Minor Counties Championship 1908

81 MATCH NUMBER 48 : SUFFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The Woodbridge School Ground, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge on Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 July 1908 Result: Bedfordshire won by ten wickets Points: Bedfordshire 5 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Suffolk 1 (F Waters); Bedfordshire 1 (H O Sutherland) First day score: Bedfordshire 294; Suffolk 117-7 wickets (J F Ireland 43*) Bedfordshire R W Rice c Cornell b F H Mustard 9 Holdstock, H F c Ireland b F H Mustard 4 Wharmby, G E c F T D Wilson b Ireland 118 H Squire c D Mustard b Ireland 63 * H R Orr b F T D Wilson 30 H O Sutherland not out 46 W E King b Penfold 4 A F Morcom c Cornell b F T D Wilson 1 + E E Apthorp run out 6 (1) not out 2 A C Smith c Penfold b F T D Wilson 1 Pestell, F E b F T D Wilson 5 (2) not out 0 Extras 7 0 Total 294 (no wicket) 2 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 26 194 200 253 262 263 274 282 294 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Penfold 29 4 77 1 - - (1) 1 0 2 0 - - F H Mustard 16 1 67 2 - - F T D Wilson 18.1 2 73 4 - - Waters 15 3 45 0 - - Ireland 7 2 25 2 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 85.1 12 294 10 - - 1 0 2 0 - - Suffolk (Followed on) Quaife, W c Smith b Wharmby 18 (1) c Morcom b Wharmby 5 D Mustard b Morcom 16 (6) not out 34 Capt F T D Wilson b Morcom 14 (3) b Wharmby 4 H F Fox b Morcom 0 (7) st Apthorp b Wharmby 4 J F Ireland b Morcom 73 (4) c Rice b Morcom 3 H L Wilson b Pestell 11 (5) c and b Morcom 18 * F H Mustard b Morcom 8 (2) c Pestell b Morcom 34 V J Lewis b Morcom 0 (8) b Wharmby 0 Penfold, W c Apthorp b Wharmby 1 (9) b Morcom 22 + P P Cornell not out 13 (10) run out 4 Waters, F b Morcom 0 (11) b Morcom 0 Extras 8 nb 1 5 Total 162 133 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 47 47 54 95 117 117 122 162 162 Second innings 15 29 64 74 77 77 130 133 Morcom 22 1 92 7 - - (1) 24.1 2 77 5 - 1 Wharmby 17 2 49 2 - - (2) 24 5 51 4 - - Pestell 4 0 13 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 43 3 162 10 - - 48.1 7 133 10 0 1 Notes: Bedfordshire won by ten wickets at 3.00 pm on the second day, after Suffolk followed on 132 runs behind. For the winners, Morcom took 12 wickets in the match for 169 runs, including 7 for 92 in the Suffolk first innings. Wharmby’s 118 contained 10 fours, 11 threes and 8 twos, scored in just over 2½ hours. Squire scored 63. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Wharmby and Squire put on 168 runs for the third wicket. For the losers, Ireland scored 73. Lewis was dismissed first ball in both Suffolk innings. This was the first use of this venue for a championship match. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Squire’s 63; in Suffolk first innings boundaries in Ireland’s 73; in Suffolk second innings fall of third a nd eighth wickets.] Sources: East Anglian Daily Times 30,31 July; Woodbridge Reporter 30 July; Bedfordshire Standard 7 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 1 August; Luton News 6 August; Sporting Life 30,31 July; Cricket 6 August, p 327.