Minor Counties Championship 1908

58 MATCH NUMBER 25 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Elstow, Bedford on Friday 10, Saturday 11 July 1908 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 12 runs Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (W J Bird); Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 185; Bedfordshire 60-6 wickets (H F Holdstock 15*) Hertfordshire A Butcher b Wharmby 8 Golding, A J b Moss 54 C H Titchmarsh c Pestell b Moss 24 White, H E c Apthorp b Moss 35 G G Dumbelton b Wharmby 4 Coleman, W E c Holdstock b Wharmby 20 M H C Doll b Moss 0 R B Cowley c Wharmby b Moss 14 * H M Harford not out 11 H W Englefield c Orr b Wharmby 6 + C D Fastnedge absent - Extras w 1 9 Total 185 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 57 126 133 133 137 167 169 185 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wharmby 34 10 69 4 - - Moss 24 4 64 5 - - Pestell 5 0 25 0 - - Bird 4 0 12 0 1 - Orr 2 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - Total 69 14 185 9 1 0 Bedfordshire (Followed on) L C R Thring c and b White 8 (6) c and b White 2 * H R Orr b Coleman 5 (3) b Englefield 45 Holdstock, H F not out 20 (1) c Titchmarsh b White 8 H Squire b White 17 (2) c Titchmarsh b White 1 Wharmby, G E b White 10 (4) c and b Englefield 15 W E King c Dumbelton b White 1 (5) b White 5 A C Smith b Coleman 0 (7) b White 1 + E E Apthorp b White 2 (8) not out 13 Rev R H Moss lbw b White 0 (9) c Harford b White 2 Pestell, F E b White 0 (10) b Coleman 6 W J Bird c Golding b White 0 (11) b White 3 Extras 4 5 Total 67 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 14 44 56 60 60 62 65 65 67 Second innings 1 16 57 70 78 78 101 106 Coleman 18 7 26 2 - - (2) 12 2 28 1 - - White 21.5 8 30 8 - - (1) 22.2 8 48 7 - - Englefield 4 1 7 0 - - (3) 11 2 25 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 43.5 16 67 10 - - 45.2 12 106 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 12 runs at 2.30 pm on the second day, after Bedfordshire followed on 118 runs behind. Showers interrupted play on the first day. For the winners, White took 15 wickets in the match for 78 runs, taking 8 for 30 in the Bedfordshire first innings and 7 for 48 in the second. It was statistically the second best match bowling performance of the season. Golding scored 54. Orr top scored for Bedfordshire with 45. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire innings boundaries in Golding’s 54, and why Fastnedge was absent; in Bedfordshire second innings fall of fifth and eighth wickets.] Sources: Bedford and County Record 14 July; Bedfordshire Mercury 17 July; Bedfordshire Standard 17 July; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 11 July; Herts Leader 14 July; Watford Observer 18 July; Sporting Life 11,13 July; The Sportsman 11,13 July; Cricket 16 July, p 278.