Minor Counties Championship 1909

41 MATCH NUMBER 10 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Elstow, Bedford on Friday 18, Saturday 19 June 1909 Result: Match drawn - Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire 4 (L Clark, P A Foy, H Grierson, H Willett); Hertfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 302; Hertfordshire 80-3 wickets (A J Golding 29*, M H C Doll 0*) Bedfordshire Holdstock, H F c Golding b Marsh 113 (6) not out 50 Keenan, N b White 23 (4) c Coleman b Marsh 0 H Squire b White 7 (2) b Marsh 13 H Willett b White 7 (5) b Marsh 5 * H R Orr c Wright b White 8 W E King c Doll b White 25 (1) c Marsh b Wright 89 Rev R H Moss lbw b White 6 + E E Apthorp not out 69 (7) b Golding 2 P A Foy c Titchmarsh b White 0 (3) c Golding b Coleman 1 L Clark c Doll b White 22 H Grierson b Golding 2 Extras 20 12 Total 302 (6 wickets) 172 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 82 102 126 175 206 206 298 302 Second innings 48 49 57 65 165 172 - - - - Coleman 32 8 64 0 - - (1) 8 5 52 1 - - White 40 7 128 8 - - Doll 13 2 39 0 - - Marsh 15 5 36 1 - - (3) 9 0 34 3 - - Golding 4 1 15 1 - - (2) 8.4 1 36 1 - - Wright (4) 3 0 16 1 - - J N Cowley (5) 4 1 22 0 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 104 23 302 10 - - 32.4 2 172 6 - - Hertfordshire A Butcher b Grierson 4 Golding, A J lbw b Clark 64 C H Titchmarsh b Foy 9 J N Cowley b King 18 M H C Doll st Apthorp b Orr 9 + R B Cowley c King b Orr 2 White, H E not out 103 E L Wright run out 21 Coleman, W E c King b Grierson 36 * H M Harford b Grierson 3 W H Marsh b Clark 8 Extras w 2, nb 2 32 Total 309 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 39 74 94 166 169 207 290 297 309 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Grierson 29 6 82 3 1 - Foy 24 6 58 1 1 - Moss 7 3 12 0 - 2 Orr 14 3 43 2 - - Clark 18.2 1 51 2 - - King 9 2 31 1 - - Extras - - 32 1 - - Total 101.2 21 309 10 2 2 Notes: Match drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. For Hertfordshire, there were 4 fours in White’s 103. He also took 8 wickets for 128 runs in the Bedfordshire first innings. Golding scored 64. In the Hertfordshire innings, White and Coleman added 83 for the eighth wicket. For Bedfordshire, there were 6 fours in Holdstock’s 113, an innings of 3 hours. He also scored 50 not out in the second innings. King scored 89 and Apthorp 69 not out which contained 10 fours. In the Bedfordshire second innings King and Holdstock added exactly 100 runs for the fifth wicket. In their first innings, Apthorp and Clark put on 92 runs for the ninth wicket. Wharmby split a finger while practicing in the nets before the match and had to withdraw, his place being taken by Clark. [Missing: Uumpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in King’s 89 and Holdstock’s 50 not out; in Hertfordshire innings boundaries in Goldi ng’s 64.] Sources: Bedford and County Record 22 June; Bedfordshire Standard 25 June; Hertfordshire Leader 22 June; Watford Observer 26 June; The Sportsman 19,21 June; Cricket 1 July, p 240.