Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 39 : BEDFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The Bedford Town Ground, Goldington Road, Bedford on Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 July 1913 Result: Bedfordshire won by six wickets Points: Bedfordshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: J P Whiteside and S Wrigley Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (W G W Garforth); Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 255; Buckinghamshire 126 and 97-4 wickets (M W Wright 10*, W E Hazelton 20*) Bedfordshire Holdstock, H F c Hazelton b Fairbairn 0 W E King lbw b Osborne 15 (6) not out 4 Wharmby, G E c Fairbairn b Hazelton 71 F W H Nicholas c Osborne b Hazelton 27 (4) not out 1 D Turnbull c Sewell b Hazelton 0 F C W Newman lbw b Hazelton 50 (5) b Hazelton 0 J G D Weir b Hazelton 9 (2) b Fairbairn 4 * + E E Apthorp c substitute (H Baker) b Fairbairn 8 (3) b Hazelton 5 S V Graham c Fairbairn b Hazelton 35 A F Durrant c and b Sewell 14 R H King not out 5 (1) b Hazelton 0 Extras 21 0 Total (all out) 255 (4 wickets) 14 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 156 220 255 Second innings - - - - - - Fairbairn 18 5 64 2 - - (1) 2 1 6 1 - - Hazelton 28.3 6 85 6 - - (2) 2 0 8 3 - - Osborne 5 1 26 1 - - Wright 5 0 29 0 - - Sewell 7 0 30 1 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 63.3 12 255 10 - - 4 1 14 4 0 0 Buckinghamshire (Followed on) * E H D Sewell c Apthorp b W E King 9 (1) c Wharmby b Durrant 12 P W Le Gros c Newman b Wharmby 34 (2) b Durrant 0 W G W Garforth b Wharmby 10 (3) b W E King 24 + W B Franklin b Wharmby 12 (4) c and b W E King 19 W E Hazelton c Turnbull b Wharmby 22 (6) b W E King 27 D R Osborne c Turnbull b Durrant 13 (7) b Wharmby 6 C W Lister lbw b Durrant 4 (8) c Holdstock b Wharmby 0 S G Fairbairn lbw b Durrant 6 (9) not out 9 B H G Shaw b Durrant 0 (10) c Holdstock b W E King 1 M W Wright not out 1 (5) c Holdstock b Wharmby 27 W Adams absent injured H Baker (11) c Newman b Wharmby 3 Extras 15 13 Total (all out) 126 (all out) 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 126 - Second innings 141 Wharmby 17.1 1 42 4 - - (1) 18.3 3 37 4 - - W E King 5 1 23 1 - - (4) 14 1 37 4 - - Graham 3 0 24 0 - - (3) 10 4 20 0 - - Durrant 9 2 22 4 - - (2) 14 3 34 2 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 34.1 4 126 9 - - 56.3 11 141 10 - - Notes: This was the first championship match played on the Goldington Road ground which was well known for its high scoring because of the short boundaries. Bedfordshire won by six wickets before lunch on the second day but not before 4 wickets fell in their second innings when only 13 runs were required to win. For the winners there were 12 fours in Wharmby’s 71 and 6 in Newman’s 50. In the Bedfordshire first innings Newman and Graham put on 64 runs for the seventh wicket. For the visitors Hazelton took 6 wickets in the Bedfordshire first innings for 85 runs. On the first day early in the Bedfordshire first innings W Adams was hurt while fielding and H Baker acting as his substitute caught Apthorp. Subsequently Apthorp agreed that H Baker could replace Adams and bat in the Buckinghamshire second innings. [Missing: Toss; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Bedfordshire Advertiser 8 August; Bedfordshire Standard 1 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 2 August; Bucks Advertiser 8 August; Bucks Herald 9 August; South Bucks Free Press 8 August; Cricket 9 August, p 490-491; The Sportsman 31 July, 1 August. 72