Minor Counties Championship 1908

111 MATCH NUMBER 78 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 August 1908 Result: Match drawn - Cambridgeshire won on first innings Points: Cambridgeshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: G J Rye and J Stevens Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 230; Cambridgeshire 145-3 wickets (L J Reid 63*, H C Tebbutt 60*) Bedfordshire B L Peel b Tebbutt 4 (4) c Watts b Tebbutt 17 Holdstock, H F b Coulson 45 Wharmby, G E c and b K G Reid 23 (5) not out 83 L C R Thring run out 17 (1) c Watts b Tebbutt 0 N Keenan c Watts b Coulson 36 * H R Orr c substitute b Tebbutt 22 (2) c and b Tebbutt 15 H O Sutherland b Tebbutt 2 (6) b Coulson 29 Rev R H Moss lbw b K G Reid 37 (3) b K G Reid 45 W Brown b Tebbutt 6 A F Morcom c K G Reid b Bocock 7 + E E Apthorp not out 6 (7) not out 8 Extras nb 2 25 w 1 15 Total 230 (5 wickets declared) 212 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 75 85 98 139 165 176 187 224 230 Second innings 6 23 59 137 196 - - - - - Coulson 25 4 59 2 - - (1) 15 0 68 1 - - Swann-Mason 1 0 5 0 - - (4) 7 0 36 0 - - Tebbutt 16 1 84 4 - 2 (2) 14 0 55 3 1 - K G Reid 11 1 49 2 - - (3) 7 0 38 1 - - Bocock 4 2 8 1 - - Extras - - 25 1 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 57 8 230 10 0 2 43 0 212 5 1 0 Cambridgeshire L J Reid b Peel 78 (2) c Keenan b Peel 8 F W Bryan c Apthorp b Morcom 5 (6) c Peel b Wharmby 1 Rev R S Swann-Mason c Wharmby b Morcom 13 (1) c Apthorp b Morcom 0 F Roberson b Morcom 0 (3) c Apthorp b Morcom 11 H C Tebbutt c and b Morcom 64 (4) c Moss b Peel 1 + Watts, G H not out 47 (5) b Morcom 8 K G Reid c and b Peel 4 (7) c Apthorp b Morcom 4 A H Bristowe c Apthorp b Peel 8 (10) not out 5 O W Bocock lbw b Peel 0 (8) not out 25 Coulson, H c Holdstock b Peel 5 (9) b Wharmby 5 * C Pigg c Apthorp b Morcom 5 Extras 8 8 Total 237 (8 wickets) 76 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 51 51 151 186 200 220 220 226 237 Second innings 0 18 19 20 29 33 33 46 - - Morcom 37.4 5 92 5 - - (1) 23.3 11 39 4 - - Wharmby 29 6 59 0 - - (4) 12 8 15 2 - - Peel 21 5 55 5 - - (2) 11 5 14 2 - - Orr 3 0 10 0 - - (3 ) 1 1 0 0 - - Moss 5 1 13 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 95.4 17 237 10 - - 47.3 25 76 8 - - Notes: Drawn return match with Cambridgeshire winning on first innings. The match between the two teams at Luton at the beginning of the month had been won by Bedfordshire. For the home side, there were 4 fours in L J Reid’s 78 and 5 fours in Tebbutt’s 64. These two batsmen added 100 runs for the fourth wicket in the first innings. For the visitors, Wharmby’s 83 not out contained 4 fours. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in the Bedfordshire first innings who held substitute catch.] Sources: Cambridge Daily News 12,13,14 August; Cambridge Independent Press 14 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 14 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 14,21 August; Bedfordshire Standard 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 15 August; Luton News 20 August; Sporting Life 14 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August; Cricket 20 August, p 367.