Minor Counties Championship 1907

118 MATCH NUMBER 86 : SUFFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Bury and West Suffolk Cricket Club Ground, Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmunds on Friday 16, Saturday 17 August 1907 Result: Suffolk won by 131 runs Points: Suffolk 5 Toss: Suffolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Suffolk 1 (R Lee); Bedfordshire none First day score: Suffolk 122 and 41-4 wickets (C M Phillips 18*); Bedfordshire 118 Suffolk E Pritchett b Wharmby 6 ( ) b Peel 9 Quaife, W lbw b Peel 17 ( ) st Apthorp b Peel 2 G G S Brander b Peel 1 (4) b Peel 8 H L Wilson b Peel 16 (5) c Morcom b Peel 0 * F H Mustard c Morcom b Wharmby 14 (7) not out 110 R Lee c Holdstock b Peel 23 (6) c Smith b Peel 19 F A H Henley b Peel 1 (8) c Apthorp b Wharmby 16 C M Phillips not out 17 (3) c and b Wharmby 18 A H Lang c Wharmby b Peel 7 (9) st Apthorp b Orr 33 Penfold, W c Cavanagh b Wharmby 4 (10) c Apthorp b Wharmby 8 Trudgett, F G b Peel 5 (11) c Atkinson b Orr 7 Extras 11 10 Total 122 240 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 28 36 59 65 88 108 117 122 Second innings 3 21 41 41 47 65 93 184 190 240 Wharmby 24 5 57 3 - - (1) 28 7 66 3 - - Peel 24.2 8 54 7 - - (2) 33 8 86 5 - - Morcom 1 1 0 0 - - (3) 15 5 34 0 - - Thring (4) 4 0 18 0 - - Orr (5) 3.3 0 26 2 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 49.2 14 122 10 - - 83.3 20 240 10 - - Bedfordshire A C Smith c Lee b Penfold 8 (8) b Trudgett 8 Holdstock, H F run out 25 (3) c Lang b Penfold 34 Wharmby, G E c Quaife b Penfold 14 (4) b Penfold 1 J Cavanagh b Trudgett 9 (6) c Lee b Trudgett 2 B L Peel c Quaife b Henley 27 (2) lbw b Trudgett 42 L C R Thring c Lee b Henley 4 (5) b Trudgett 4 * H R Orr b Henley 0 (1) b Henley 2 W E King b Penfold 4 (7) b Penfold 2 C B Atkinson c and b Penfold 0 (10) not out 0 A F Morcom not out 16 (9) c Brander b Trudgett 0 + E E Apthorp c Trudgett b Penfold 0 (11) c and b Trudgett 1 Extras nb 3 11 17 Total 118 113 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 39 55 79 84 84 95 98 118 118 Second innings 8 63 72 79 87 93 108 108 112 113 Trudgett 8 1 22 1 - - (3) 8 2 13 6 - - Penfold 15.5 1 50 5 - - (2) 14 2 53 3 - - Henley 8 1 35 3 - 3 (1) 7 0 30 1 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 31.5 3 118 10 - 3 29 4 113 10 - - Notes: Suffolk won this return match by 131 runs on the second day. Bedfordshire were set a victory target in their second innings of 245 on a drying and deteriorating wicket. Suffolk had also won the match between the two teams at Bedford in June. For the winners, there was 1 six, 1 five , 6 fours, 14 threes and 12 twos in Mustard’s 110 not out. For Bedfordshire, Peel took 12 wickets in the match for 140 runs, including 7 for 54 in the Suffolk first innings. In the Bedfordshire first innings Holdstock was hit twice and retired hurt, taking his place again at the wicket at the fall of the second wicket at 39. In the Suffolk second innings Mustard added 91 with Lang for the eighth wicket and 50 with Trudgett for the 10th wicket. [Missing: Umpires; Suffolk wicket-keeper; extras breakdown; in Suffolk first innings fall of sixth wicket; in Suffolk second innings opening batting order, and duration of Mustard’s 110 not out; precise time completed.] Sources: East Anglian Daily Times 17,19 August; Bury and Norwich Post 20 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 23 August; Bedfordshire Standard 23 August; Bedfordshire Times 23 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 24 August; Luton News 22 August; Luton Reporter 23 August; The Sportsman 17,19 August.