The Minor Counties Championship 1901

42 MATCH NUMBER 19 : BEDFORDSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Bedford County School Ground, Elstow, Bedford on Thursday 11, Friday 12 July 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: R Barber and - Rogers Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Staffordshire 1 (W H Steele) First day score: Bedfordshire 330; Staffordshire 166-5 wickets (H D Stratton 62*, T Grimshaw 9*) Bedfordshire F G Brooks b W Brown 110 (1) c Poole b Grimshaw 0 Pollitt, G b Grimshaw 4 (2) c Mainwaring b Cattell 22 B L Peel c Poole b Cattell 28 (3) b Grimshaw 12 * H R Orr b Grimshaw 43 (4) c Poole b Cattell 26 Brown, T A lbw b Grimshaw 44 (5) not out 52 L C R Thring c W Brown b Cattell 36 (6) b Cattell 50 L G Stileman-Gibbard b W Brown 22 (7) c Grimshaw b Cattell 4 L Parbury c Cattell b Grimshaw 16 J F Morris b Cattell 11 (8) c Mainwaring b Cattell 0 Rev R H Moss b Grimshaw 4 (9) not out 11 + W R Jeakings not out 7 Extras b 1, lb 4 5 b 5 5 Total 330 (7 wickets declared) 182 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 110 189 220 237 276 298 319 321 330 Second innings 1 21 57 70 152 156 166 - - - Grimshaw 27 3 102 5 - - (1) 17 2 65 2 - - Brown, W 21 2 79 2 - - (2) 8 0 32 0 - - Cummins 12 0 80 0 - - (4) 8 0 48 0 - - Cattell 12 4 46 3 - - (3) 10 1 32 5 - - Mainwaring 3 0 18 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 75 9 330 10 0 0 43 3 182 7 0 0 Staffordshire Hollowood, A st Jeakings b Parbury 18 (1) st Jeakings b Parbury 14 Hassall, F H b Parbury 4 (7) not out 12 Brown, W c T A Brown b Parbury 41 (2) st Jeakings b Parbury 3 H D Stratton not out 96 (3) c and b Moss 7 H C B Cummins c and b T A Brown 15 (5) not out 43 T Hedges b T A Brown 7 Grimshaw, T c Jeakings b T A Brown 22 (6) st Jeakings b Parbury 11 W H Steele c Jeakings b Parbury 8 B H Cattell c Peel b Parbury 13 * Rev P E Mainwaring b Parbury 17 (4) b Parbury 30 + J Poole b Parbury 0 Extras b 5, lb 1, w 4 10 lb 4 4 Total 251 (5 wickets) 124 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 42 81 130 146 183 196 218 249 251 Second innings 4 21 39 84 108 - - - - - Parbury 30.4 2 114 7 - - (1) 21 5 55 4 - - Brown, T A 27 2 103 3 - - (2) 9 0 15 0 - - Moss 7 2 9 0 - - (3) 11 1 31 1 - - Thring 4 0 15 0 - - (5) 3 1 6 0 - - Stileman-Gibbard (4) 4 0 6 0 - - Orr (6) 1 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 68.4 6 251 10 4 0 49 7 124 5 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn, after Staffordshire were set a victory target of 262 runs in two and a half hours. For Bedfordshire, Parbury took 11 wickets in the match for 169 runs. Brooks’s 110 included 1 five, 17 fours, 4 threes and 5 twos. There were 7 fours in T A Brown’s 52 not out and 1 five and 6 fours in Thring’s 50. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Brooks and Peel put on 102 runs for the second wicket. Stratton’s 96 for Staffordshire contained 2 fives and 6 fours. This was the first time a championship match had been played at the County School ground. The 3 stumpings by Jeakings in the Staffordshire second innings equalled the Championship record, a feat achieved on ten previous occasions. [Missing: Umpire Rogers initials; in Bedfordshire 1 st inns duration of Brooks’s 110; in Staffordshire 1 st innings who bowled 4 wides.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Bedfordshire Standard 19 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 11,12,13 July; The Sportsman 11,12,13 July.