minc1382	Bedfordshire v Suffolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1913
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 2nd, 3rd July 1913 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Suffolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by an innings and 91 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 5; Suffolk 0
Umpires	AE Hoar, AC McArthur
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 233/6 (Nicholas 36*, Ratcliff 3*)

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Bassett	c Squire b Wharmby	0
O Mortimer	hit wkt b Grierson	30
RD Lake	lbw b Durrant	53
W Penfold	c Apthorp b Grierson	11
BD Rushbrooke	c Apthorp b Grierson	23
WG English	c Apthorp b Wharmby	14
VF Gaby	b Wharmby	8
FL Titchmarsh	not out	43
+PP Cornell	b Grierson	1
HM Lawrence	b Pestell	8
FG Trudgett	c Grierson b Wharmby	5
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-83, 3-89, 4-102, 5-145, 6-145, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-213 (66 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	25	3	76	4	-	-
Pestell	10	0	43	1	-	-
Durrant	11	2	33	1	-	-
Grierson	20	6	44	4	-	3

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HF Holdstock	c Lake b Gaby	72
WE King	c Lawrence b Penfold	74
GE Wharmby	b Lawrence	8
FWH Nicholas	not out	170
H Squire	c Bassett b Gaby	6
*+EE Apthorp	lbw b Penfold	10
JGD Weir	b Penfold	19
J Ratcliff	run out	29
AF Durrant	not out	44
H Grierson	did not bat
FE Pestell	did not bat
Extras		17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	449
Fall of wickets:
1-130, 2-139, 3-160, 4-179, 5-197, 6-223, 7-297

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	16	0	79	1	-	-
Penfold	30	2	117	3	-	-
Trudgett	13	1	75	0	-	-
Gaby	11	1	108	2	-	-
Bassett	3	0	11	0	-	-
English	3	0	17	0	-	-
Titchmarsh	3	0	24	0	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Bassett	c Grierson b Wharmby	3
O Mortimer	c Apthorp b Wharmby	27
RD Lake	c Weir b Grierson	14
FL Titchmarsh	b King	19
BD Rushbrooke	c Apthorp b Wharmby	0
WG English	c Wharmby b Pestell	29
VF Gaby	run out	1
W Penfold	c Holdstock b King	16
+PP Cornell	run out	21
HM Lawrence	not out	5
FG Trudgett	c Holdstock b Weir	6
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-37, 3-65, 4-65, 5-68, 6-113, 7-119, 8-?, 9-?, 10-145 (53 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	20	8	33	3	-	-
Pestell	12	2	34	1	-	-
Grierson	6	2	20	1	-	-
Weir	2	1	6	1	-	-
King	8	1	29	2	-	-
Durrant	5	1	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Bedfordshire first innings adds 1 run under
--> RD Lake made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BD Rushbrooke made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG English made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Lawrence made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FWH Nicholas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JGD Weir made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Ratcliff made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AF Durrant made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Squire made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FWH Nicholas (1) made his first century 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.
Bedfordshire won this match before tea on the second day shortly after 4.00pm.
For the winners, the debutant Nicholas scored 170 runs, scored in around two hours, with 1 six, 1 five and 23 fours.
There were 11 fours in King's 74 and
Holdstock scored 72.
In the Bedfordshire innings, Holdstock and King put on 130 runs for the first wicket, Nicholas and Ratcliff 74 for the seventh wicket, and Nicholas and Durrant an undefeated 152 runs for the eighth wicket.
For Suffolk, Lake scored 53 in the Suffolk first innings.
On the first day rain after 6.00pm halted play for the day and on the second day rain delayed the start for15 minutes, and stopped play at 12.55 pm when lunch was taken.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Suffolk first innings boundaries in Lake's 53, and fall of seventh, eighth and ninth wickets; in Suffolk second innings fall of eighth and ninth wickets;
in Bedfordshire innings breakdown of Nicholas's 170 not out, boundaries in Holdstock's 72, and runs bowling one short.]
Sources: Bedfordshire Standard 4 July; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 5 July; Luton News 10 July; East Anglian Daily Times 3,4 July; Eastern Daily Press 3,4 July; Cricket 12 July, p 392.

 

 

 

 

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