The Minor Counties Championship 1903

71 MATCH NUMBER 48 : BEDFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Friday 7, Saturday 8 August 1903 Result: Match drawn – Bedfordshire won on first innings Points: Bedfordshire 1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: R Humphrey and S Wrigley Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Buckinghamshire 1 (R H Vaughan) First day score: Bedfordshire 396; Buckinghamshire 43-0 wicket (C R H Gresson 20*, E C Hobbs 19*) Bedfordshire N D T Oliver run out 46 B L Peel c Bull b Vaughan 28 Wharmby, G E b Vaughan 0 * H R Orr c Vaughan b Nash 80 Brown, T A c and b Holbrooke 0 L C R Thring c and b Page 132 Pollitt, G b de Paravicini 48 L Parbury not out 34 + Capt E F Rowe st Bull b Wright 9 Rev R H Moss c de Paravicini b Wright 0 S Brown run out 13 Extras w 2 6 Total 396 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 57 57 73 73 191 396 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wright 45.3 20 93 2 - - Page 26 2 83 1 - - Vaughan 18 1 88 2 1 - Holbrooke 21 3 69 1 - - Nash 9 1 46 1 1 - De Paravicini 5 2 11 1 - - Extras - - 6 2 - - Total 124.3 29 396 10 2 0 Buckinghamshire C R H Gresson b Wharmby 62 + E C Hobbs run out 62 F N Bird b S Brown 49 Wright, M W c Wharmby b T A Brown 56 * P J de Paravicini b S Brown 28 H E Bull b T A Brown 48 R H Vaughan st Rowe b Oliver 1 C C Edmunds c Parbury b Oliver 12 Rev S W R Holbrooke b T A Brown 10 Page, H b T A Brown 16 Nash, G not out 0 Extras 23 Total 367 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 120 182 190 201 296 299 331 366 367 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wharmby 39 13 93 1 - - T A Brown 47.3 13 103 4 - - S Brown 26 6 68 2 - - Moss 7 2 18 0 - - Parbury 4 1 14 0 - - Oliver 20 3 48 2 - - Extras - - 23 1 - - Total 143.3 38 367 10 - - Notes: This match was drawn with each side completing only one innings. Buckinghamshire were dismissed on the second day 29 runs short of the Bedfordshire total. For the home team, Thring scored 132. There were 12 fours in Orr’s 80. Together they put on 118 for the Bedfordshire fifth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the visitors, Gresson scored 62, as did Hobbs with 5 fours. Wright scored 56. The first two batsmen put on 120 runs for the first Buckinghamshire wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Hobbs kept wicket for Buckinghamshire until lunch on the first day, and Bull for the rest of the Bedfordshire innings. T A Brown’s 47.3 overs and Wright’s 45.3 overs were the second and third highest number bowled in an innings during the season. The 20 maidens bowled by Wright were the second most bowled in an innings during the season. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire innings breakdown and duration of Thring’s 132; in Buckinghamshire innings boundaries in Gresson’s 62 and Wright’s 56.] Sources: Bedford Record 11 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 14 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 14 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Bedfordshire Times 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; Luton News 13 August; Bucks Advertiser 15 August; Bucks Herald 15 August; South Bucks Free Press 14 August; South Bucks Standard 14 August; Hertfordshire Standard 14 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.