The Minor Counties Championship 1905

82 MATCH NUMBER 56 : BEDFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Friday 11, Saturday 12 August 1905 Result: Match drawn – Bedfordshire won on first innings Points: Bedfordshire 2 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Buckinghamshire 1 (J T Parry) First day score: Buckinghamshire 243; Bedfordshire 12-2 wickets (H J J Hodgkins 6*, G Pollitt 1*) Buckinghamshire F N Bird c Thring b Brown 42 (1) c Moss b Keenan 35 * C R H Gresson c Apthorp b Thring 63 (2) b Brown 49 Wright, M W c Apthorp b Brown 81 + Langley, F c Thring b Brown 18 Perry, S A B b Moss 4 (4) not out 13 H Baker c Rice b Brown 6 J T Parry not out 6 (3) not out 34 Page, H c Moss b Brown 5 Jones, H b Brown 3 R W Orton b Moss 3 Vickerstaff, S J A b Brown 2 Extras 10 27 Total 243 (2 wickets) 158 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 71 172 210 217 217 223 229 237 241 243 Second innings 67 115 - - - - - - - - Brown 37.1 14 66 7 - - (2) 17 6 34 1 - - Moss 10 3 24 2 - - (3) 4 2 15 0 - - Wharmby 27 5 58 0 - - (1) 15 6 29 0 - - Orr 22 7 32 0 - - (6) 6 0 23 0 - - King 8 1 17 0 - - (4) 3 0 8 0 - - Keenan 5 0 17 0 - - (5) 6 1 15 1 - - Thring 9 3 19 1 - - Pollitt (7) 2 1 7 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 27 0 - - Total 118.1 33 243 10 - - 53 16 158 2 - - Bedfordshire * H R Orr c Page b Wright 5 H J J Hodgkins b Vickerstaff 84 Rev R H Moss c Langley b Vickerstaff 0 Pollitt, G run out 99 L C R Thring c Baker b Vickerstaff 3 R W Rice not out 52 Brown, T A b Vickerstaff 14 Wharmby, G E c Page b Wright 7 W E King c Bird b Wright 10 + E E Apthorp b Page 0 C K Keenan c Jones b Wright 1 Extras nb 1 10 Total 285 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 7 170 178 210 233 252 280 280 285 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wright 50.2 28 65 4 - - Vickerstaff 41 8 126 4 - 1 Page 23 6 53 1 - - Gresson 3 0 19 0 - - Bird 3 0 11 0 - - Jones 2 1 1 0 - - Extras - - 10 1 - - Total 122.2 43 285 10 0 1 Notes: This return match was drawn, with Bedfordshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Aylesbury the week before had been won by Bedfordshire. For the home team, Pollitt scored 99 with 9 fours, Hodgkins 84 with 7 fours, and Rice 52 not out. Brown took 7 wickets for 66 runs in the Buckinghamshire first innings. In the Bedfordshire innings, Hodgkins and Pollitt added 163 runs for the third wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the visitors, there were 6 fours in W right’s 81 and 4 fours in Gresson’s 63 who together put on 101 runs for the second wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings. The 50.2 overs and 28 maidens bowled by Wright in the Bedfordshire innings were the most in an innings during the season and the 28 maidens were the second highest in a match. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire innings boundaries in Rice’s 52 not out.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 19 August; Bucks Herald 19 August; South Bucks Free Press 18 August; Wolverton Express 19 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 18 August; Bedfordshire Standard 18 August; Sporting Life 12,14 August; The Sportsman 12,14.