Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 83 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin Hill, London Road, Hitchin on Monday 25, Tuesday 26 August 1913 Result: Hertfordshire won by eight wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 112 and 37-1 wicket (S V Graham 18*, F C W Newman 10*) Bedfordshire S V Graham b Burton 13 (1) b Burton 28 Holdstock, H F c Titchmarsh b Burton 20 (5) c Burton b Shelford 19 F C W Newman b Burton 4 (3) c Titchmarsh b Shelford 10 F W H Nicholas b Shelford 12 (6) b Burton 3 W E King b Burton 10 (7) b Shelford 9 A F Durrant c Golding b Marsh 7 (4) b Burton 10 R H King c Bonsey b Marsh 2 (8) c Ward b Shelford 43 T W Saunders b Marsh 15 (10) not out 1 W Brown c Shelford b Burton 20 (2) b Burton 4 H Grierson not out 0 (9) c Ward b Marsh 14 * + E E Apthorp b Burton 0 (11) st Titchmarsh b Shelford 5 Extras 9 18 Total (all out) 112 (all out) 164 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 37 52 52 68 81 106 112 112 Second innings 11 41 52 67 71 92 93 154 158 164 Burton 22.5 6 51 6 - - (1) 24 8 74 4 - - Shelford 16 4 25 1 - - (2) 22.4 7 57 5 - - Marsh 6 0 27 3 - - (4) 2 1 2 1 - - Etheridge (3) 3 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 18 0 - - Total 44.5 10 112 10 - - 51.4 16 164 10 - - Hertfordshire S G Etheridge c Nicholas b Grierson 0 (1) c R H King b Grierson 33 Golding, A J b W E King 100 (2) c Apthorp b R H King 29 + C H Titchmarsh run out 7 (3) not out 17 E S Household run out 0 (4) not out 5 Rev F R Bonsey c Holdstock b R H King 1 * Rev C G Ward b Grierson 2 C H Tait run out 28 R C Grellet c Nicholas b Grierson 12 W H Marsh b W E King 6 Burton, F A not out 10 Shelford, W run out 2 Extras 19 9 Total (all out) 187 (2 wickets) 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 10 12 17 32 98 113 164 181 187 Second innings 54 64 - - - - - - - - Grierson 32 5 78 3 - - (1) 7 0 40 1 - - Graham 2 0 8 0 - - R H King 26 11 46 1 - - (2) 11.5 0 39 1 - - W E King 9.1 2 21 2 - - (3) 5 2 5 0 - - Durrant 3 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 19 4 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 72.1 18 187 10 - - 23.5 2 93 2 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by eight wickets at 2.50 pm on the second day. The encounter between the two sides at Luton earlier in the month had been drawn. For Hertfordshire Golding scored 100 in their first innings. It contained 12 fours and lasted three hours. According to match reports he was responsible for three of the four run outs in the Hertfordshire first innings. In the Hertfordshire first innings Golding and Burton added 51 runs for the eighth wicket. Burton took ten wickets in the match for 125 runs, including 6 for 51 in the Bedfordshire first innings and 4 for 74 in the second. For Bedfordshire R H King top-scored with 43. He scored 25 off one over from Burton (.66643). It was largely due to his innings that Hertfordshire had to bat again. With Grierson, R H King put on 61 runs for the eighth wicket in the Bedfordshire second innings. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of sixth wicket.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 30 August; Hertfordshire Express 30 August; Watford Observer 30 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 29 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 30 August; Cricket 6 September, p 599; The Sportsman 27 August. 116