MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 15: HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans on Friday 5, Saturday 6 July 1912. Result: Hertfordshire won by six wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Bedfordshire 1 (H Churchill) First day score: Hertfordshire 234; Bedfordshire 102 and 30-0 wicket (S V Graham -*, H O Sutherland -*) Hertfordshire Rev C G Ward lbw b Orr 31 ( ) b Graham 0 Golding, A J b Wharmby 69 ( ) run out 2 E S Household c Graham b Orr 2 ( ) not out 23 C H Titchmarsh c and b Leventhorpe 41 ( ) b Graham 9 Rev F R Bonsey c Graham b Orr 31 ( ) c Leventhorpe b Graham 0 J O Anderson b Wharmby 17 ( ) not out 8 Coleman, W E c Leventhorpe b Orr 10 + E H Cuthbertson not out 19 * W H Marsh c Graham b Wharmby 2 Burton, F A lbw b Graham 1 Shelford, W b Wharmby 1 Extras 10 2 Total (all out) 234 (4 wickets) 44 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 234 Second innings - - - - - - Leventhorpe 7 0 30 1 - - Oliver 5 1 15 0 - - Wharmby 25.2 7 59 4 - - Graham 19 4 55 1 - - (1) 11 4 14 3 - - Orr 13 0 65 4 - - (2) 10.5 3 28 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 69.2 12 234 10 - - 21.5 7 44 4 - - Bedfordshire (Followed on) C B Atkinson b Coleman 7 ( ) b Coleman 1 N D T Oliver b Burton 7 ( ) c Cuthbertson b Coleman 1 H Squire b Coleman 20 ( ) c Anderson b Coleman 16 Wharmby, G E c Bonsey b Coleman 13 ( ) not out 22 H Churchill c Cuthbertson b Coleman 0 ( ) c Anderson b Marsh 29 * H R Orr c Cuthbertson b Coleman 4 ( ) c Marsh b Coleman 49 W A G Southwell b Coleman 0 ( ) c Cuthbertson b Coleman 1 S V Graham b Burton 15 (1) b Burton 10 G S Leventhorpe b Burton 20 ( ) b Burton 4 H O Sutherland not out 10 (2) c Shelford b Burton 29 + W R Jeakings c Bonsey b Coleman 6 ( ) c Bonsey b Coleman 4 Extras 0 9 Total (all out) 102 (all out) 175 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 30 30 40 40 102 Second innings 175 Coleman 24 8 50 7 - - (1) 28 7 77 6 - - Shelford 4 0 14 0 - - (3) 7 1 21 0 - - Burton 19 7 38 3 - - (2) 24 7 54 3 - - Marsh (4) 5.2 0 9 1 - - Bonsey (5) 1 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 47 15 102 10 0 0 65.2 15 175 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by 6 wickets on the second day after Bedfordshire followed on 132 runs behind on first innings. The match between the two sides at Bedford Modern School in June had also been won by Hertfordshire. For the winners, Coleman with his fast deliveries took 13 wickets in the match for 127 runs, with 7 wickets for 50 runs in the Bedfordshire first innings and 6 wickets for 77 runs in the second. There were 8 fours in Golding’s 69. For Bedfordshire Orr top-scored with 49. Wharmby received a nasty knock on his right hand in the Hertfordshire first innings which interfered with his batting and prevented him from bowling in the Hertfordshire second innings. In press reports, the fielding of Graham, Leventhorpe and Atkinson was highly commended. [Missing: Umpires; close of play batsmen scores; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire second innings batting order; in Bedfordshire second innings part batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 13 July; Watford Observer 13 July; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 13 July; Cricket 13 July p 333. 46