The Minor Counties Championship 1905

99 MATCH NUMBER 73 : DURHAM V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Wearmouth Cricket Club Ground, Carley Hill, Wearmouth, Sunderland on Friday 18, Saturday 19 August 1905 Result: Bedfordshire won by 44 runs Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: O Firth and G P Harrison Debutants: Durham none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 110 and 110-6 wickets (R W Rice 16*, A F Morcom 41*); Durham 142 Bedfordshire Pollitt, G c Stoner b Morris 43 (2) b Morris 0 H J J Hodgkins st Kirtley b Brydon 17 (1) c Thackeray b Stoner 28 Wharmby, G E c Prince b Morris 0 (3) c Stoner b Brydon 11 R W Rice c Kirtley b Brydon 9 (4) lbw b Brydon 51 Brown, T A c Coulson b Morris 1 (5) st Kirtley b Stoner 2 Rev R H Moss b Morris 0 (9) c Bousfield b Morris 39 * H R Orr b Morris 0 (6) b Stoner 0 W E King c Parrington b Brydon 4 (7) b Stoner 2 H F Holdstock c Prince b Brydon 9 (10) c Kirtley b Brydon 0 A F Morcom not out 12 (8) c Kirtley b Thackeray 68 + E E Apthorp lbw b Brydon 5 (11) not out 5 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 b 12, lb 3 15 Total 110 221 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 28 31 51 54 66 66 75 80 100 110 Second innings 6 33 55 57 57 59 150 207 216 221 Brydon 16.3 4 42 5 - - (1) 21 5 51 3 - - Morris 16 2 58 5 - - (2) 21 2 72 2 - - Stoner (3) 14 3 33 4 - - Thackeray (4) 12 0 48 1 - - Elliot (5) 2 1 2 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 32.3 6 110 10 0 0 70 11 221 10 0 0 Durham R Bousfield c Rice b Morcom 12 (1) lbw b Brown 11 T Prince b Orr 55 (2) run out 9 * E W Elliot c Morcom b Wharmby 7 (3) c Morcom b Wharmby 65 T Coulson b Brown 41 (4) b Brown 2 Rev R P Moorsom c Apthorp b Brown 2 (5) c Apthorp b Brown 7 Stoner, A c Brown b Orr 0 (6) c Wharmby b Brown 0 T E Parrington run out 4 (7) b Morcom 15 + J Kirtley c Morcom b Brown 8 (8) b Morcom 4 Morris, A c Pollitt b Orr 0 (9) b Wharmby 13 J Thackeray b Orr 4 (10) b Morcom 0 R Y Brydon not out 1 (11) not out 9 Extras b 8 8 b 5, lb 5 10 Total 142 145 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 43 119 119 119 123 131 132 140 142 Second innings 15 27 31 49 49 102 106 122 123 145 Wharmby 13 2 28 1 - - (4) 5.2 1 22 2 - - Morcom 14 3 41 1 - - (3) 8 0 30 3 - - Brown 12.5 2 35 3 - - (1) 15 2 52 4 - - Moss 5 0 15 0 - - Orr 6 1 15 4 - - (2) 12 2 31 0 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 10 1 - - Total 50.5 8 142 10 0 0 40.2 5 145 10 0 0 Notes: Bedfordshire won this return match by 44 runs on the second day with 1½ hours in hand, after Durham in their second innings sought 190 runs for victory. The match between the two teams at the Bedford County School at the start of the month had been won by Durham. For the winners, there was 1 six and 8 fours in Morcom’s 68 and 4 fours in Rice’s 51. In the Bedfordshire second innings, they put on 91 runs for the seventh wicket, and Rice and Moss added 57 for the eighth wicket. For the home side, Elliot’s 65 included 10 fours and Prince’s 55 contained 6 fours. When he dismissed Moorsom in the Durham second innings, Brown reached the career milestone of three hundred wickets for Bedfordshire in championship matches. In terms of runs, the margin of victory was the second smallest of the season. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 19,21 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 19,21 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 25 August; Bedfordshire Standard 25 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 26 August; The Sportsman 20 August.