The Minor Counties Championship 1902

35 MATCH NUMBER 12 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County School Ground, Ampthill Road, Kempston, Bedford on Thursday 19, Friday 20 [no play] June 1902 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: R Barber and C Marshall Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (G U A Read); Hertfordshire 1 (S G Etheridge) First day score: As match – rain prevented play on second day Hertfordshire White, H E c Wharmby b Parbury 109 Golding, A J c and b Parbury 53 Rev H J E Burrell c Wedgwood b Thring 18 * A Butcher c Pollitt b Wharmby 9 G G Dumbleton not out 71 S G Etheridge b Moss 5 Coleman, W E run out 32 W H Marsh b Wharmby 2 E G Blow b Wharmby 1 Wilders, G st Wedgwood b Parbury 10 Rudd, W J b Wharmby 2 Extras 19 Total 331 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 123 156 183 214 258 283 289 297 316 331 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Parbury 22 0 119 3 - - Brown 21 2 61 0 - - Wharmby 30.5 8 75 4 - - Moss 11 2 30 1 - - Thring 17 7 27 1 - - Extras - - 19 1 - - Total 101.5 19 331 10 - - Bedfordshire F G Brooks lbw b White 7 Pollitt, G c and b Rudd 31 * H R Orr not out 63 Wharmby, G E not out 2 F B Brooks Brown, T A Rev R H Moss L Parbury G U A Read L C R Thring + R E Wedgwood Extras 11 Total (2 wickets) 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 103 - - - - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 9 1 36 1 - - Coleman 9 0 18 0 - - Golding 3 0 18 0 - - Marsh 6 0 29 0 - - Rudd 4 2 2 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 31 3 114 2 - - Notes: No play was possible on the second day and the match was abandoned as a draw. For Hertfordshire, there were 10 fours and 5 threes in White’s 109, 4 fours in Dumbleton’s 71 not out, and 7 fours in Golding’s 53. White and Golding put on 123 for the first wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Bedfordshire, Orr scored 63 not out. The 119 runs conceded by Parbury in the Hertfordshire innings were the second highest of the season. [Missing: Ground location, extras breakdown; Hertfordshire wicket-keeper; in Hertfordshire inns duration and ‘twos’ in White’s 109; in Bedfordshire inns boundaries in Orr’s 63 not out.] Sources: Bedfordshire Standard 27 June; Herts Advertiser 28 June; Watford Observer 28 June; The Sportsman 20,21 June.