Minor Counties Championship 1908

122 MATCH NUMBER 89 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Monday 17, Tuesday 18 August 1908 Result: Match drawn – Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (E L Wright); Bedfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 507 Hertfordshire Golding, A J c Morcom b Moss 33 White, H E c Gooding b Moss 47 A Butcher c Gooding b Orr 96 C H Titchmarsh b Orr 104 Dr A E Clarke c Rice b Orr 0 E L Wright b Orr 0 C T Rudd b Morcom 42 + R B Cowley c Peel b Morcom 14 Coleman, W E b Moss 16 * H M Harford c Sutherland b Wharmby 82 W H Marsh not out 47 Extras b 13, lb 10, w 2, nb 1 26 Total 507 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 80 91 275 275 281 312 337 373 380 507 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morcom 25 2 119 2 2 1 Wharmby 16.3 0 58 1 - - Peel 24 4 80 0 - - Moss 41 12 114 3 - - Orr 28 3 110 4 - - Extras - - 26 0 - - Total 134.3 21 507 10 2 1 Bedfordshire (Followed on) R W Rice b Marsh 22 (1) b Coleman 34 B L Peel c and b White 51 (2) c Butcher b Coleman 21 Wharmby, G E c Cowley b White 89 (3) not out 15 Holdstock, H F c Cowley b Coleman 43 (4) not out 6 N Keenan b Coleman 24 H Squire b White 14 * H R Orr b Marsh 19 Rev R H Moss lbw b White 24 H O Sutherland c Harford b Marsh 1 A F Morcom not out 0 + C J Gooding c Titchmarsh b White 2 Extras 27 b 4 4 Total 316 (2 wickets) 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 45 99 183 231 241 271 303 314 314 316 Second innings 42 61 - - - - - - - - Coleman 29 4 116 2 - - (1) 10 2 25 2 - - White 43 11 103 5 - - (2) 8 0 18 0 - - Marsh 22 7 39 3 - - (3) 4 0 19 0 - - Clarke 6 0 31 0 - - (4) 5 1 14 0 - - Extras - - 27 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 100 22 316 10 - - 27 3 80 2 0 0 Notes: This return match was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings, with Bedfordshire following on 191 runs behind. The result of the match would determine which of the teams won the East Division of the Championship and went on to play in the semi-final against Staffordshire, who were the winners of the North Division. The match between the two teams at Elstow School, Bedford in July had been won by Hertfordshire. For the home side, there were 12 fours and 5 threes in Titchmarsh’s 104. Butcher scored 96 which included 12 fours and Harford 82. In the Hertfordshire innings, Butcher and Titchmarsh added 184 runs for the third wicket, and Harford and Marsh 127 for the last wicket. For the visitors, Wharmby’s 89 contained 1 five and 8 fours and Peel’s 51 included 5 fours.. The Hertfordshire total of 507 was the third highest innings total of the season. [Missing: Umpires; in Hertfordshire innings duration of Titchmarsh’s 104 and boundaries in Harford’s 82; in Bedfordshire first innings extras breakdown.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 22 August; Herts Leader 18 August; Watford Observer 22 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 21 August; Bedfordshire Standard 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 22 August; Luton News 20 August; Sporting Life 18,19 August; The Sportsman 18,19 August; Cricket 27 August, p 378.