Minor Counties Championship 1907

156 BEDFORDSHIRE 1907 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 4, drawn 2 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fourth out of five in East Division Won: v Cambridgeshire at Luton, and v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Lost: v Suffolk at Bedford ES, v Hertfordshire at St Albans, v Norfolk at Norwich, and v Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds Drawn – won on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Luton Drawn – lost on first innings: v Norfolk at Bedford GS Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: H R Orr (7 matches) – L C R Thring (1 match) captained the side in the match in which H R Orr did not play Wicket-keepers: E E Apthorp (6 matches), J Cavanagh (1 match), and W R Jeakings (1 match) Debutants: 5 (J B Escombe, A Muckleston, A C Smith, H Squire and L Williams) Final season: 9 (T A Brown, J Cavanagh, J B Escombe, W R Jeakings, C K Keenan, A Muckleston, G Pollitt, F Taylor and L Williams) Joint Hon Secretaries: R W Allen and WW Marks Professionals: 5 (T A Brown, F W Geary, H F Holstock, G Pollitt and G E Wharmby) Home grounds 3: The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford (1 match); The Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Elstow, Kempston, Bedford (1 match – previously known as the Bedford County School Ground); and The Luton Cricket Club Ground, Wardown Park, Luton (2 matches) Notes: Bedfordshire had a poor season finishing fourth out of five in the East Division after finishing third out of twenty in 1906. In consequence of the change in format for the Championship the number of matches fell from ten to eight with Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk replacing Buckinghamshire, Durham, Northumberland and Staffordshire in the fixture list. Bertram Peel gave an excellent all round performance leading both the batting averages with 340 runs at 42.50 and the bowling averages with 33 wickets at 12.33. George Wharmby was the most successful bowler with 68 wickets at 13.88 besides scoring 313 runs at 26.08. The captain Herbie Orr was the leading run scorer with 358 runs at 29.83. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Bertram Peel, three hundred wickets by George Wharmby, and fifty dismissals by E Apthorp. BEDFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their debut in a championship match for Bedfordshire during the season. Name in bold denotes that 1907 was the last or only season that these 9 players appeared for Bedfordshire in a championship match. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E E Apthorp 6 11 3 30* 78 9.75 - - 3 14 4 - - - - - - - - C B Atkinson 5 9 1 19 69 8.62 - - 1 6 - 2 0 12 0 - - - - Brown, T A 1 2 0 14 16 8.00 - - - 1 - 9 0 36 1 36.00 1-25 - - W Brown 3 4 1 11* 23 7.66 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - J M Cavanagh 8 14 0 62 260 18.57 - 1 1 6 - - - - - - - - - J B Escombe + 1 2 0 17 25 12.50 - - - - - 2 1 1 0 - - - - Geary, F W 1 2 0 9 13 6.50 - - - - - 11 4 24 2 12.00 1-5 - - Holdstock, H F 7 10 2 36 166 20.75 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - W R Jeakings 1 1 1 4* 4 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - C K Keenan 1 2 0 5 6 3.00 - - - - - 7 2 28 0 - - - - W E King 5 8 2 119* 160 26.66 1 - 2 - - 5 1 11 0 - - - - A F Morcom 7 10 4 30 108 18.00 - - 2 9 - 195.4 44 580 17 34.11 6-73 1 1 Rev R H Moss 1 1 0 19 19 19.00 - - - 1 - 10 1 34 0 - - - - A Muckleston + 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 - - 6 3 16 0 - - - - H R Orr 7 12 0 95 358 29.83 - 2 1 3 - 67.3 9 223 6 37.16 2-26 - - B L Peel 5 8 0 109 340 42.50 1 2 - 2 - 166.1 47 407 33 12.33 7-54 1 4 D H Peel 2 3 1 11* 14 7.00 - - 1 - - 23.3 3 80 2 40.00 1-18 - - Pollitt, G 4 8 1 61* 116 16.57 - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - - A C Smith + 3 4 0 8 18 4.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H Squire + 2 3 0 45 64 21.33 - - - 2 - 5 0 21 0 - - - - F Taylor 2 4 0 5 9 2.25 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - L C R Thring 6 10 0 94 213 21.30 - 2 - 4 - 43 8 135 4 33.75 2-28 - - Wharmby, G E 8 13 1 76 313 26.08 - 2 1 7 - 404.3 107 944 68 13.88 8-67 3 7 L Williams + 1 2 0 13 17 8.50 - - - 1 - 17 4 71 1 71.00 1-35 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 204 - - - - 2 - - - 177 1 - - - - Total 88 145 17 119* 2623 20.49 2 10 20 72 4 974.2 234 2800 135 20.74 8-67 5 12 (24 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER RECORDS These 9 players made their last appearance for Bedfordshire in the Championship in 1907. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Brown, T A 1895 81 130 10 126 2335 19.45 2 11 13 69 - 14123 5777 329 17.55 8-27 7 24 J M Cavanagh 1905 10 17 0 62 280 16.47 - 1 1 6 - - - - - - - - J B Escombe 1907 1 2 0 17 25 12.50 - - - - - 12 1 0 - - - - W R Jeakings 1900 17 19 9 22 66 6.60 - - 2 18 9 6 3 0 - - - - C K Keenan 1905 4 3 0 5 7 2.33 - - - 1 - 213 132 3 44.00 2-32 - - A Muckleston 1907 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 - - 36 16 0 - - - - Pollitt, G 1900 75 122 7 175 2630 22.86 3 12 23 33 - 107 58 4 14.50 1-4 - - F Taylor 1900 29 55 9 89 678 14.73 - 2 11 16 - - - - - - - - L Williams 1907 1 2 0 13 17 8.50 - - - 1 - 102 71 1 71.00 1-35 - - (9 players)