minc29	Hertfordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Clarence Park, St Albans on 14th, 15th August 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 102 runs
Points	Hertfordshire -1; Bedfordshire 1
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 98/7 (Hill 24*, C Pigg 1*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Hoy	c White b H Pigg	13
J Manton	c Butcher b Nicholls	39
TA Brown	c Field b Nicholls	15
CG Pope	c White b Titchmarsh	7
*LCR Thring	st Poland b H Pigg	30
LCW Thring	c C Pigg b Nicholls	17
RV Ryder	hit wkt b H Pigg	23
FW Potter	c Hill b Nicholls	6
+J Sanger	not out	15
J Healing	b H Pigg	1
WF Brown	c C Pigg b H Pigg	11
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-60, 3-74, 4-111, 5-112, 6-153, 7-155, 8-163, 9-163, 10-191 (79.1 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	23	8	47	1	-	-
White	21	7	44	0	-	-
Nicholls	17	4	45	4	1	-
H Pigg	18.1	4	41	5	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FW Poland	c Pope b WF Brown	9
A Butcher	b WF Brown	22
VA Titchmarsh	b WF Brown	7
HE White	c TA Brown b WF Brown	13
AS Crawley	c Sanger b TA Brown	6
H Pigg	b WF Brown	8
F Field	c WF Brown b TA Brown	0
HJ Hill	not out	43
*C Pigg	c Hoy b Potter	6
WH Heale	b TA Brown	5
WH Nicholls	c Pope b TA Brown	0
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-31, 3-51, 4-58, 5-60, 6-60, 7-73, 8-125, 9-131, 10-131 (59.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	28	12	59	5	-	-
LCR Thring	8	1	22	0	-	-
TA Brown	21.4	9	38	4	-	-
Potter	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Hoy	c Titchmarsh b White	27
J Manton	c Field b Nicholls	15
TA Brown	c White b Titchmarsh	74
CG Pope	not out	22
*LCR Thring	b Crawley	22
LCW Thring	not out	3
RV Ryder	did not bat
FW Potter	did not bat
+J Sanger	did not bat
J Healing	did not bat
WF Brown	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	11	2	28	1	-	-
H Pigg	10	2	21	0	-	-
Titchmarsh	13	4	33	1	-	-
White	11	3	33	1	-	-
C Pigg	6	2	21	0	-	-
Hill	3	0	18	0	-	-
Crawley	1	0	9	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Field	lbw b TA Brown	18
*C Pigg	c Hoy b TA Brown	8
HE White	st +LCR Thring b WF Brown	0
VA Titchmarsh	c LCW Thring b WF Brown	0
HJ Hill	b TA Brown	11
H Pigg	c Healing b TA Brown	7
A Butcher	c Potter b TA Brown	8
AS Crawley	c Hoy b Pope	16
+FW Poland	not out	39
WH Heale	c Ryder b WF Brown	1
WH Nicholls	st +LCR Thring b WF Brown	1
Extras	(16 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-133 (60 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	23	8	38	4	1	-
TA Brown	27	9	48	5	-	-
Potter	4	2	9	0	-	-
LCW Thring	3	0	8	0	-	-
Manton	2	1	5	0	-	-
Pope	1	0	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Healing made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Crawley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LCR Thring (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Sanger (1) equalled his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WF Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HJ Hill (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Poland (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Pigg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> H Pigg achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> WH Nicholls achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-31)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Bedfordshire won this return match, which was for Titchmarsh's benefit, by 102 runs on the second day with 25 minutes to spare.
The Bedfordshire declaration set Hertfordshire a victory target of 236 runs in 2¾ hours.
The encounter between the two sides earlier in the month at Bedford had been drawn.
T A Brown top-scored with 74 for Bedfordshire.
At the fall of the second wicket in the first Hertfordshire innings, L C R Thring took the gloves from Sanger who had a damaged hand.
[Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 2nd inns boundaries in T A Brown's 74; time completed.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Herts Advertiser 17 August; Watford Observer 17 August; Watford Times 15 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 17 August; Bedfordshire Standard 16 August; Bedfordshire Times 17 August; Dunstable Advertiser 17 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 20 August; Luton News 15 August; Sporting Life 14,15,16 August; The Sportsman 15,16 August.

 

 

 

 

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