The Minor Counties Championship 1905

37 MATCH NUMBER 11 : BEDFORDSHIRE V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Grammar School Ground, West Parade, Dunstable on Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28 June 1905 Result: Bedfordshire won by 87 runs Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire 2 (C B Atkinson, W E King); Northumberland none First day score: Bedfordshire 109 and 193-7 wickets (G Pollitt 8*, W E King 24*); Northumberland 108 Bedfordshire L G Stileman-Gibbard b Skinner 2 (1) c Gillespie b Elsey 18 Pollitt, G c Marshall b Skinner 7 (8) b Richardson 51 Wharmby, G E c Gillespie b Skinner 0 (6) b Marshall 1 * H R Orr b Skinner 15 (4) run out 50 L C R Thring c Anderson b Chambers 42 (5) c Gillespie b Skinner 10 Rev R H Moss c Chambers b Skinner 16 (10) not out 10 F Taylor b Skinner 0 (3) c Gillespie b Marshall 0 C B Atkinson b Skinner 10 (7) c Elsey b Skinner 0 W E King c Wilkinson b Chambers 12 (9) st Wilkinson b Richardson 55 Brown, T A b Skinner 3 (2) c Gillespie b Elsey 76 + E E Apthorp not out 0 (11) st Wilkinson b Richardson 1 Extras lb 2 2 9 Total 109 281 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 3 16 37 59 59 100 109 109 Second innings 36 58 135 148 160 160 161 258 272 281 Skinner 14 1 57 8 - - (1) 24 1 95 2 - - Elsey 9 1 34 0 - - (2) 20 4 59 2 - - Chambers 4.3 0 16 2 - - (4) 12 2 38 0 - - Marshall (3) 22 8 52 2 - - Clayton (5) 4 0 17 0 - - Richardson (6) 5.3 3 11 3 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 27.3 2 109 10 0 0 87.3 18 281 10 - - Northumberland J Hansell b Wharmby 24 (2) run out 23 F W Gillespie c Thring b Brown 19 (3) c King b Orr 37 Richardson, O c Brown b Wharmby 4 (4) c Apthorp b Brown 41 Marshall, J c Taylor b Brown 26 (5) b Wharmby 35 S W Anderson c Orr b Brown 11 (6) st Apthorp b King 13 Chambers, M b Wharmby 11 (7) b King 0 C M Skinner c Apthorp b Wharmby 6 (9) c Orr b King 11 * F G H Clayton b Wharmby 0 (1) c Apthorp b Brown 16 R G E Mortimer c Brown b Wharmby 0 (8) b Wharmby 0 Elsey, G not out 2 (10) c and b Wharmby 2 + G E Wilkinson run out 2 (11) not out 6 Extras 3 11 Total 108 195 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 41 51 67 96 102 102 102 108 Second innings 38 42 94 137 173 175 175 175 183 195 Brown 15.3 1 58 3 - - (2) 24 5 68 2 - - Wharmby 17 2 42 6 - - (1) 20 2 45 3 - - Moss 2 1 5 0 - - (4) 6 1 13 0 - - Orr (3) 11 2 34 1 - - King (5) 9.5 2 24 3 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 34.3 4 108 10 - - 70.5 12 195 10 - - Notes: Bedfordshire won by 87 runs at 4.30 pm on the second day. For the victors, there were 9 fours in Brown’s 76, 1 six and 7 fours in King’s 55, 4 fours in Pollitt’s 51, and 7 fours in Orr’s 50. In the Bedfordshire second innings, Pollitt and King added 97 runs for the eighth wicket. Wharmby took 9 wickets in the match for 87 runs. For Northumberland, Skinner took 10 wickets in the match for 152 runs, including 8 for 57 in the Bedfordshire first innings. The four catches held by Gillespie in the Bedfordshire second innings equalled the highest of the season by a fielder and also equalled the Championship record, a feat achieved on 17 previous occasions. His five catches in the match were the equal most by a fielder for the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of seventh wicket; in Northumberland first innings fall of ninth wicket.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 30 June; Bedfordshire Standard 30 June; Dunstable Borough Gazette 28 June; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 29 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 28,29 June; Sporting Life 29 June; The Sportsman 28,29 June.