Minor Counties Championship 1909

70 MATCH NUMBER 39 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The St Albans Cricket Club Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans on Friday 16, Saturday 17 July 1909 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 50 runs Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Bedfordshire 1 (Dr R Mc Linnell) First day score: Bedfordshire 58; Hertfordshire 50-3 wickets (A J Golding 7*, H E White 1*) Bedfordshire * H R Orr b Coleman 13 ( ) b White 1 W E King b White 1 ( ) c R B Cowley b White 23 Wharmby, G E b White 0 ( ) b White 6 H Willett b Coleman 7 ( ) b White 0 Holdstock, H F hit wicket b White 7 ( ) b Coleman 2 + Capt H C Potter b White 7 ( ) b White 2 Keenan, N b White 1 ( ) b White 13 F W Potter b White 0 ( ) c Golding b White 9 Dr R Mc Linnell c Golding b White 5 ( ) c and b White 0 L Clark c Titchmarsh b White 6 ( ) not out 4 W J Bird not out 7 ( ) b White 5 Extras 4 15 Total 58 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 58 Second innings 80 White 14.4 4 35 8 - - (1) 17.2 2 38 9 - - Coleman 14 8 19 2 - - (2) 17 5 27 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 28.4 12 58 10 - - 34.2 7 80 10 - - Hertfordshire J N Cowley b Clark 3 Golding, A J c H C Potter b Orr 14 H P L Gaussen c H C Potter b Orr 30 C H Titchmarsh c Willett b Orr 0 White, H E c Bird b Orr 7 + E H Cuthbertson b Wharmby 0 R B Cowley b Linnell 50 Coleman, W E b King 42 E L Wright st H C Potter b Linnell 10 * H M Harford st H C Potter b Linnell 24 W H Marsh not out 0 Extras 8 Total 188 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 64 139 188 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wharmby 21 7 41 1 - - Clark 10 2 39 1 - - Orr 14 2 51 4 - - Linnell 4 1 16 3 - - Holdstock 3 0 12 0 - - King 5 0 21 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 57 12 188 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by an innings and 50 runs on the second day. The match between the two sides at Bedford in June had been drawn. Rain delayed the start on the first day until 3.30 pm. For the winners White and Coleman bowled unchanged through both Bedfordshire innings. White took 17 wickets in the match for 73 runs, with 8 for 35 in the first innings and 9 for 39 in the second. It was a new Championship record and was statistically the best match bowling performance of the season, and his 9 wickets for 38 runs was the second best innings bowling achievement. Coleman took 3 wickets for 46 runs. R B Cowley scored 50. In the Hertfordshire innings, R B Cowley and Coleman added 75 runs for the seventh wicket. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire innings boundaries in R B Cowley’s 50; in Bedfordshire second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Hertfordshire Leader 20 July; Watford Observer 24 July; Bedford and County Record 20 July; Bedfordshire Standard 23 July; The Sportsman 17,19 July; Cricket 5 August p 310 and 320.