Minor Counties Championship 1907

120 MATCH NUMBER 88 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Luton Cricket Club Ground, Wardown Park, Luton on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 August 1907 Result: Match drawn – Bedfordshire won on first innings Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: W Copeland and O Firth Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Hertfordshire 1 (V R Scully) First day score: Hertfordshire 108; Bedfordshire 72-3 wickets (B L Peel 38*, H R Orr 13*) Hertfordshire Golding, A J b Peel 32 (1) c substitute (W Brown) b Peel 2 T H K Dashwood c Jeakings b Wharmby 28 (2) c Jeakings b Wharmby 0 White, H E c Orr b Peel 0 A Butcher c Orr b Peel 15 (4) not out 4 R B Cowley c Cavanagh b Wharmby 4 Dr A E Clarke c and b Wharmby 0 G G Dumbelton b Peel 2 (3) c Morcom b Wharmby 1 M H C Doll b Peel 0 + V R Scully c Thring b Wharmby 14 * H M Harford c and b Wharmby 14 W H Marsh not out 0 (5) not out 6 Extras 0 3 Total 109 (3 wickets) 16 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 46 46 72 79 79 81 81 85 109 109 Second innings 2 4 6 - - - - - - - Peel 20 4 58 5 - - (1) 10 9 2 1 - - Wharmby 19.4 7 51 5 - - (2) 10 6 10 2 - - Orr (3) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 39.4 11 109 10 0 0 21 15 16 3 - - Bedfordshire B L Peel c Doll b Clarke 57 Holdstock, H F b White 12 J Cavanagh b White 0 L C R Thring b Clarke 2 * H R Orr run out 40 Wharmby, G E lbw b White 16 W E King c Dashwood b Dumbelton 0 H Squire b Clarke 14 A C Smith b White 0 A F Morcom not out 19 + W R Jeakings not out 4 Extras nb 4 20 Total (9 wickets declared) 184 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 33 40 115 120 146 146 146 179 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 23 3 62 4 - - Marsh 7 0 43 0 - - Clarke 11 2 27 3 - - Doll 5 0 15 0 - - Dumbelton 8 2 17 1 - 4 Extras - - 20 1 - - Total 54 7 184 9 - 4 Notes: This rain-interrupted return match was drawn with Bedfordshire winning on first innings. Hertfordshire had won the match between the two teams at St Albans in July. For the home team, Peel scored 57. In the Hertfordshire second innings, Peel had the unusual bowling analysis of 10 overs and 9 maidens conceding just 2 runs and taking 1 wicket. The Bedfordshire declaration left Hertfordshire with an hour to bat. On the first day after 4 overs had been bowled, a thunderstorm stopped play which was not resumed until 3.30 pm. On the second day rain prevented play until 3.30 pm. In the Hertfordshire second innings, W Brown acted as the substitute for Thring and caught Golding.in the visitors’ second in nings. [Missing: Toss; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Peel’s 57.] Sources: Bedfordshire Standard 23 August; Bedfordshire Times 23 August; Leighton Buzzard 24 August; Luton News 22 August; Luton Reporter 23 August; Herts Advertiser 24 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 24 August; Hertfordshire Standard 23 August; The Sportsman 20,21 August.