Minor Counties Championship 1909

47 MATCH NUMBER 16 : BEDFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK – EAST DIVISION At The Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Thursday 24, [Friday 25 – no play] June 1909 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (R O Wever); Norfolk 3 (L G Mitchell, C B Smith, R W Thurgar) First day score: As match – rain prevented play on second day Bedfordshire * H R Orr c Gibson b Allsopp 53 W E King b Allsopp 33 Holdstock, H F b Gibson 4 R W Rice lbw b Gibson 2 H Squire not out 17 Keenan, N not out 3 L Clark P A Foy H Grierson + Capt H C Potter R O Wever Extras 0 Total (4 wickets) 112 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 65 86 92 92 - - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gibson 21 5 49 2 - - Smith, E W 5 1 28 0 - - Allsopp 15 2 35 2 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - Total 41 8 112 4 0 0 Norfolk Allsopp, T C Gibson, E L G Mitchell + S D Page C B Smith Smith, E W G A Stevens R F Taylor R W Thurgar T H Wharton * B K Wilson Notes: Rain-spoilt drawn match, with only 1½ hours play being possible. The weather prevented a start in this match before 3.30 pm on the first day and halted play again for 45 minutes at 4.15 pm, and then again for the day at 5.45 pm. Given heavy rain overnight, continuous rain on the Friday morning and the pitch being in a poor state, the umpires judged no further play would be possible and the match was abandoned at 11.45 am. There were 5 fours in Orr’s 53. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Bedford and County Record 29 June; Eastern Daily Press 25,26 June; Eastern Evening News 24,25 June; Norwich Mercury 30 June; Hertfordshire Express 3 July; The Sportsman 25, 26 June; Cricket 8 July, p 247.