Minor Counties Championship 1907

103 MATCH NUMBER 71: NORFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1907 Result: Norfolk won by four wickets Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: C E Brown and T H Holton Debutants: Norfolk none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Norfolk 304; Bedfordshire 103-3 wickets (H F Holdstock 12*, C B Atkinson 3*) Norfolk E T Garnier c Brown b Wharmby 3 (5) c Thring b Peel 3 G A Stevens c Apthorp b Peel 27 (2) c Atkinson b Peel 26 C E Dunning c Holdstock b Wharmby 78 (6) not out 5 M Falcon b Wharmby 110 (3) c Apthorp b Wharmby 3 A K Watson lbw b Wharmby 5 (4) b Peel 4 * L Barratt c and b Wharmby 0 (7) b Wharmby 7 B K Wilson b Wharmby 4 (1) c Peel b Morcom 3 J N Worman b Morcom 8 (8) not out 15 + Lt Col S F Charles c Holdstock b Wharmby 24 Gibson, E not out 18 Smith, E W c Apthorp b Wharmby 4 Extras b 19, lb 4 23 b 1, lb 1 2 Total 304 (6 wickets) 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 40 221 233 235 243 256 258 290 304 Second innings 7 24 37 38 41 52 - - - - Wharmby 34 14 67 8 - - (1) 14.4 5 42 2 - - Morcom 34 8 84 1 - - (2) 5 2 15 1 - - Peel 16 5 43 1 - - (3) 9 4 9 3 - - Orr 12 3 53 0 - - King 5 1 11 0 - - Thring 2 1 11 0 - - Atkinson 2 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 105 32 304 10 0 0 28.4 11 68 6 0 0 Bedfordshire (Followed on) L C R Thring b Worman 10 (2) b Smith 1 B L Peel b Smith 36 (1) b Worman 61 J Cavanagh c Dunning b Gibson 29 (5) c Stevens b Gibson 23 Holdstock, H F c Charles b Gibson 36 (4) b Gibson 6 C B Atkinson c and b Worman 7 (7) c and b Smith 8 * H R Orr c Worman b Smith 24 (3) c Watson b Smith 14 Wharmby, G E c Smith b Gibson 16 (6) c Charles b Gibson 34 W E King b Smith 2 (8) b Smith 23 W Brown c Garnier b Gibson 5 (9) b Gibson 0 + E E Apthorp b Smith 0 (10) not out 5 A F Morcom not out 0 (11) st Charles b Gibson 0 Extras b 4, lb 7, nb 5 16 b 12, nb 3 15 Total 181 190 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 57 96 108 140 167 171 176 181 181 Second innings 37 73 89 100 152 154 178 179 187 190 Worman 18 5 52 2 - - (3) 3 0 15 1 - - Smith 27.2 1 97 4 - 5 (1) 22 1 91 4 - 3 Gibson 12 6 15 4 - - (2) 19.5 5 69 5 - - Falcon 2 1 1 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 59.2 13 181 10 0 5 44.5 6 190 10 0 3 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by four wickets at 5.40 pm on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. For the winners, there were 16 fours, 2 threes and 8 twos in Falcon’s 110, scored in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. Dunning’s 78 inc luded 6 fours , an innings of 3¾ hours. He batted with a damaged thumb. In the Norfolk first innings, Dunning and Falcon added 181 runs for the third wicket in under 160 minutes. For Bedfordshire, Wharmby took 10 wickets in the match for 109 runs, includin g 8 for 67 in the Norfolk first innings. There were 10 fours in Peel’s 61. The match between the two teams at Bedford Grammar School a month before had been drawn. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 10,12 August; Eastern Evening News 9,10 August; Norwich Mercury 14,17 August; Bedfordshire Standard 16 August; Bedfordshire Times 16 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 17 August; The Sportsman 10,12 August.