MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 11: BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Bedford Modern School Ground, Clarendon Road, Bedford on Thursday 27, Friday 28 June 1912 Result: Hertfordshire won by eight wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: G A Burton and J P Whiteside Debutants: Bedfordshire 4 (W R Jeakings, F C W Newman, W A G Southwell, D Turnbull); Hertfordshire 2 (N J Cox, Rev C G Ward) First day score: Hertfordshire 379; Bedfordshire 135-6 wickets (H R Orr 26*, W A G Southwell 17*) Hertfordshire Rev C G Ward c Orr b Wharmby 15 (1) b Wharmby 11 Golding, A J b Pestell 12 (2) c Squire b Pestell 0 C H Titchmarsh run out 91 (4) not out 13 E S Household c Holdstock b Pestell 80 (3) not out 8 A K Gibson b Pestell 0 J O Anderson c Turnbull b Pestell 24 * W H Marsh c Pestell b Orr 91 N J Cox b Pestell 29 Burton, F A b Pestell 5 Shelford, W c Oliver b Orr 13 + H M Lemoine not out 0 Extras 19 2 Total (all out) 379 (2 wickets) 34 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 28 32 190 194 225 246 310 360 379 Second innings - - - - - - - - Wharmby 30 4 84 1 - - (2) 5.3 2 16 1 - - Pestell 41 8 179 6 - - (1) 6 2 16 1 - - Orr 15.4 3 67 2 - - Holdstock 6 1 30 0 - - Extras - - 19 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 92.4 16 379 10 - - 11.3 4 34 2 - - Bedfordshire (Followed on) Wharmby, G E b Shelford 4 ( ) b Burton 12 Holdstock, H F c Ward b Shelford 39 ( ) b Burton 66 F C W Newman c Lemoine b Burton 10 ( ) b Burton 0 H Squire c Household b Shelford 16 ( ) b Gibson 16 N D T Oliver c Marsh b Burton 14 ( ) c and b Shelford 35 H O Sutherland b Burton 9 ( ) c Titchmarsh b Shelford 13 * H R Orr st Lemoine b Shelford 51 ( ) c Household b Shelford 12 W A G Southwell c and b Shelford 23 ( ) c Household b Cox 30 D Turnbull b Burton 0 ( ) c Shelford b Burton 3 Pestell, F E not out 2 ( ) b Shelford 18 + W R Jeakings run out 4 ( ) not out 14 Extras 1 18 Total (all out) 173 (all out) 237 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 33 66 83 83 99 173 Second innings 237 Shelford 25 7 63 5 - - (1) 25.1 7 72 4 - - Burton 25 3 90 4 - - (2) 23 6 70 4 - - Cox 2 0 8 0 - - (3) 8 1 41 1 - - Marsh 2 0 11 0 - - (5) 5 2 17 0 - - Gibson (4) 5 0 19 1 - - Extras - - 1 1 - - - - 18 0 - - Total 54 10 173 10 - - 66.1 16 237 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this match by eight wickets on the second day after Bedfordshire followed on 206 runs behind on first innings. For the winners there were 13 fours in Titchmarsh’s 91, 14 fours in Marsh’s 91 and 6 fours in Household’s 80. Shelford took 5 wickets for 63 runs in the Bedfordshire first innings. In the Hertfordshire first innings, Titchmarsh and Golding put on 158 runs for the second wicket, and Marsh and Shelford 50 runs for the ninth wicket. For the losers, Holdstock scored 66 and Orr 51. In the Hertfordshire first innings Pestell took 6 wickets for 179 runs. [Press reports indicate that Bedfordshire fielded a weakened team without E E Apthorp, S V Graham, H Grierson, G S Leventhorpe and Dr A F Morcom.] [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Orr’s 51; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Holdstock’s 66, and batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 6 July; Watford Observer 6 July; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 29 June; Cricket 6 July, p 312. 42