowood, A b W F Brown 4 Grimshaw, T c and b T A Brown 5 Brown, W b Moore 51 (5) not out 13 P Briggs st Wedgwood b Parbury 41 (4) st Wedgwood b T A Brown 0 J A Bourne run out 33 (2) not out 12 H D Stratton st Wedgwood b Parbury 6 Hassall, F H b Moore 1 J F Fernie lbw b Parbury 4 (3) hit wicket b Parbury 1 * Rev P E Mainwaring not out 15 (1) c Orr b Parbury 2 W S White b Parbury 0 + J Poole c Moore b Parbury 9 Extras b 7, lb 6 13 b 10 10 Total 182 (3 wickets) 38 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 10 95 115 125 126 141 170 170 182 Second innings 4 6 7 - - - - - - - W F Brown 11 1 23 1 - - Brown, T A 8 1 30 1 - - (2) 4 1 9 1 - - Rainsford 3 0 14 0 - - Moore 11 1 47 2 - - Parbury 11.5 0 55 5 - - (1) 5 1 19 2 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 44.5 3 182 10 0 0 9 2 38 3 0 0 Notes: Staffordshire won by seven wickets shortly before 1 pm on the second day. For the winners, Grimshaw took 11 wickets in the match for 65 runs. W Brown top-scored with 51. [Missing: In Staffordshire 1 st inns boundaries in W Brown’s 51.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 8 June; Bedfordshire Times 7 June; The Sportsman 5,6,7 June.