Minor Counties Championship 1914

BEDFORDSHIRE 1914 Championship matches: Played 5, won 1, lost 2, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Seventeenth equal with Berkshire out of twenty one Won: v Suffolk at Bedford ES Lost: v Norfolk at Bedford GS, and v Hertfordshire at Luton WP Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Hertfordshire at St Albans Abandoned due to war : v Suffolk at Ipswich, v Buckinghamshire at Bedford GR and v Buckinghamshire at High Wycombe Captain: E E Apthorp (5 matches) Wicket-keeper: E E Apthorp (5 matches) Debutants: 6 (O L Boyes, H G Dunham, H B Goddard, G B Henderson, J H Joyce, and R T Peel) Final Season: 8 (E E Apthorp, O L Boyes, H G Dunham, R C Gutteridge, G B Henderson, A J Mander, A F Morcom and R T Peel) Hon Secretaries: R W Allen and W W Marks Assistant Secretary: H O Stockburn Professionals: 2 (H F Holdstock and B L Rogers) Home Grounds 3: Bedford Grammar School, Burnaby Road, Bedford (1 match); The Elstow School Ground, Ampthill Road, Kempton, Bedford (1 match) and Luton Town Cricket Ground, Wardown Park, Luton (1 match) Notes: Bedfordshire did not have the same success as they did in 1913. Playing against the same opponents as last year they won one of their five matches. Stanley Graham played in four matches and scored 241 runs at 40.16. Fred Nicholas, who scored 459 runs in 1913 only scored 44 in his five innings. Wilf King, Rex King, and George Wharmby each took 11 or more wickets but at an average of over 20 runs each. During the season William Brown reached the career milestone of 4000 runs. BEDFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Bedfordshire during the season. Name in bold denotes that 1914 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Bedfordshire in a championship match. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E E Apthorp 5 8 0 66 174 21.75 - 1 - 5 2 - - - - - - - - O L Boyes + 2 3 0 15 24 8.00 - - - 2 - 5 0 19 0 - - - - W Brown 2 3 1 9* 19 9.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H G Dunham + 1 2 1 3 3 3.00 - - - - - 5 1 19 0 - - - - A F Durrant 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 15.1 4 36 2 18.00 2-23 - - H B Goddard + 2 3 0 41 79 26.33 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - S V Graham 4 7 1 71 241 40.16 - 2 - 1 - 108 32 235 4 58.75 2-57 - - H Grierson 2 4 1 32 45 15.00 - - 1 1 - 38 5 154 2 77.00 1-37 - - R C Gutteridge 4 6 1 41* 92 18.40 - - - 4 - 6 0 42 0 - - - - G B Henderson + 1 2 0 50 97 48.50 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - Holdstock, H F 4 7 1 27* 96 16.00 - - - 2 - 22 7 45 1 45.00 1-35 - - J H Joyce + 4 5 0 32 61 12.20 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R H King 3 5 2 16* 32 10.66 - - - 2 - 71.1 18 245 11 22.27 6-81 - 1 W E King 5 8 0 38 132 16.50 - - 1 - - 74.2 10 284 13 21.84 5-35 - 1 A J Mander 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Dr A F Morcom 1 2 0 57 73 36.50 - 1 - - - 30 10 119 4 29.75 4-119 - - F C W Newman 2 4 1 32* 77 25.66 - - - - - 22 4 89 3 29.66 3-51 - - F W H Nicholas 3 5 0 28 44 8.80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R T Peel + 1 2 1 4* 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, B L 2 2 1 6* 10 10.00 - - - - - 25 3 92 3 30.66 3-63 - - H O Sutherland 3 5 0 79 181 36.20 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - G E Wharmby 2 4 0 32 77 19.25 - - - 2 - 100.4 25 301 12 25.08 6-85 - 2 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 97 - - - - - - - - 123 2 - - - - Total 55 89 11 79 1664 21.33 0 6 4 23 2 522.2 119 1803 57 31.63 6-81 0 4 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER RECORDS These 8 players made their last appearance for Bedfordshire in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E E Apthorp 1900 74 122 20 120*1670 16.37 1 4 14 140 33 - - - - - - - O L Boyes 1914 2 3 0 15 24 8.00 - - - 2 - 30 19 0 - - - - H G Dunham 1914 1 2 1 3 3 3.00 - - - - - 30 19 0 - - - - R C Gutteridge 1910 5 7 1 41* 93 15.50 - - - 4 - 36 42 0 - - - - G B Henderson 1914 1 2 0 50 97 48.50 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - A J Mander 1911 2 2 0 16 16 8.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Dr A F Morcom 1904 61 90 25 134*1583 24.35 1 7 9 68 - 10708 5082 272 18.68 9-37 7 24 R T Peel 1914 1 2 1 4* 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (8 players) 140