MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 18: BEDFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Kempston, Bedford on Thursday 11, Friday 12 July 1912 Result: Norfolk won by 80 runs Points: Norfolk 5 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: G Perkins and J P Whiteside Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Norfolk none First day score: Norfolk 297; Bedfordshire 120-4 wickets (W A G Southwell 35*, H R Orr 25*) Norfolk E J Fulcher c Apthorp b Morcom 30 (1) b Pestell 39 C J H Treglown c Apthorp b Morcom 11 (2) c Graham b Pestell 12 G A Stevens c Apthorp b Morcom 30 (3) b Pestell 50 * M Falcon c Orr b Pestell 0 (4) b Pestell 8 G W Birkbeck c Leventhorpe b Orr 118 (5) run out 6 R G Pilch c Holdstock b Orr 19 (6) c Pestell b Orr 2 W Thursby lbw b Graham 13 (7) c Apthorp b Orr 3 + R W Thurgar c Morcom b Orr 47 (8) b Orr 3 Gibson, E c Oliver b Orr 0 (9) c Graham b Pestell 4 Falconer, R c Graham b Orr 14 (10) not out 10 Watson, H not out 7 (11) lbw b Pestell 10 Extras nb 2 8 6 Total (all out) 297 (all out) 153 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 43 58 78 108 137 273 279 297 Second innings 48 50 57 70 120 120 123 136 140 153 Pestell 25 2 86 1 - - (2) 20.5 2 89 6 - - Morcom 26 4 74 3 - - (1) 12 4 35 0 - - Graham 12 2 50 1 - - Orr 15.2 4 38 5 - - (3) 9 1 23 3 - - Oliver 2 0 12 0 - - Leventhorpe 4 0 29 0 - 2 Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 6 1 - - Total 84.2 12 297 10 0 2 41.5 7 153 10 - - Bedfordshire S V Graham lbw b Falconer 14 (8) c Thurgar b Watson 1 Holdstock, H F c Fulcher b Watson 3 (10) not out 0 H Churchill b Watson 17 (3) b Gibson 2 + E E Apthorp lbw b Falconer 6 (4) c and b Falconer 50 W A G Southwell c Watson b Falconer 40 (5) c Thursby b Fulcher 4 * H R Orr b Falconer 31 (6) c Stevens b Falconer 2 N D T Oliver b Watson 12 (7) b Falcon 14 G S Leventhorpe c Fulcher b Falcon 29 (1) c Gibson b Watson 22 H O Sutherland c Thurgar b Falconer 0 (9) c and b Watson 14 Dr A F Morcom not out 55 (2) b Gibson 13 Pestell, F E c Fulcher b Birkbeck 1 (11) b Watson 0 Extras 32 nb 1 8 Total (all out) 240 (all out) 130 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 42 42 55 131 131 159 169 208 240 Second innings 18 24 61 88 104 114 129 130 130 Falcon 21 3 59 1 - - (1) 11 3 41 1 - 1 Watson 21 7 50 3 - - (3) 7 1 17 4 - - Falconer 25 3 71 5 - - (4) 8 2 14 2 - - Gibson 7 3 20 0 - - (2) 11 0 36 2 - - Birkbeck 2.3 0 8 1 - - Fulcher (5) 2 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 32 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 76.3 16 240 10 - - 39 6 130 10 0 1 Notes: Norfolk won by 80 runs on the second day, with 25 minutes to spare. For the winners, Birkbeck scored 118, and Stevens 50 which included 1 five and 5 fours. In the Norfolk first innings Birkbeck and Thurgar added 136 in 75 minutes for the seventh wicket. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Falconer took 5 wickets for 71 runs. For Bedfordshire, Morcom scored 55 not out in 25 minutes, and Apthorp 50. In the Norfolk first innings Orr took 5 wickets for 38 runs and in the second Pestell took 6 wickets for 89 runs. Nine batsmen were dismissed caught in the Norfolk first innings. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Norfolk first innings breakdown and duration of Birkbeck’s 118, and fall of third and ninth wickets; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Morcom’s 55 not out; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Apthorp’s 50 and fall of fifth wicket; precise time completed.] Sources: Leighton Buzzard Reporter 13,20 July; Eastern Daily Press12,13 July; Eastern Evening News 11,12 July; Norwich Mercury 17 July; Cricket 20 July, p 353. 49