Minor Counties Championship 1908

100 MATCH NUMBER 67 : NORFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Friday 7, Saturday 8 August 1908 Result: Bedfordshire won by ten wickets Points: Bedfordshire 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: F Newman and W Pate Debutants: Norfolk 1 (R H Fowler); Bedfordshire none First day score: Norfolk 91; Bedfordshire 309-6 wickets (A F Morcom 1*, N Keenan 6*) Norfolk C E Dunning c Rice b Peel 26 (2) c Morcom b Wharmby 6 O H C Dunell c Sutherland b Wharmby 5 (5) b Peel 29 G A Stevens b Wharmby 0 (3) b Morcom 18 B Cozens-Hardy b Morcom 4 (4) c Sutherland b Peel 102 T H Wharton b Morcom 4 (7) b Morcom 3 * L Barratt c Apthorp b Morcom 14 (6) b Morcom 50 M Falcon c Moss b Peel 0 (1) b Morcom 0 + R H Fowler b Peel 4 (8) c Apthorp b Morcom 1 J N Worman b Morcom 4 (9) c Apthorp b Peel 0 Gibson, E not out 20 (10) not out 33 Smith, E W run out 6 (11) c Wharmby b Orr 47 Extras 4 23 Total 91 312 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 44 44 54 58 71 91 Second innings 0 24 26 186 211 214 246 312 Morcom 21 5 51 4 - - (1) 41 4 132 5 - - Wharmby 11 7 16 2 - - (2) 12 5 56 1 - - Peel 9.1 4 20 3 - - (3) 20 4 61 3 - - Orr (4) 8.3 0 25 1 - - Moss (5) 8 2 15 0 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 23 0 - - Total 41.1 16 91 10 - - 89.3 15 312 10 - - Bedfordshire R W Rice c Worman b Gibson 57 B L Peel c Dunell b E W Smith 143 Wharmby, G E st Fowler b Wharton 56 Holdstock, H F c Fowler b E W Smith 7 * H R Orr b Gibson 21 (1) not out 11 H O Sutherland c and b E W Smith 11 A F Morcom b Worman 17 N Keenan not out 28 + E E Apthorp st Fowler b E W Smith 12 Rev R H Moss b E W Smith 12 A C Smith b E W Smith 0 (2) not out 15 Extras w 1, nb 1 13 lb 4 4 Total 377 (no wicket) 30 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 164 213 233 265 299 302 336 377 377 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Worman 33 5 116 1 - - Gibson 26 4 82 2 - - Smith, E W 32.4 6 100 6 - 1 Wharton 6 0 34 1 - - Falcon 5 0 32 0 1 - (2) 2.5 0 10 0 - - Barratt (1) 3 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 102.4 15 377 10 1 1 5.5 0 30 0 0 0 Notes: Bedfordshire won this return match by 10 wickets at 6.05 pm on the second day. When the sides met at the beginning of July at the Bedford Grammar School ground, the match had been drawn. For the winners, there 25 fours, 3 threes and 8 twos in Peel’s 143, an innings of 117 minutes. Rice’s 57 included 6 fours and Wharmby’s 56 contained 1 five and 6 fours. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Rice and Peel put on 164 runs for the first wicket in 98 minutes. For the losers, Cozens-Hardy’s 102 contained 15 fours , 2 threes and 7 twos, scored in 3½ hours. Barratt’s 50 included 1 five and 4 fours. In the Norfolk second innings, Cozens- Hardy and Barratt put on 136 runs for the fourth wicket, after Dunell retired hurt with the score at 50-3 after being badly hit on the body by a ball from Wharmby. He resumed batting at the fall of the next wicket at 186-4. In the same innings Gibson and Smith added 66 for the tenth wicket. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Norfolk first innings fall of first, second and third wickets; in Norfolk second innings fall of seventh and eighth wickets; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of eighth wicket.] Sources: Eastern Daily Press 8,10 August; Eastern Evening News 7,8 August; Norfolk Chronicle 15 August; Norwich Mercury 12 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 14 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; East Anglian Daily Times 8,10 August; Sporting Life 10 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August; Cricket 20 August, p 354.