The Minor Counties Championship 1903

61 MATCH NUMBER 38 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1903 Result: Bedfordshire won by seven wickets Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: R Humphrey and S Wrigley Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 156 and 56-7 wickets (H J Hill 5*, A J Golding 1*); Bedfordshire 101 Hertfordshire Capt G O Bigge b S Brown 7 (4) c T A Brown b Moss 13 C T Rudd c and b Wharmby 22 (2) b Wharmby 2 White, H E c Peel b Moss 21 ( ) c Pollitt b Moss 4 * H J Hill b Moss 7 ( ) b Moss 24 Coleman, W E b Wharmby 13 (10) c Rowe b Wharmby 1 Golding, A J b Wharmby 3 (9) not out 9 E J Metcalfe c Moss b Wharmby 20 ( ) c T A Brown b S Brown 0 A Butcher c Pepper b Wharmby 18 (3) b S Brown 26 C C T Doll c Moss b Wharmby 20 (1) c Wharmby b Moss 0 + C D Fastnedge b Wharmby 18 (11) b Wharmby 15 Rudd, W J not out 3 (8) b Moss 0 Extras 4 11 Total 156 105 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 38 51 66 70 91 98 131 145 156 Second innings 1 2 34 46 48 51 54 82 83 105 S Brown 12 2 32 1 - - (3) 9 3 11 2 - - Brown, T A 7 1 23 0 - - Wharmby 24.3 6 71 7 - - (1) 13 3 39 3 - - Moss 16 6 26 2 - - (2) 20 6 44 5 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 59.3 15 156 10 - - 42 12 105 10 - - Bedfordshire Pepper, C b White 0 N D T Oliver b White 26 (2) b White 55 Pollitt, G b White 11 (5) not out 3 Wharmby, G E b White 20 (3) not out 62 B L Peel b W J Rudd 4 (1) c Hill b White 13 Brown, T A b White 0 * H R Orr b W J Rudd 11 (4) b Metcalfe 11 L Parbury b White 14 Rev R H Moss c Hill b White 5 + Capt E F Rowe not out 5 S Brown c and b White 0 Extras 5 17 Total 101 (3 wickets) 161 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 24 54 63 63 63 90 101 101 Second innings 42 119 - - - - - - - White 18.4 5 42 8 - - (1) 23.3 5 75 2 - - Coleman 6 1 26 0 - - (2) 9 0 25 0 - - W J Rudd 12 2 28 2 - - (3) 5 1 9 0 - - Metcalfe (4) 13 3 35 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 36.4 8 101 10 - - 50.3 9 161 3 - - Notes: Bedfordshire, though behind on first innings by 55 runs, won this return match by 7 wickets before tea on the second day. The game between the two teams in June at Hertford had been drawn. For the winners, Wharmby took 10 wickets in the match for 110 runs. He also scored 62 not out in the Bedfordshire second innings. His all-round performance of scoring 82 runs and taking 10 wickets for 110 runs was the best of the season in a match for a bowler taking 10 or more wickets. Oliver scored 55. For Hertfordshire, White took 10 wickets in the match for 117 runs, including 8 for 42 in the Bedfordshire first innings. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire second innings part batting order; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of seventh wicket; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Wharmby’s 62 not out and Oliver’s 55, and fall of third wicket; precise time completed.] Sources: Bedford Record 4 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 7 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 7 August; Bedfordshire Standard 7 August; Bedfordshire Times 7 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 8 August; Luton News 6 August; Barnet Times 7 August; Herts Advertiser 8 August; Hertfordshire Express 8 August; St Albans Gazette 5 August; Watford Observer 8 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August.