Minor Counties Championship 1907

44 MATCH NUMBER 12 : BEDFORDSHIRE V SUFFOLK At The Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Elstow, Kempston, Bedford on Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 June 1907 Result: Suffolk won by one wicket Points: Suffolk 5 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: G L R Hutchings and W Pate Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (A Muckleston); Suffolk: 2 (A B Barnes, F Hollings) First day score: Bedfordshire 114 and 131-4 wickets (L C R Thring 66*, G Pollitt 6*); Suffolk 172 Bedfordshire Pollitt, G b F H Mustard 0 (6) b F H Mustard 9 Wharmby, G E c D Mustard b Penfold 0 (5) b Trudgett 21 C B Atkinson c and b Penfold 6 (2) b Trudgett 19 J Cavanagh c Hollings b Penfold 39 (3) b Trudgett 4 F Taylor c Hollings b F H Mustard 4 (4) b Trudgett 0 * L C R Thring c Trudgett b Penfold 5 (1) b F H Mustard 79 + E E Apthorp c Hollings b F H Mustard 4 (7) not out 8 Holdstock, H F not out 20 (8) b Trudgett 4 A Muckleston c Catchpole b Penfold 10 (9) b Trudgett 0 C K Keenan c Catchpole b Trudgett 5 (10) b Penfold 1 Geary, F W c Penfold b Trudgett 4 (11) b Trudgett 9 Extras 17 16 Total 114 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 6 18 25 42 67 67 79 99 114 Second innings 47 66 66 114 138 149 154 154 155 170 F H Mustard 11 2 30 3 - - (1) 9 2 25 2 - - Penfold 14 4 41 5 - - (2) 19 5 50 1 - - Goldsmith 5 1 18 0 - - (4) 6 0 23 0 - - Trudgett 2.4 1 8 2 - - (3) 16.1 1 56 7 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 32.4 8 114 10 - - 50.1 8 170 10 - - Suffolk D Mustard b Geary 12 (2) b Thring 2 + Hollings, F b Wharmby 42 (1) run out 20 V J Lewis c Apthorp b Wharmby 3 (3) b Geary 21 G G S Brander b Thring 12 (4) c Wharmby b Thring 4 * F H Mustard b Wharmby 18 (5) lbw b Wharmby 21 Penfold, W c F Taylor b Wharmby 16 (6) c Cavanagh b Wharmby 5 Taylor, R J b Thring 1 (7) b Wharmby 5 A B Barnes b Wharmby 10 (8) b Wharmby 2 C Catchpole c Pollitt b Wharmby 19 (9) c substitute (L Williams) b Wharmby 14 Trudgett, F G c Atkinson b Wharmby 5 (10) not out 10 J N Goldsmith not out 14 (11) not out 2 Extras 20 8 Total 172 (9 wickets) 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 50 62 100 106 115 133 134 147 172 Second innings 5 43 45 63 74 81 82 87 104 - Wharmby 25.1 1 70 7 - - (1) 24.2 8 39 5 - - Geary 6 1 19 1 - - (4) 5 3 5 1 - - Keenan 7 2 28 0 - - Muckleston 3 2 7 0 - - (3) 3 1 9 0 - - Thring 9 1 28 2 - - (2) 20 5 53 2 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 8 1 - - Total 50.1 7 172 10 - - 52.2 17 114 9 - - Notes: Suffolk won this close match by one wicket on the second day amongst reported scenes of considerable excitement amongst the spectators present and the Suffolk team in particular. When the last batsman, Goldsmith, came to the wicket in the Suffolk second innings, 9 runs were still needed for victory. The winning runs came with a boundary bye bowled by Wharmby. ‘A wretched light and a strong wind made batting difficult at the start of the second day’. For the winners, Trudgett took 7 wi ckets for 56 runs in the Bedfordshire second innings. The debutant Hollings made Suffolk’s highest score with 42 in the first innings. For Bedfordshire, Wharmby took 12 wickets in the match for 109 runs, including 7 for 70 in the Suffolk first innings. Thring’ s 79 in the second innings was the highest score in the match. [Missing: Extras breakdown; precise time complete d; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Thring’s 79.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 21 June; Bedfordshire Standard 21 June; Bedfordshire Times 21 June; East Anglian Daily Times 20,21 June; The Sportsman 20,21 June.