Minor Counties Championship 1909

165 BEDFORDSHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 2, tied 1, drawn 5 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Third out of six in East Division Won: v Cambridgeshire at Luton and v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Lost: v Hertfordshire at St Albans and v Lincolnshire at Skegness Tied: v Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds Drawn – won on first innings: v Suffolk at Bedford MS and v Lincolnshire at Luton Drawn – lost on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Bedford ES and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Norfolk at Bedford GS Captain: H R Orr (10 matches) Wicket-keepers: E E Apthorp (8 matches), and H C Potter (2 matches) Debutants: 7 (L Clark, P A Foy, H Grierson, G S Leventhorpe, R Mc Linnell, R O Weaver and H Willett) Final season: 8 (W J Bird, A E Holmes-Brown, N Keenan, B Maclear, R H Moss, F W Potter, R W Rice and R O Wever) Joint Hon Secretaries: R W Allen and WW Marks Assistant Secretary: A D Piper Professionals: 3 (H F Holdstock, N Keenan and G E Wharmby) Home grounds 4: Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Elstow, Bedford (1 match); The Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford (1 match); The Modern School Ground, Clarendon Road, Bedford (1 match) and Luton Town Cricket Club Ground, Wardown Park, Luton (2 matches) Notes: With two matches won and one match tied as opposed to four matches won in 1908 Bedfordshire finished in third place in the East Division. The fixture list was extended by the addition of Lincolnshire. W E King had a successful season with the bat scoring 475 runs at 27.94 as did Herbie Orr with 464 runs at 30.93. Alfred Morcom and George Wharmby were the mainstay of the bowling with 40 wickets at 15.70 and 34 at 13.79 respectively. George Wharmby did not bat so well as in 1908 but still scored 285 runs at 23.75. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Bert Holdstock and W E King, one hundred wickets by Herbie Orr and E E Apthorp one hundred dismissals. BEDFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Bedfordshire during the season. Name in bold denotes that 1909 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Bedfordshire in a championship match. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E E Apthorp 8 13 1 69* 273 22.75 - 1 1 16 4 - - - - - - - - W J Bird 1 2 1 7* 12 12.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - L Clark + 4 5 1 22 41 10.25 - - - 2 - 52.2 7 151 4 37.75 2-51 - - P A Foy + 7 10 1 11 38 4.22 - - 1 1 - 86 20 235 12 19.58 4-35 - - H Grierson + 9 11 2 35 91 10.11 - - 3 5 - 131.4 33 328 16 20.50 4-34 - - Holdstock, H F 10 16 2 113 318 22.71 1 1 2 9 - 5 0 21 1 21.00 1-9 - - A E Holmes-Brown 1 1 1 16* 16 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Keenan, N 4 7 1 23 51 8.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W E King 10 17 0 89 475 27.94 - 4 1 6 - 14 2 52 2 26.00 1-21 - - G S Leventhorpe + 2 4 1 29 78 26.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr R Mc Linnell + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 4 1 16 3 5.33 3-16 - - B Maclear 2 2 0 12 13 6.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A F Morcom 6 9 3 28 102 17.00 - - - 5 - 216.4 47 628 40 15.70 5-37 1 4 Rev R H Moss 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - 7 3 12 0 - - - - H R Orr 10 15 0 136 464 30.93 1 2 - - - 75.1 11 335 20 16.75 4-42 - - B L Peel 5 8 0 84 255 31.87 - 2 - 1 - 38 5 95 4 23.75 2-19 - - F W Potter 1 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Capt H C Potter 2 2 0 7 9 4.50 - - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - R W Rice 3 4 1 30 39 13.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - H Squire 2 3 1 17* 37 18.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H O Sutherland 6 10 1 29* 144 16.00 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - R O Wever + 2 2 1 6* 8 8.00 - - - - - 2 0 8 0 - - - - Wharmby, G E 8 14 2 87* 285 23.75 - 2 2 2 - 230.4 73 469 34 13.79 5-24 - 3 H Willett + 5 9 1 61 115 14.37 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 200 - - - - 1 - - - 171 3 - - - - Total 110 169 21 136 3084 20.83 2 13 14 63 6 862.3 202 2521 139 18.13 5-24 1 7 (24 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER RECORDS These 8 players made their last appearance for Bedfordshire in the Championship in 1909. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W J Bird 1908 2 4 1 7* 15 5.00 - - 1 1 - 24 12 0 - - - - A E Holmes-Brown 1903 5 8 3 48 113 22.60 - - 1 2 - 12 3 0 - - - - Keenan, N 1908 8 12 3 36 178 19.77 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - B Maclear 1900 5 8 0 39 85 10.62 - - 1 3 - 126 104 1 104.00 1-67 - - Rev R H Moss 1901 48 65 4 59 810 13.27 - 2 15 31 - 4721 1812 87 20.82 7-31 - 5 F W Potter 1895 7 13 4 33* 85 9.44 - - 2 4 - 171 55 4 13.75 2-18 - - R W Rice 1904 33 42 3 122*1148 29.43 1 9 1 34 - 6 1 0 - - - - R O Wever 1909 2 2 1 6* 8 8.00 - - - - - 12 8 0 - - - - (8 players)