The Minor Counties Championship 1902

81 MATCH NUMBER 58 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Hertford Cricket Club Ground, Balls Park, Mangrove Road, Hertford on Friday 15, Saturday 16 August 1902 Result: Bedfordshire won by 185 runs Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: H Briscoe and S Wrigley Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 276; Hertfordshire 157-9 wickets (E H E Morgan -*, W J Rudd -*) Bedfordshire L G Stileman-Gibbard b White 6 ( ) run out 14 F G Brooks b Coleman 0 (1) not out 137 N D T Oliver c Fastnedge b White 12 (3) b Grundy 1 * H R Orr b Coleman 58 ( ) c C T Rudd b W J Rudd 9 L C R Thring c and b White 6 (7) not out 6 Rev R H Moss b Coleman 1 Brown, T A c C T Rudd b Coleman 12 Pollitt, G c and b Coleman 99 (2) b Grundy 27 H W Oclee b Coleman 3 (4) b W J Rudd 31 Wharmby, G E b Grundy 47 + W R Jeakings not out 2 Extras 30 9 Total 276 (5 wickets declared) 234 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 64 138 161 169 266 276 Second innings 66 78 178 - - - - - Coleman 29 5 81 6 - - (2) 10 0 53 0 - - White 27 3 83 3 - - (1) 9 1 45 0 - - Rudd, W J 17 4 41 0 - - (5) 21 3 65 2 - - Grundy 7 3 21 1 - - (4) 10 2 41 2 - - Golding 7 1 20 0 - - (3) 3 0 21 0 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 87 16 276 10 - - 53 6 234 5 - - Hertfordshire A Butcher c Jeakings b Oliver 21 (3) c and b Oliver 21 Golding, A J c Oliver b Wharmby 45 (2) b Moss 32 C T Rudd b Wharmby 6 (4) b Oliver 9 G G Dumbleton c Thring b Oliver 2 (7) c Brown b Wharmby 4 H J Hill c Jeakings b Oliver 6 (5) b Wharmby 20 White, H E c and b Oliver 0 (1) run out 28 Coleman, W E c Brown b Oliver 35 (6) b Thring 1 E H E Morgan b Brown 36 (8) c Wharmby b Oliver 7 A F Grundy c Oclee b Wharmby 1 (9) lbw b Oliver 1 * + C D Fastnedge b Wharmby 11 (10) c Moss b Wharmby 2 Rudd, W J not out 12 (11) not out 3 Extras 11 11 Total 186 139 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 56 99 148 186 Second innings 49 82 86 106 112 117 139 Wharmby 34 13 62 4 - - (1) 19 8 30 3 - - Moss 9 3 7 0 - - (3) 7 1 15 1 - - Oliver 21 0 98 5 - - (2) 21.1 3 56 4 - - Brown 4.1 1 8 1 - - (4) 7 2 17 0 - - Thring (5) 4 1 9 1 - - Oclee (6) 3 2 1 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 68.1 17 186 10 - - 61.1 17 139 10 - - Notes: Bedfordshire won this return match by 185 runs at 5.45 pm on the second day, after setting Hertfordshire a victory target of 325 runs in 3¾ hours. The match between the two teams in June at Bedford had been drawn. For the winners, F G Brooks scored 137 not out with 1 six, 18 fours, 2 threes and 12 twos, Pollitt 99 with 10 fours and Orr 58. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Pollitt and Wharmby added 97 runs for the ninth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Oliver took 9 wickets in the match for 154 runs. The match aggregate of 835 runs was the third highest of the season. When Pollitt had scored 59 runs in the Bedfordshire first innings, he reached the career milestone of 1,000 runs in championship matches. [Missing: Batsmen first day scores; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 1 st inns boundaries in Orr’s 58; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns duration of Brooks’s 137 not out, and part batting order.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 23 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 23 August; Watford Observer 23 August; Bedfordshire Standard 22 August; The Sportsman 19 August.