Minor Counties Championship 1907

66 MATCH NUMBER 34 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans on Monday 15, Tuesday 16 July 1907 Result: Hertfordshire won by 195 runs Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: F Rudd and G J Rye Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (A F Leighton); Bedfordshire 2 (J B Escombe, L Williams) First day score: Hertfordshire 175; Bedfordshire 149 Hertfordshire A Butcher b Williams 26 (1) b Wharmby 17 Golding, A J c Apthorp b Wharmby 21 C H Titchmarsh c Apthorp b Wharmby 52 (3) lbw b Wharmby 15 White, H E c Apthorp b Peel 21 (2) c Apthorp b Morcom 61 G G Dumbelton c Williams b Wharmby 29 (4) c and b Orr 54 Dr A E Clarke b Wharmby 1 (5) not out 75 A F Leighton c Apthorp b Wharmby 0 (6) b Wharmby 2 Coleman, W E b Morcom 1 (7) c Morcom b Orr 3 * H M Harford not out 19 (8) b Brown 9 + C D Fastnedge c Brown b Wharmby 0 (9) not out 29 Shelford, W b Wharmby 2 Extras lb 3 3 24 Total 175 (7 wickets declared) 289 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 47 53 125 175 Second innings 76 181 227 - - - Wharmby 26.1 10 46 7 - - (1) 41 11 96 3 - - Morcom 17 4 54 1 - - (2) 12 3 34 1 - - Williams 7 2 35 1 - - (6) 10 2 36 0 - - Brown 2 0 11 0 - - (5) 7 0 25 1 - - Peel 7 2 18 1 - - (4) 8 0 26 0 - - Orr 7 2 8 0 - - (7) 21 2 47 2 - - Escombe (3) 2 1 1 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 24 0 - - Total 66.1 20 175 10 0 0 101 19 289 7 - - Bedfordshire J Cavanagh b Coleman 13 (3) b Coleman 15 Pollitt, G c Golding b Coleman 5 (2) c White b Coleman 0 J B Escombe b White 8 (6) b Shelford 17 * H R Orr c substitute b White 36 (1) b White 14 Wharmby, G E c Fastnedge b Shelford 16 (7) b White 3 Brown, T A c Fastnedge b White 2 (5) b Coleman 14 F Taylor b Shelford 0 (4) b Coleman 5 A F Morcom c Fastnedge b White 23 (8) c Leighton b Shelford 8 + E E Apthorp b Shelford 13 (9) not out 30 D H Peel not out 11 (10) b Coleman 3 L Williams b Clarke 13 (11) b Coleman 4 Extras 9 7 Total 149 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 21 84 84 84 111 123 149 Second innings 1 29 29 44 49 56 80 83 88 120 Coleman 22 7 52 2 - - (1) 21.1 4 47 6 - - White 29 11 52 4 - - (2) 15 6 32 2 - - Shelford 14 6 33 3 - - (3) 6 0 34 2 - - Clarke 1.3 0 3 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 66.3 24 149 10 - - 42.1 10 120 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won by 195 runs at 6.15 pm on the second day. The Hertfordshire declaration set Bedfordshire a victory target of 316 runs in 2½ hours. For the winners, Clarke scored 75 not out, White 61, Dumbelton 54 and Titchmarsh 52. In the Hertfordshire second innings Clarke and Fastnedge added an undefeated 62 runs for the eighth wicket. For the losers, Wharmby took 10 wickets in the match for 142 runs, including 7 for 46 in the Hertfordshire first innings. The 67.1 overs he bowled were the most in a match during the season. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Golding fielded a hit by Cavanagh in the slips that lacerated his thumb and he took no further part in the match. For his bowling performance in the Bedfordshire second innings, Coleman is reported as having gained talent money. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in Titchmarsh’s 52; in Bedfordshire first innings who held substitute catch; in Hertforshire second innings boundaries in White’s 61, Dumbelton’s 54 and Clarke’s 75 not out.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 20 July; Hertfordshire Standard 19 July; West Herts and Watford Observer 20 July; Bedfordshire Mercury 19 July; Bedfordshire Standard 19 July; Bedfordshire Times 19 July; The Sportsman 16,17 July.