Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 55 : BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Luton Town Cricket Club Ground, Wardown Park, Luton on Friday 8, Saturday 9 August 1913 Result: Match drawn – Hertordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3; Bedfordshire 1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: S Wrigley and A C McArthur Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 314; Bedfordshire 90-3 wickets (F W H Nicholas 40*, H F Holdstock 18*) Hertfordshire S G Etheridge c Holdstock b Morcom 60 (1) b Morcom 2 Golding, A J b Graham 62 (2) b King 19 + C H Titchmarsh c King b Morcom 85 (3) lbw b Graham 79 E S Household c Grierson b Graham 6 (4) b Ratcliff 51 * Rev C G Ward c Apthorp b Morcom 4 (5) c Nicholas b Grierson 16 W Montgomery b Peel 10 (6) c Holdstock b Grierson 12 W H Marsh c Apthorp b Morcom 22 (7) not out 18 A S Thorpe b Morcom 3 (8) c Graham b Ratcliff 0 N J Cox c King b Morcom 33 (9) not out 26 Burton, F A not out 17 Shelford, W b Graham 0 Extras 12 11 Total (all out) 314 (7 wickets declared) 234 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 125 129 162 165 190 246 261 314 314 Second innings 4 36 129 187 189 - - - Morcom 39 10 122 6 - - (1) 19 4 49 1 - - Grierson 14 6 24 0 - - (3) 14 3 54 2 - - King 9 2 36 0 - - (4) 4 0 19 1 - - Graham 24.3 2 68 3 - - (6) 8 0 22 1 - - Peel 17 3 52 1 - - (2) 7 2 32 0 - - Holdstock (5) 4 1 17 0 - - Ratcliff (7) 6 0 30 2 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 103.3 23 314 10 - - 62 10 234 7 - - Bedfordshire W E King c Etheridge b Cox 11 S V Graham b Burton 8 B L Peel c Ward b Burton 4 (6) not out 6 F W H Nicholas c Household b Burton 46 Holdstock, H F b Shelford 62 Dr A F Morcom c Montgomery b Shelford 73 F C W Newman c Ward b Shelford 3 (5) not out 54 Ratcliff, J b Shelford 1 (3) c Cox b Marsh 32 * + E E Apthorp b Shelford 10 (4) c Golding b Marsh 3 W Brown c Titchmarsh b Cox 12 (2) c Cox b Burton 1 H Grierson not out 5 (1) b Burton 16 Extras nb 3 15 nb 3 10 Total (all out) 250 (4 wickets) 122 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 25 39 100 171 185 195 213 250 Second innings 2 39 45 68 - - - - - - Cox 18 3 63 2 - - (1) 5 0 13 0 - - Burton 25 4 87 3 - 3 (2) 10 0 51 2 - 3 Montgomery 7 0 27 0 - - Marsh 1 0 14 0 - - (3) 11 2 29 2 - - Shelford 14.5 3 44 5 - - (4) 6 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 65.5 10 250 10 0 3 32 2 122 4 0 3 Notes: This match was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings. For Hertfordshire, Titchmarsh had two scores of over fifty, 85 with 9 fours in the first innings, and 79 with 11 fours in the second. In the Hertfordshire first innings Golding scored 62 with 7 fours and Etheridge 60. In the Hertfordshire first innings Etheridge and Golding put on 125 runs for the first wicket and Cox and Burton added 53 runs for the ninth wicket. In the Hertfordshire second innings Household scored 51. In the Bedfordshire first innings Shelford took 5 wickets for 44 runs. For Bedfordshire, in the first innings Morcom scored 73 with 8 fours and Holdstock 62 with 6 fours, and in the second Newman scored 54 not out. Morcom took 6 wickets for 122 runs in the Hertfordshire first innings. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in Etheridge’s 60 and fall of seventh wicket; in Hertfordshire second innings boundaries in Household's 51; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of ninth wicket; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Newman’s 54 not out.] Sources: Bedfordshire Advertiser 15 August; Bedfordshire Standard 15 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 16 August; Luton Reporter 11 August; Luton Times and Advertiser 15 August; Herts Advertiser 16 August; Watford Observer 16 August; Cricket 16 August, p 514; The Sportsman 6,11 August. 88