minc677	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 11th, 12th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 2; Buckinghamshire 0
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 12/2 (Hodgkins 6*, Pollitt 1*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FN Bird	c Thring b Brown	42
*CRH Gresson	c Apthorp b Thring	63
MW Wright	c Apthorp b Brown	81
+F Langley	c Thring b Brown	18
ASB Perry	b Moss	4
H Baker	c Rice b Brown	6
JT Parry	not out	6
H Page	c Moss b Brown	5
H Jones	b Brown	3
RW Orton	b Moss	3
SJA Vickerstaff	b Brown	2
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 118.1 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-172, 3-210, 4-217, 5-217, 6-223, 7-229, 8-237, 9-241, 10-243 (118.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	37.1	14	66	7	-	-
Moss	10	3	24	2	-	-
Wharmby	27	5	58	0	-	-
Orr	22	7	32	0	-	-
King	8	1	17	0	-	-
Keenan	5	0	17	0	-	-
Thring	9	3	19	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	c Page b Wright	5
HJJ Hodgkins	b Vickerstaff	84
RH Moss	c Langley b Vickerstaff	0
G Pollitt	run out	99
LCR Thring	c Baker b Vickerstaff	3
RW Rice	not out	52
TA Brown	b Vickerstaff	14
GE Wharmby	c Page b Wright	7
WE King	c Bird b Wright	10
+EE Apthorp	b Page	0
CK Keenan	c Jones b Wright	1
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	10
Total	(all out, 122.2 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-170, 4-178, 5-210, 6-233, 7-252, 8-280, 9-280, 10-285 (122.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	50.2	28	65	4	-	-
Vickerstaff	41	8	126	4	-	1
Page	23	6	53	1	-	-
Gresson	3	0	19	0	-	-
Bird	3	0	11	0	-	-
Jones	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FN Bird	c Moss b Keenan	35
*CRH Gresson	b Brown	49
JT Parry	not out	34
ASB Perry	not out	13
MW Wright	did not bat
+F Langley	did not bat
H Baker	did not bat
H Page	did not bat
H Jones	did not bat
RW Orton	did not bat
SJA Vickerstaff	did not bat
Extras		27
Total	(2 wickets, 53 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-115

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	15	6	29	0	-	-
Brown	17	6	34	1	-	-
Moss	4	2	15	0	-	-
King	3	0	8	0	-	-
Keenan	6	1	15	1	-	-
Orr	6	0	23	0	-	-
Pollitt	2	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Parry made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Langley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match was drawn, with Bedfordshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Aylesbury the week before had been won by Bedfordshire. For the home team, Pollitt scored 99 with 9 fours, Hodgkins 84 with 7 fours, and
Rice 52 not out. Brown took 7 wickets for 66 runs in the Buckinghamshire first innings. In the Bedfordshire innings, Hodgkins and Pollitt added 163 runs for the third wicket. For the visitors, there were 6 fours in Wright's 81 and 4 fours in Gresson's 63 who tegether put on 101 runs for the second wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings. The 50.2 overs and 28 maidens bowled by Wright in the Bedfordshire innings were the most during the season and the 28 maidens were the second highest in a match.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire innings boundaries in Rice's 52 not out.]
Sources: Bucks Advertiser 19 August; Bucks Herald 19 August; South Bucks Free Press 18 August; Wolverton Express 19 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 18 August; Bedfordshire Standard 18 August; Sporting Life 12,14 August; The Sportsman 12,14.

 

 

 

 

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