Minor Counties Championship 1907

61 MATCH NUMBER 29 : BEDFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Monday 8, Tuesday 9 July 1907 Result: Match drawn – Norfolk won on first innings Points: Norfolk 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: C E Brown and B W Mason Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (H Squire); Norfolk 1 (G Stevens) First day score: Bedfordshire 257; Norfolk 184-6 wickets (G A Stevens 78*, G Stevens 3*) Bedfordshire C B Atkinson b Smith 7 (3) b Smith 3 Pollitt, G b Hoare 28 (2) not out 61 J Cavanagh lbw b Hoare 62 (4) lbw b Smith 7 Wharmby, G E c Hoare b Smith 76 * H R Orr c Charles b Smith 18 (1) run out 17 H Squire b Hoare 5 (5) c Charles b Hoare 45 A F Morcom c Ireland b Hoare 7 Rev R H Moss b Smith 19 + E E Apthorp run out 4 Holdstock, H F not out 6 D H Peel c Charles b Hoare 0 Extras 25 nb 2 11 Total 257 (4 wickets) 144 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 48 159 192 203 219 246 247 253 257 Second innings 31 38 49 144 - - - - - - Smith 24 4 58 4 - - (2) 14 2 36 2 - 2 Gibson 9 1 25 0 - - (4) 4 0 13 0 - - Stevens, G 6 0 31 0 - - (6) 4 1 12 0 - - Hoare 19.3 2 70 5 - - (1) 5.2 1 19 1 - - Ireland 10 1 30 0 - - (3) 8 4 16 0 - - Starling 4 0 18 0 - - (5) 6 0 35 0 - - Barratt (7) 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 25 1 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 72.3 8 257 10 - - 42.2 8 144 4 - 2 Norfolk B K Wilson c Apthorp b Wharmby 20 * L Barratt c Atkinson b Wharmby 24 O H C Dunell b Wharmby 12 G A Stevens c Pollitt b Orr 134 Rev A R Hoare c Moss b Wharmby 41 M W Ireland b Morcom 2 G Starling c Atkinson b Wharmby 3 Stevens, G st Apthorp b Orr 58 + Lt Col S F Charles c Squire b Wharmby 2 Gibson, E not out 25 Smith, E W c Squire b Peel 43 Extras 5 Total 369 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 49 68 163 166 179 296 299 303 369 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wharmby 49 9 126 6 - - Morcom 31 8 78 1 - - Orr 17 0 69 2 - - Peel 8.3 1 36 1 - - Moss 10 1 34 0 - - Squire 5 0 21 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 120.3 19 369 10 - - Notes: This match was drawn with Norfolk winning on first innings. There were several rain interruptions on the second day, and heavy rain stopped play again at 4.05 pm and caused the match to be abandoned. For the visitors, there were 13 fours, 8 threes and 8 twos in G A Stevens’s 134, an innings of 3¼ hours. G Stevens’s 5 8 included 1 four. G A Stevens and G Stevens added 117 for the seventh wicket in 90 minutes, and Gibson and Smith 66 for the last wicket. For the home team, Wharmby scored 76, which contained 7 fours, Cavanagh 62 and Pollitt 61 not out. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Cavanagh and Wharmby added 111 for the third wicket in 70 minutes. The 49 overs bowled by Wharmby were the most during an innings all season. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in the Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Cavanagh’s 62; in the Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Pollitt’s 61 not out.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 12 July; Bedfordshire Standard 12 July; Bedfordshire Times 12 July; Eastern Daily Press 9,10,15 July; Eastern Evening News 8,9 July; Norwich Mercury 13 July; The Sportsman 9,10 July.