Minor Counties Championship 1913

BEDFORDSHIRE 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 2, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighth out of twenty Won: v Suffolk at Bedford GS, v Buckinghamshire at Bedford TG, v Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds and v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury Lost: v Norfolk at Bedford ES, and v Hertfordshire at Hitchin Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Luton WP and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: E E Apthorp (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: E E Apthorp (8 matches) Debutants: 5 (A F Durrant, F W H Nicholas, J Ratcliff, B L Rogers and J G D Weir) Final Season: 5 (W Brown, D H Peel, T W Saunders, H Squire and J G D Weir) Hon Secretaries: R W Allen and W W Marks Assistant Secretary: H O Stockburn Professionals: 4 (H F Holdstock, F E Pestell, J Ratcliff and G E Wharmby) Home Grounds 4: Bedford Grammar School, Burnaby Road, Bedford (1 match); Bedford Town Ground, Goldington Road, Bedford – new ground (1 match); The Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Elstow, Bedford (1 match) and Luton Town Cricket Ground, Wardown Park, Luton (1 match) Notes: Under the captaincy of Edmund Apthorp Bedford had a more successful season rising 10 places up the Table. Suffolk replaced Cambridgeshire on the fixture list. The debutant Fred Nicholas was the leading batsman with 459 runs at 51.00. He was supported by Bert Holdstock and Wilfred King. Henry Grierson took most wickets – 21 at 21.95 followed by George Wharmby with 20 at 13.50. During the season George Wharmby reached the career milestone of 100 matches. BEDFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Bedfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for Bedfordshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E E Apthorp 8 14 0 45 149 10.64 - - 2 12 2 - - - - - - - - W Brown 4 7 0 26 74 10.57 - - - - - 14 3 42 1 42.00 1-42 - - A F Durrant + 5 8 2 44* 116 19.33 - - 1 - - 51 9 141 7 20.14 4-22 - - S V Graham 7 10 0 44 255 25.50 - - - 2 - 90.3 14 273 11 24.81 3-68 - - H Grierson 6 9 3 16 75 12.50 - - - 4 - 161 39 461 21 21.95 4-44 - - Holdstock, H F 8 12 1 72 299 27.18 - 3 2 15 - 4 1 17 0 - - - - R H King 3 6 1 43 99 19.80 - - 1 1 - 76.5 17 253 11 23.00 6-117 - 1 W E King 8 13 2 101 290 26.36 1 1 1 4 - 87 16 281 16 17.56 4-37 - - Dr A F Morcom 4 6 1 73 220 44.00 - 2 - 6 - 154.5 33 478 19 25.15 6-122 - 2 F C W Newman 7 12 1 54* 217 19.72 - 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - - F W H Nicholas + 7 11 2 170* 459 51.00 1 2 - 3 - - - - - - - - - B L Peel 3 5 1 27 40 10.00 - - - 1 - 53 12 184 3 61.33 1-14 - - D H Peel 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 28 4 83 3 27.66 3-46 - - Pestell, F E 1 - - - - - - - - - - 22 2 77 2 38.50 1-34 - - Ratcliff, J + 5 8 2 32 134 22.33 - - - 1 - 6 0 30 2 15.00 2-30 - - B L Rogers + 2 3 0 0 0 0.00 - - 3 2 - 4 2 10 0 - - - - T W Saunders 1 2 1 15 16 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H Squire 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - D Turnbull 2 3 1 16* 17 8.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - J G D Weir + 2 3 0 19 32 10.66 - - - 1 - 2 1 6 1 6.00 1-6 - - Wharmby, G E 3 4 0 71 88 22.00 - 1 - 2 - 113.4 23 270 20 13.50 4-37 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 152 - - - - - - - - 202 7 - - - - Total 88 138 18 170* 2738 22.81 2 11 13 61 2 867.5 176 2808 124 22.64 6-117 0 3 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER RECORDS These 5 players made their last appearance for Bedfordshire in the Championship in 1913. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W Brown 1904 14 22 4 26 173 9.61 - - 4 8 - 84 42 1 42.00 1-42 - - D H Peel 1906 9 14 5 64* 123 13.66 - 1 2 4 - 892 463 19 24.36 3-21 - - T W Saunders 1910 16 24 4 26* 153 7.65 - - 4 10 - - - - - - - - H Squire 1907 19 32 3 79 684 23.58 - 4 - 13 - 66 54 0 - - - - J G D Weir 1913 2 3 0 19 32 10.66 - - - 1 - 12 6 1 6.00 1-6 - - (5 players) 149