MInor Counties Championship 1912

BEDFORDSHIRE 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 5, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighteenth out of twenty Won: v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Lost: v Hertfordshire at Bedford MS, v Hertfordshire at St Albans, v Norfolk at Bedford ES, v Buckinghamshire at Bedford GS and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley and v Cambridgeshire at Luton WP Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: H R Orr (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: E E Apthorp (3 matches), Capt H C Potter (3 matches) and W R Jeakings (2 matches) Debutants: 8 (H Churchill, W R Jeakings, R H King, R C F Nailer, F C W Newman, D F Roberts, W A G Southwell and D Turnbull) Final Season: 11 (C B Atkinson, F W Barnwell, H V Baumgartner, H Churchill, W R Jeakings, R C F Nailer, N D T Oliver, Capt H C Potter, D F Roberts, W A G Southwell and L C R Thring) Hon Secretaries: R W Allen and W W Marks Assistant Secretary: H O Stockburn Professionals: 3 (H F Holdstock, F E Pestell and G E Wharmby) Home Grounds 4: Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford (1 match); Bedford Modern School Ground, Clarendon Road, Bedford (1 match), The Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Elstow, Bedford (1 match) and Luton Town Cricket Club Ground, Wardown Park, Luton (1 match) Notes: Bedfordshire did not have a very successful season finishing near the bottom of the Table. Buckinghamshire replaced Suffolk in the fixture list. The captain, Herbie Orr, scored the most runs with 312 at 20.80 and took the most wickets with 28 at 21.14. Bert Holdstock and Wilfred Southwell were the only other batsmen to exceed 200 runs. Vivian Graham and Alfred Morcom supported the bowling of Herbie Orr with 25 wickets at 17.24 and 22 at 20.31 respectively. The batting and bowling of George Wharmby was not as effective as in 1911. During the season Bert Holdstock reached the career milestone of 2000 runs. BEDFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Bedfordshire during the season. Name in bold denotes that 1912 was the last or only season that these 11 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 5 9 1 50 121 15.12 - 1 2 11 1 - - - - - - - - C B Atkinson 1 2 0 7 8 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F W Barnwell 2 3 2 3 5 5.00 - - - - - 13 1 58 1 58.00 1-33 - - H V Baumgartner 1 1 0 19 19 19.00 - - - - - 19 5 52 1 52.00 1-52 - - W Brown 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H Churchill + 3 6 1 29 59 11.80 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - S V Graham 7 12 2 47 140 14.00 - - 1 7 - 160.2 41 431 25 17.24 5-33 - 2 H Grierson 1 1 0 30 30 30.00 - - - - - 4 1 20 0 - - - - Holdstock, H F 7 12 1 66 284 25.81 - 1 - 5 - 6 1 30 0 - - - - W R Jeakings + 2 4 1 14* 28 9.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R H King + 3 4 1 25 39 13.00 - - - 1 - 24 4 74 0 - - - - G S Leventhorpe 2 4 0 29 75 18.75 - - - 4 - 11 0 59 1 59.00 1-30 - - Dr A F Morcom 5 8 1 55* 167 23.85 - 1 1 2 - 163.1 34 447 22 20.31 6-53 - 1 R C F Nailer + 1 2 0 31 33 16.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - F C W Newman + 6 10 1 53* 109 12.11 - 1 3 1 - - - - - - - - - N D T Oliver 3 6 0 35 83 13.83 - - - 2 - 7 1 27 0 - - - - H R Orr 8 16 1 60 312 20.80 - 2 1 2 - 148.1 21 592 28 21.14 5-38 - 2 D H Peel 1 2 2 64* 71 - - 1 - 2 - 3 0 14 0 - - - - Pestell, F E 4 7 1 18 32 5.33 - - 2 3 - 117.5 15 521 14 37.21 6-89 - 2 Capt H C Potter 4 6 1 51* 117 23.40 - 1 1 5 1 - - - - - - - - D F Roberts + 1 2 0 8 9 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T W Saunders 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W A G Southwell + 6 12 1 67 249 22.63 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H Squire 2 4 0 20 68 17.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - H O Sutherland 4 8 1 34 122 17.42 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - L C R Thring 1 2 0 4 6 3.00 - - - - - 7 1 46 0 - - - - D Turnbull + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Wharmby, G E 5 9 1 47 118 14.75 - - 1 3 - 133.2 39 299 13 23.00 4-59 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 156 - - - - 1 - - - 117 6 - - - - Total 88 157 19 67 2473 17.92 0 9 18 55 2 816.5 164 2787 111 25.10 6-53 0 7 (28 players) (6 ball overs) 140