Minor Counties Championship 1908

103 MATCH NUMBER 70 : BEDFORDSHIRE V SUFFOLK – EAST DIVISION At The Luton Town Cricket Club Ground, Wardown Park, Luton on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1908 Result: Bedfordshire won by eight wickets Points: Bedfordshire 5 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: W Hearne and J Stevens Debutants: Bedfordshire none, Suffolk none First day score: Bedfordshire 280; Suffolk 15-2 wickets (W Quaife 2*, J F Ireland 8*) Bedfordshire R W Rice c F H Mustard b Penfold 13 B L Peel c Pritchett b Bassett 46 (1) not out 34 Wharmby, G E c Penfold b F H Mustard 0 (2) c Quaife b Penfold 0 Holdstock, H F not out 110 (4) not out 13 L C R Thring c Penfold b Ireland 6 H Squire c D Mustard b Penfold 10 (3) b F H Mustard 16 H O Sutherland c F H Mustard b Penfold 2 * H R Orr c Raynor b Penfold 40 A F Morcom c Quaife b Bassett 11 + E E Apthorp b Gorell Barnes 4 Rev R H Moss b Gorell Barnes 31 Extras b 6, w 1 7 b 8, lb 3 11 Total 280 (2 wickets) 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 28 81 90 112 115 173 195 210 280 Second innings 0 46 - - - - - - - - Penfold 26 5 78 4 - - (2) 7 1 17 1 - - F H Mustard 11 0 60 1 1 - (3) 6 1 17 1 - - Bassett 19 7 37 2 - - (1) 4 1 9 0 - - Ireland 11 1 48 1 - - Gorell Barnes 10.1 1 50 2 - - (4) 3 0 15 0 - - Raynor (5) 0.5 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 77.1 14 280 10 1 0 20.5 3 74 2 0 0 Suffolk (Followed on) H Bassett b Morcom 0 (5) c and b Peel 32 Quaife, W c and b Wharmby 20 (3) c Squire b Morcom 40 E Pritchett c Morcom b Wharmby 5 (4) b Morcom 12 J F Ireland b Morcom 16 (1) c Peel b Morcom 12 S H Hill-Wood c Peel b Wharmby 9 (6) run out 10 K Raynor b Wharmby 0 (7) c Morcom b Orr 29 * F H Mustard not out 51 (2) b Morcom 0 R Gorell Barnes b Morcom 4 (9) c Morcom b Orr 8 D Mustard b Morcom 1 (10) c Apthorp b Moss 12 + A H Lang b Wharmby 13 (8) not out 55 Penfold, W c Rice b Morcom 6 (11) c and b Morcom 4 Extras 4 b 3, lb 5, nb 1 9 Total 129 223 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 5 44 54 54 54 75 81 108 129 Second innings 0 36 56 61 77 113 165 223 Morcom 19.2 1 67 5 - - (1) 22.4 2 83 5 - - Wharmby 19 4 58 5 - - (2) 9 2 28 0 - - Moss (4) 9 3 27 1 - 1 Peel (3) 10 3 44 1 - - Orr (5) 6 0 32 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 38.2 5 129 10 0 0 56.4 10 223 10 0 1 Notes: With rain threatening, Bedfordshire won this return match by eight wickets at 5.50 pm on the second day, after Suffolk followed on 151 runs behind on first innings. Bedfordshire had been set a victory target of 73 runs. The match between the two sides at Woodbridge in July had also been won by Bedfordshire. For the winners, there were 14 fours in Holdstock’s 110 not out. He was on 80 when the ninth wicket fell. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Holdstock and Orr added 58 runs for the seventh wicket, and Holdstock and Moss 70 for the tenth wicket. Morcom took 10 wickets in the match for 150 runs. For the losers, Lang scored 55 not out, and F H Mustard 51 not out. In the Suffolk second innings, Raynor and Lang put on 52 runs for the seventh wicket. On the first day, the start was delayed by half an hour as three Suffolk players had missed their train, and rain stopped play early at 5.15 pm. In the Suffolk first innings, D Mustard was bowled and the bail carried 70½ yards and was caught by a spectator. The distance was verified during the lunch interval. The first-class record of 68 yards belonged to Mold of Lancashire. A collection for Holdstock yielded £2.2s.0d. [Missing: In Bedfordshire first innings duration of Holdstock’s 110 not out; in Suffolk first innings boundaries in F H Mustard’s 51 no t out, and breakdown of extras; in Suffolk second innings boundaries in Lang’s 55 not out, and fall of eigth and ninth wickets.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 14 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; East Anglian Daily Times 11,12 August; Sporting Life 12 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August; Cricket 20 August, p 367.