The Minor Counties Championship 1905

64 MATCH NUMBER 38 : BEDFORDSHIRE V DURHAM At The County School Ground, Ampthill Road, Kempston, Bedford on Wednesday 2, Thursday 3 August 1905 Result: Durham won by three wickets Points: Durham 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: C E Brown and C Marshall Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Durham none First day score: Bedfordshire 104 and 161-4 wickets (H J J Hodgkins 77*, L C R Thring 12*); Durham 160 Bedfordshire Pollitt, G c and b Smith 7 (2) c Thackeray b Brydon 53 H J J Hodgkins c Coulson b Smith 2 (1) c Kirtley b Smith 86 R W Rice b Smith 6 (3) b Turnbull 5 L C R Thring b Smith 26 (6) c Smith b Turnbull 20 * H R Orr b Turnbull 22 (4) c Smith b Brydon 2 Brown, T A c Dobson b Smith 8 (5) c Turnbull b Brydon 8 W E King c Kirtley b Turnbull 10 (7) b Smith 7 Wharmby, G E b Smith 2 (8) run out 2 Rev R H Moss c Thackeray b Turnbull 1 (9) c Brydon b Turnbull 10 + E E Apthorp not out 8 (10) st Kirtley b Turnbull 4 Pestell, F E b Turnbull 3 (11) not out 3 Extras b 5, lb 4 9 b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 Total 104 210 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 15 26 57 69 88 90 92 96 104 Second innings 81 95 110 132 177 184 189 191 207 210 Turnbull 9.3 2 26 4 - - (2) 26.4 3 78 4 - - Smith 13 1 55 6 - - (1) 13 2 52 2 - 1 Thackeray 4 0 14 0 - - (3) 7 0 26 0 - - Brydon (4) 14 2 43 3 - - Elliot (5) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 10 1 - - Total 26.3 3 104 10 0 0 61.4 7 210 10 0 1 Durham R Bousfield c Thring b Brown 29 (1) c Pestell b Wharmby 32 A B Horsley c Apthorp b Wharmby 14 (2) c and b Wharmby 16 * E W Elliot c Brown b Wharmby 6 (3) not out 48 C Y Adamson c Thring b Brown 9 (4) c King b Moss 14 W S Dobson b King 44 (8) c Brown b King 3 T Coulson b Brown 7 (7) b King 12 Turnbull, G b Moss 31 (5) st Apthorp b Moss 5 + J Kirtley c Apthorp b King 3 (6) c Brown b Wharmby 18 J Thackeray not out 7 (9) not out 1 R Y Brydon b Wharmby 0 Smith, T c Apthorp b Wharmby 0 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 b 6 6 Total 160 (7 wickets) 155 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 49 56 63 71 124 143 157 160 160 Second innings 28 51 83 88 111 134 146 - - - Wharmby 16 1 63 4 - - (1) 16 2 74 3 - - Brown, T A 17 1 60 3 - - (3) 2 0 15 0 - - Moss 4 1 17 1 - - (4) 8 1 32 2 - - King 2 0 10 2 - - (5) 3 1 16 2 - - Pestell (2) 3 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 39 3 160 10 0 0 32 4 155 7 0 0 Notes: Durham won with a minute to spare by three wickets at 6.59 pm on the second day, after being set a second innings victory target of 155 in 90 minutes. On the second day, rain delayed the start until 2.40 pm and prevented play between 3.45 and 5.30 pm. For the winners, Elliot top-scored with 48 not out. For B edfordshire, Hodgkins’s 86 contained 6 fours and Pollitt’s 53 also included 6 fours. A curious incident arose at the end, the visiting scorer having signalled that Durham had won, and the players left the field, it was found that the Durham second innings total was 151 not 155. However, on going through the bowling analysis it was discovered that they had not credited Elliot with a four. When he had scored 2 in the Bedfordshire first innings, Pollitt reached the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Bedfordshire Mercury 4 August; Bedfordshire Standard 4 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 5 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 3,4 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 3,4 August; The Sportsman 3,4 August.