minc467	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Danescourt, Wolverhampton on 29th, 30th June 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Bedfordshire 1
Umpires	A Stockwin, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (2) 38/0 (Orr 22*, Parbury 16*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NDT Oliver	run out	44
G Pollitt	c Dearing b Brown	13
GE Wharmby	b Bourne	39
*HR Orr	st Dearing b Brown	20
TA Brown	lbw b Brown	3
S Brown	c Bourne b Grimshaw	14
L Parbury	not out	22
RH Moss	c Pallett b Grimshaw	10
AE Holmes-Brown	c and b Brown	1
+EF Rowe	c Bourne b Brown	12
REH Anderson	run out	15
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-93, 3-101, 4-114, 5-121, 6-139, 7-155, 8-159, 9-175, 10-205 (69.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	23	1	74	2	-	-
Brown	23.5	8	46	5	-	-
Bourne	14	2	39	1	-	-
Pallett	6	2	26	0	-	-
Fereday	2	0	8	0	-	-
Crane	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Page	run out	11
A Hollowood	c Wharmby b TA Brown	37
JB Fereday	c Anderson b TA Brown	14
*HD Stratton	b Moss	20
W Brown	b Moss	20
GW Crane	c Moss b S Brown	10
JN Burns	c Wharmby b S Brown	7
JA Bourne	c Wharmby b Moss	1
HJ Pallett	c Wharmby b S Brown	5
T Grimshaw	not out	0
+H Dearing	lbw b S Brown	2
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-62, 3-67, 4-101, 5-123, 6-123, 7-130, 8-135, 9-138, 10-140 (46 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	11	1	38	0	-	-
Parbury	4	0	22	0	-	-
TA Brown	15	2	40	2	-	-
Moss	12	4	12	3	-	-
S Brown	4	0	15	4	1	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	b Grimshaw	23
L Parbury	b Pallett	23
NDT Oliver	c and b Pallett	25
GE Wharmby	b Grimshaw	4
G Pollitt	c Hollowood b Grimshaw	42
TA Brown	not out	101
REH Anderson	c Dearing b Fereday	0
RH Moss	c Pallett b Bourne	38
AE Holmes-Brown	not out	2
S Brown	did not bat
+EF Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-72, 3-75, 4-83, 5-160, 6-160, 7-250

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	22	5	65	3	-	-
Brown	17	2	70	0	-	-
Bourne	9	2	30	1	-	-
Pallett	14	2	55	2	-	-
Fereday	4	0	21	1	-	-
Crane	3	0	8	0	-	-
Stratton	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Page	c Moss b Wharmby	27
JB Fereday	b S Brown	4
*HD Stratton	st Rowe b Wharmby	6
W Brown	c Oliver b Wharmby	33
A Hollowood	c S Brown b TA Brown	87
GW Crane	b Wharmby	25
JN Burns	st +Anderson b Parbury	10
JA Bourne	c Oliver b Wharmby	8
HJ Pallett	not out	2
T Grimshaw	not out	0
+H Dearing	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 84 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23, 3-67, 4-103, 5-153, 6-180, 7-207, 8-209

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
S Brown	16	3	40	1	-	-
Moss	15	5	34	0	-	-
Wharmby	30	13	60	5	-	-
Parbury	6	0	33	1	-	-
TA Brown	10	3	18	1	-	-
Oliver	5	2	14	0	-	-
Holmes-Brown	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> REH Anderson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HJ Pallett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Bourne made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NDT Oliver (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 27
--> A Hollowood (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 67
--> W Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 5-52)
--> S Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings

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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 match was drawn after Staffordshire had been set a victory target of 326 runs in 3½ hours. Press reports suggest that Orr delayed the declaration to allow T A Brown to reach his century which prevented Bedfordshire winning. For the visitors, there were 15 fours, 1 three and 1 two in T A Brown's 101 not out, an innings of 1 hour and 40 minutes. In the Bedfordshire second innings T A Brown and Moss added 90 runs for the seventh wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The Staffordshire second innings total of 211 for 8 wickets was the highest fourth innings total of the season. Hollowood's 87 for Staffordshire included 14 fours. It was the highest score during the season by a batsman in the fourth innings of a match. In the Staffordshire second innings Anderson kept wicket after Rowe hurt a hand. The 4 catches held by Wharmby in the Staffordshire first innings equalled the Championship record achieved by a fielder on 12 previous occasions.
[Missing: In Bedfordshire second innings who bowled wide; in Staffordshire second innings who bowled no ball.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 4 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 29,30 June; Birmingham Daily Post 30 June,1 July; Bedford Record 7 July; Bedfordshire Standard 10 July; Northampton Daily Reporter 29,30 June.

 

 

 

 

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