The Minor Counties Championship 1903

80 MATCH NUMBER 57 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 August 1903 Result: Cambridgeshire won by 50 runs Points: Cambridgeshire 3 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: J Ford and G T Rye Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Cambridgeshire 191 and 2-0 wicket (E D Gilbert 2*, L A Gilbert 0*); Bedfordshire 147 Cambridgeshire Rev R S Swann-Mason c Peel b Moss 25 (4) b Brown 2 J C Falkner b Moss 5 (10) c Oliver b Pepper 1 T S W Thomas b Moss 3 (8) c Moss b Brown 0 + Watts, G H c Parbury b Brown 17 (5) c Wharmby b Moss 5 Hayward, D M b Peel 53 (6) c Pollitt b Moss 2 E D Gilbert c Anderson b Moss 20 (1) c and b Brown 25 H C Tebbutt c Wharmby b Moss 14 (9) b Peel 16 * Rev H Gray b Peel 0 (11) lbw b Pepper 1 L A Gilbert not out 26 (2) b Moss 12 E Briggs c Parbury b Pepper 24 (3) b Brown 30 F E Morgan b Wharmby 0 (7) not out 39 Extras 4 8 Total 191 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 17 44 71 115 141 141 145 191 191 Second innings 20 38 57 87 91 125 134 141 Wharmby 24.2 10 43 1 - - (2) 4 0 22 0 - - Brown 10 1 35 1 - - (3) 22 3 51 4 - - Moss 35 11 73 5 - - (1) 26 10 45 3 - - Peel 10 2 34 2 - - (4) 4 1 5 1 - - Pepper 1 0 2 1 - - (5) 4.2 1 10 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 80.2 24 191 10 - - 60.2 15 141 10 - - Bedfordshire B L Peel b Gray 13 (1) c Falkner b Hayward 5 N D T Oliver c Swann-Mason b Hayward 18 (2) b Gray 14 Wharmby, G E b Hayward 42 (3) b Gray 0 * H R Orr b Gray 0 (5) b Gray 8 L C R Thring lbw b Gray 40 (4) b Hayward 15 Pollitt, G b Gray 0 (6) b Hayward 0 Pepper, C not out 21 (8) b Hayward 3 L Parbury lbw b Hayward 6 (9) c Swann-Mason b Briggs 16 Rev R H Moss run out 2 (10) b Gray 0 + R E H Anderson c Gray b Hayward 0 (11) c and b Hayward 6 Brown, T A b Hayward 1 (7) not out 47 Extras 4 21 Total 147 135 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 31 33 112 113 118 139 141 143 147 Second innings 18 18 18 51 51 51 54 106 108 135 Hayward 19.1 1 64 5 - - (1) 23.5 9 44 5 - - Gray 16 0 48 4 - - (2) 23 5 52 4 - - Falkner 2 0 15 0 - - Briggs 5 1 16 0 - - (3) 6 0 18 1 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 42.1 2 147 10 - - 52.5 14 135 10 - - Notes: Cambridgeshire won this return game by 50 runs at 5.00 pm on the second day. Bedfordshire had been set a victory target of 186 runs in 3½ hours. The match between the two sides at Dunstable in July had been won by Bedfordshire. For the winners, Hayward took 10 wickets in the match for 108 runs. Hayward’s 53 included 3 fours. For Bedfordshire, in their second innings, Brown and Parbury added 52 runs for the eighth wicket. Brown batted last in the Bedfordshire first innings as he was feeling unwell. The 61 overs bowled by Moss during the match were the second highest during the season. The match was for the benefit of the Cambridgeshire professional Bryan, who was reported as having been dropped from the team. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Cambridgeshire second innings fall of third and fourth wickets.] Sources: Cambridge Independent Press 14 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 14 August; Bedford Record 18 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 14 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Bedfordshire Times 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; Luton News 20 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August.