The Minor Counties Championship 1903

32 MATCH NUMBER 9 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Hertford Cricket Club Ground, Balls Park, Mangrove Road, Hertford on Thursday 18, Friday 19 [no play] June 1903 Result: Match drawn – Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: R Barber and W Copeland Debutants: Hertfordshire 3 (W G Long, E J Metcalfe, P R Paul); Bedfordshire 2 (S Brown, J M Dow) First day score: As match – rain prevented play on second day Bedfordshire N D T Oliver c Paul b Coleman 0 ( ) b Coleman 0 Pollitt, G b White 8 (2) b Coleman 0 Wharmby, G E b White 6 ( ) b Coleman 57 Rev R H Moss b White 9 ( ) c Golding b Coleman 0 Brown, T A b Coleman 19 ( ) b Coleman 1 * H R Orr c Golding b White 6 ( ) c Pridmore b White 0 J M Dow b Coleman 1 ( ) b White 4 H F Holdstock c Long b Coleman 0 ( ) b Coleman 0 + Capt E F Rowe run out 3 (11) not out 13 L Parbury c Paul b White 3 (10) c Long b Rudd 22 S Brown not out 5 (1) c Butcher b White 13 Extras 4 4 Total 64 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 64 Second innings 11 13 25 78 114 White 15 4 30 5 - - (1) 14 3 29 3 - - Coleman 14.2 6 30 4 - - (2) 15.4 2 51 6 - - Metcalfe (3) 4 1 15 0 - - Rudd (4) 6 2 15 1 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 29.2 10 64 10 - - 39.4 8 114 10 - - Hertfordshire E J Metcalfe c Parbury b Wharmby 3 (1) not out 2 Golding, A J b T A Brown 0 (2) b Moss 0 A Butcher c Moss b T A Brown 1 (3) b T A Brown 1 White, H E run out 26 C C T Doll b Wharmby 2 P R Paul lbw b Wharmby 0 * H J Hill c Pollitt b T A Brown 31 Coleman, W E b T A Brown 13 R G Pridmore b T A Brown 2 + W G Long st Rowe b Moss 11 Rudd, W J not out 0 Extras 14 0 Total 103 (2 wickets) 3 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 60 72 103 Second innings 3 - - - - - - - - Wharmby 18 6 37 3 - - Brown, T A 20 6 42 5 - - ( ) 3 1 - - Moss 2.3 0 10 1 - - ( ) 0 1 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 40.3 12 103 10 - - 3 2 0 0 Notes: This game was drawn after rain prevented any play on the second day. Hertfordshire had been set a victory target in their second innings of 76 runs and, in 20 minutes batting, had lost 2 wickets for 3 runs. For the home team, Coleman took 10 wickets in the match for 81 runs and White 8 for 59. For Bedfordshire, Wharmby scored 57 and, if it had not been for the partnership of 53 runs for the ninth wicket that he shared with Parbury, Bedfordshire would probably have been beaten on the first day. During the match 3 batsmen were dismissed twice without scoring. [None of the sources listed give the Bedfordshire bowling analysis for the Hertfordshire second innings.] [Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Wharmby’s 57, and part batting order; in Hertfordshire second innings overs and maidens; time match abandoned on second day.] Sources: Barnet Times 19 June; Herts Advertiser 20 June; Hertfordshire Express 27 June; Hertfordshire Mercury 20 June; St Albans Gazette 24 June; Bedfordshire Mercury 26 June; Bedfordshire Standard 26 June; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 20 June; Luton News 25 June; The Sportsman 19 June.