The Minor Counties Championship 1903

41 MATCH NUMBER 18 : BEDFORDSHIRE V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Monday 6, Tuesday 7 July 1903 Result: Bedfordshire won by three wickets Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Northamptonshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Northamptonshire 1 (E M Crosse) First day score: Northamptonshire 245; Bedfordshire 116-4 wickets (B L Peel 53*, H R Orr 30*) Northamptonshire W H Kingston c Oliver b Wharmby 53 (2) c Wharmby b S Brown 33 G K Papillon b S Brown 13 (1) b Wharmby 24 Thompson, G J b S Brown 5 (3) b S Brown 24 Cox, M b Parbury 37 (4) b S Brown 0 * T Horton c Pollitt b Parbury 45 (5) b S Brown 15 East, W hit wicket b Parbury 15 (6) not out 18 Thorneycroft, C B c Oliver b Moss 1 (7) b Wharmby 0 J Haviland c Moss b Parbury 2 (8) c Rowe b S Brown 0 H Hawkins b T A Brown 33 (9) b S Brown 0 E M Crosse c and b T A Brown 20 (10) b Wharmby 7 + F Jones not out 1 (11) b Wharmby 0 Extras b 16, lb 3, w 1 20 b 2, lb 7 9 Total 245 130 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 52 101 147 183 188 188 192 244 245 Second innings 43 65 65 86 103 112 115 115 122 130 S Brown 21 5 46 2 - - (3) 15 2 55 6 - - Brown, T A 18.1 0 64 2 1 - Moss 26 8 44 1 - - Wharmby 6 0 14 1 - - (1) 21.1 8 37 4 - - Parbury 18 4 57 4 - - (2) 6 0 29 0 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 89.1 17 245 10 1 0 42.1 10 130 10 0 0 Bedfordshire N D T Oliver b Thompson 2 (2) run out 20 Pollitt, G c East b Thompson 4 (4) c Kingston b Thompson 36 Wharmby, G E b East 2 (3) c Jones b Cox 31 B L Peel run out 59 (1) b Thompson 22 Brown, T A b Thompson 19 (5) c Haviland b Thompson 20 * H R Orr b Hawkins 68 (6) b Thompson 7 L Parbury lbw b East 6 (7) not out 14 Rev R H Moss c Cox b Thompson 1 (8) b Thompson 8 + Capt E F Rowe c Jones b East 29 (9) not out 9 R E H Anderson not out 1 S Brown c Kingston b East 3 Extras b 7, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 12 b 2, nb 2 4 Total 206 (7 wickets) 171 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 8 8 34 126 145 146 202 202 206 Second innings 35 52 85 113 140 143 161 - - - Thompson 29 5 71 4 - - (1) 24.4 5 76 5 - 2 East 24.4 8 57 4 1 - (2) 18 6 44 0 - - Cox 5 1 25 0 - - (5) 3 0 13 1 - - Hawkins 4 1 12 1 - 2 (4) 5 0 17 0 - - Thorneycroft 7 2 29 0 - - (3) 5 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 69.4 17 206 10 1 2 55.4 11 171 7 0 2 Notes: Bedfordshire won by 3 wickets at 6.20 pm on the second day, after requiring 170 to win in their second innings in 160 minutes. The match at Northampton in June had been won by Northamptonshire. For the winners, there were 9 fours in Orr’s 68 and 4 fours in Peel’s 59. In the Bedfordshire first innings Orr and Rowe added 56 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the losers, Kingston’s 53 contained 3 fours. In the Northamptonshire first innings Hawkins and Crosse added 52 runs for the ninth wicket. When Horton had scored 12 in the Northamptonshire first innings, he reached the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches, and when T A Brown had scored 8 in the Bedfordshire second innings, he reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches for the county. When catching S Brown in the Bedfordshire first innings, W H Kingston held his fiftieth catch in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Bedford Record 7 July; Bedfordshire Advertiser 10 July; Bedfordshire Mercury 10 July; Bedfordshire Standard 10 July; Bedfordshire Times 10 July; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 11 July; Luton News 9 July; Northampton Herald 11 July; Northampton Mercury 10 July; Northampton Daily Chronicle 8 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 7 July; The Sportsman 7,8 July.