Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 87: BEDFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At Luton Town Cricket Club Ground, Wardown Park, Luton on Monday 24, Tuesday 25 August 1914 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 94 runs Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (H G Dunham); Hertfordshire 1 (D L Cox) First day score: Bedfordshire 187; Hertfordshire 212-5 wickets (A J Golding 15*, J H Thorpe 4*) Bedfordshire S V Graham c Wright b Burton 71 (8) not out 33 G E Wharmby b Burton 11 (3) b Marsh 32 F C W Newman c Etheridge b Shelford 11 (4) c Household b Marsh 14 W E King c Titchmarsh b Burton 0 (2) run out 19 Holdstock, H F b Coleman 13 (1) b Burton 10 Dr A F Morcom c Burton b Shelford 16 (6) c Marsh b Household 57 H B Goddard b Shelford 41 (5) b Marsh 0 O L Boyes c Wright b Burton 4 (9) b Household 5 W Brown b Shelford 1 (11) b Household 9 * + E E Apthorp c Household b Burton 12 (10) b Household 1 H G Dunham not out 0 (7) b Shelford 3 Extras 7 9 Total (all out) 187 (all out) 192 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 43 82 125 129 174 187 Second innings 18 48 67 67 90 105 162 192 Burton 23.4 3 94 5 - - (2) 16 3 52 1 - - Shelford 23 6 51 4 - - (1) 21 6 53 1 - - Coleman 9 3 15 1 - - (4) 6 0 19 0 - - Marsh 9 2 20 0 - - (3) 16 3 44 3 - - Household (5) 5.5 1 18 4 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 64.4 14 187 10 - - 64.5 13 195x 10 - - 192 Hertfordshire S G Etheridge b Morcom 47 Burton, F A b Wharmby 17 + C H Titchmarsh c Boyes b Morcom 82 E S Household c Apthorp b Wharmby 6 D L Cox c Apthorp b Wharmby 28 Golding, A J c Boyes b Morcom 20 J H Thorpe b Morcom 61 E L Wright st Apthorp b Wharmby 93 Coleman, W E not out 71 * W H Marsh b Wharmby 5 Shelford, W not out 10 Extras 33 Total (9 wickets declared) 473 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 55 92 177 205 224 372 402 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morcom 30 10 119 4 - - Wharmby 48 12 151 5 - - King 14 1 64 0 - - Holdstock 5 1 10 0 - - Graham 13 4 39 0 - - Dunham 5 1 19 0 - - Newman 11 3 38 0 - - Extras - - 33 0 - - Total 126 32 473 9 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by an innings and 94 runs on the second day. The match between the two sides at St Albans in July was drawn with no decision on first innings. For Hertfordshire Wright’s 93 contained 15 fours, Titchmarsh’s 82 contained 9 fours, Coleman’s unbeaten 71 contained 12 fours, and Thorpe’s 61 contained 8 fours. Thorpe and Wright added 141 runs for the seventh wicket. Burton took 5 wickets for 94 runs in the Bedfordshire first innings. For Bedfordshire there were 1 five and 4 fours in Graham’s 71 and 8 fours in Morcom’s 57. Wharmby bowled no fewer than 48 overs, taking 5 wickets for 151 runs. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in the Bedfordshire second innings bowling by Hertfordshire totals 3 runs over; precise time completed.] Sources: Bedfordshire Advertiser 28 August; Bedfordshire Times 28 August; Biggleswade Chronicle 28 August; Hertfordshire Express 29 August; Hertfordshire Leader 25 August; Luton Times and Advertiser Friday 28 August; World of Cricket 3 October, p 461. 108