Minor Counties Championship 1909

194 MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1909 – COUNTY MILESTONES During the season Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Surrey Second XI reached the milestone of one hundred matches in the Championship. We provide a brief summary of their record from their first championship match to the end of the 1909 season. BEDFORDSHIRE Matches played 106, won 32, lost 33, drawn 40 Grounds used: Bedford - Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road 23 Dunstable - Dunstable Grammar School Ground 6 Leighton Buzzard - Bell Close 1 Bedford - Bedford County School Ground, Ampthill Road name changed to Elstow School in 1907 9 Luton - Luton Hoo Park 2 Bedford - Bedford Modern School Ground, Clarendon Road 4 Luton - Wardown Park 8 Total 53 Batting Highest innings - For 442-9 dec v Hertfordshire Luton WP 1906 total - Against 507 for Hertfordshire Watford 1908 Lowest innings - For 22 v Oxfordshire Oxford NC 1901 - Against 39 for Staffordshire Bedford CS 1900 Highest individual - For 175 Pollitt, G v Staffordshire Wolverhampton 1904 innings - Against 166 L Barratt for Norfolk Bedford GS 1908 Centuries scored - For 27 Most 4 by F G Brooks, B L Peel, Wharmby G E - Against 11 Highest Wicket Partnerships For 1st 186 F G Brooks and Pollitt, G Cambridgeshire Bedford GS 1901 2nd 257 B L Peel and Wharmby, G E Cambridgeshire Dunstable 1903 3rd 168 Wharmby, G E and H Squire Suffolk Woodbridge 1908 4th 184 B L Peel and H R Orr Cambridgeshire Luton WP 1907 5th 138 Wharmby, G E and H Squire Norfolk Bedford GS 1908 6th 137 H R Orr and E E Apthorp Suffolk Bedford MS 1909 7th 212 Brown, T A and Wharmby, G E Hertfordshire Bedford GS 1905 8th 97 Pollitt, G and W E King Northumberland Dunstable 1905 9th 97 Pollitt, G and Wharmby, G E Hertfordshire Hertford 1902 10th 94 W E King and A F Morcom Cambridgeshire Cambridge 1907 Against 1st 123 White, H E and Golding, A J Hertfordshire Bedford CS 1902 2nd 126 L Barratt and O H C Dunell Norfolk Bedford GS 1908 3rd 184 A Butcher and C H Titchmarsh Hertfordshire Watford 1908 4th 139 L Barratt and B Cozens-Hardy Norfolk Bedford GS 1908 5th 127 H D Stratton and W J Beddows Staffordshire Wolverhampton 1904 6th 137 Golding, A J and H J Hill Hertfordshire St Albans 1900 7th 117 G A Stevens and Stevens, G Norfolk Bedford GS 1907 8th 127 Coulson, H and B W Pigg Cambridgeshire Luton WP 1907 9th 56 R P Moorsom and Butler, J Durham Wearmouth 1904 10th 127 H M Harford and W H Marsh Hertfordshire Watford 1908 Bowling Best bowling - For 9-37 A F Morcom v Buckinghamshire Aylesbury 1906 in innings - Against 9-6 Rogers, A for Oxfordshire Banbury 1895 Five wickets - For 105 Most 33 by Wharmby, G E, 24 by Brown, T A in innings - Against 102 Best bowling - For 14-72 Brown, T A v Buckinghamshire Aylesbury 1903 in match - Against 17-73 White, H E for Hertfordshire St Albans 1909 Ten wickets - For 24 Most 8 by Wharmby, G E, 7 by Brown, T A in match - Against 24 Appearances Most appearances - 97 by H R Orr, 81 by Brown, T A, 78 by Wharmby, G E, 75 by Pollitt, G