Minor Counties Championship 1909

124 MATCH NUMBER 93 : LINCOLNSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The Skegness and District Cricket Club Ground, Richmond Drive, Skegness on Friday 13, Saturday 14 August 1909 Result: Lincolnshire won by four wickets Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire 3 (W A Trasenster, N WWells-Cole, J N Worman); Bedfordshire 1 (G S Leventhorpe) First day score: Bedfordshire 215; Lincolnshire 187-7 wickets (E E Riley 47*, F Geeson 4*) Bedfordshire W E King b Geeson 69 (2) b Cooke 17 B L Peel b Geeson 5 (1) b Cooke 4 Wharmby, G E c Williams b Cooke 10 (3) b Cooke 15 Holdstock, H F b Riley 42 (4) c Ward b Cooke 15 * H R Orr b Cooke 1 (5) c and b Geeson 60 + E E Apthorp c Ward b Cooke 5 (6) b Wells-Cole 13 H O Sutherland not out 29 (7) c Allen b Riley 12 G S Leventhorpe c Allen b Geeson 25 (8) c Wells-Cole b Cooke 2 A F Morcom b Geeson 2 (9) b Geeson 17 P A Foy b Cooke 2 (10) not out 2 H Grierson c Day b Geeson 10 (11) b Worman 1 Extras 15 w 2, nb 1 10 Total 215 168 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 30 215 Second innings 99 168 Cooke 19 5 64 4 - - (1) 15 0 59 5 - - Geeson 19 4 55 5 - - (2) 12 1 39 2 - - Worman 12 3 23 0 - - (5) 6.4 2 11 1 - - Riley 8 2 24 1 - - (3) 7 0 18 1 - 1 Wells-Cole 3 0 17 0 - - (4) 7 0 31 1 2 - Day 3 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 64 14 215 10 - - 47.4 3 168 10 2 1 Lincolnshire * Rev C G Ward b Morcom 34 (1) c Apthorp b Morcom 1 A S Hatt c Morcom b Orr 41 (2) c Grierson b Wharmby 19 Riley, E E b Morcom 64 (3) c Holdstock b Wharmby 16 Day, J W c Grierson b Peel 9 (4) not out 53 R E Williams b Morcom 6 (5) b Morcom 1 W A Trasenster b Morcom 0 (6) lbw b Wharmby 1 E T Cooke st Apthorp b Wharmby 36 (7) c Foy b Morcom 34 J N Worman c Apthorp b Foy 1 (8) not out 9 Geeson, F lbw b Orr 10 N WWells-Cole b Morcom 19 + Allen, G J not out 14 Extras w 1 13 w 1 5 Total 247 (6 wickets) 139 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 72 107 165 247 Second innings - - - - Morcom 30 7 82 5 - - (1) 19 6 55 3 - - Wharmby 16 3 47 1 - - (2) 19 10 30 3 - - Foy 9 4 24 1 1 - (3) 4 1 14 0 1 - Grierson 6 1 20 0 - - (4) 3 0 15 0 - - Orr 7 0 34 2 - - (5) 2 1 10 0 - - Peel 9 0 27 1 - - (6) 4 1 10 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 77 15 247 10 1 0 51 19 139 6 1 0 Notes: Lincolnshire won this return match by four wickets shortly before 6.00 pm on the second day. In their second innings the home team required 137 runs to win. For the winners, Riley scored 64 and Day 53 not out. For the losers, King’s 69 contained 1 five and 9 fours and Orr scored 60. The match between the two sides at Luton at the end of July had been drawn. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Orr’s 60; in Lincolnshire first innings boundaries in Riley’s 64; in Lincolnshire second innings boundaries in Day’s 53 not out.] Sources : Grantham Journal 21 August; Lincolnshire Free Press 17 August; Skegness Herald 13,20 August; Bedford and County Record 17 August; Bedfordshire Standard 20 August; Hertfordshire Express 21 August; North Herts Mail 19 August; The Sportsman 14,16 August; Cricket 2 September, p 384.