minc283	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1900
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 13th, 14th August 1900 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Bedfordshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Staffordshire -1; Bedfordshire 1
Umpires	[unknown]
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 3/1 (Fernie 2*, Stratton 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	b TA Brown	10
*CC Mott	c LG Brown b TA Brown	1
FH Hassall	run out	9
HD Stratton	b TA Brown	40
HCB Cummins	b WF Brown	29
W Brown	lbw b Haycraft	37
ER Payne	b WF Brown	3
DH Brownfield	b Haycraft	15
AE Fernie	b Haycraft	0
T Grimshaw	c Brooks b WF Brown	6
+J Poole	not out	2
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-14, 3-24, 4-84, 5-114, 6-120, 7-149, 8-149, 9-?, 10-164 (69.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TA Brown	29	13	65	3	-	-
WF Brown	23	10	45	3	-	-
Thring	5	1	12	0	-	-
Haycraft	9.2	3	19	3	-	-
Orr	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCR Thring	run out	35
G Pollitt	b Grimshaw	8
*HR Orr	b Grimshaw	4
F Taylor	b Grimshaw	4
TA Brown	b Grimshaw	9
FG Brooks	b Cummins	1
JJH Orman	b Cummins	0
JF Morris	b Grimshaw	5
+LG Brown	b Cummins	18
TH Haycraft	run out	0
WF Brown	not out	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-37, 3-45, 4-58, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-88 (36.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	18.4	6	24	5	-	1
Fernie	4	0	23	0	1	-
Cummins	14	1	37	3	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Mott	b TA Brown	0
AE Fernie	b TA Brown	33
HD Stratton	c LG Brown b Haycraft	9
A Hollowood	c Taylor b WF Brown	2
FH Hassall	b Haycraft	18
W Brown	b Haycraft	25
HCB Cummins	c Thring b Haycraft	5
DH Brownfield	b Haycraft	17
ER Payne	b Haycraft	0
T Grimshaw	c TA Brown b WF Brown	5
+J Poole	not out	0
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 68.5 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-27, 3-30, 4-61, 5-71, 6-?, 7-102, 8-102, 9-?, 10-123 (68.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	25.5	6	42	2	-	-
TA Brown	18	6	31	2	-	-
Haycraft	24	9	38	6	-	-
Orr	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pollitt	c Grimshaw b Hassall	48
LCR Thring	b Grimshaw	0
*HR Orr	b Hassall	46
TA Brown	c Mott b Grimshaw	38
JJH Orman	b Cummins	3
FG Brooks	c Mott b Fernie	26
JF Morris	c and b Brown	11
F Taylor	not out	16
+LG Brown	run out	0
TH Haycraft	not out	2
WF Brown	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 55.4 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-101, 3-?, 4-121, 5-170, 6-170, 7-191, 8-197

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cummins	14	2	60	1	-	-
Grimshaw	24.4	3	71	2	-	-
Hassall	10	3	23	2	-	-
Brown	4	0	22	1	-	-
Fernie	3	0	14	1	1	1

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Notes
--> ER Payne made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ER Payne made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Brownfield made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JJH Orman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LG Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Pollitt (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HR Orr (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Haycraft achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> TH Haycraft achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second 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.
By winning this return match by two wickets amid scenes of some excitement, Bedfordshire completed the 'double' over Staffordshire, having also won at Bedford in June. The margin of victory was the smallest for a team batting last. Bedfordshire needed 200 runs to win in their second innings in 200 minutes, and the victory was achieved with 45 minutes to spare. This result had appeared unlikely overnight when Staffordshire had led on first innings by 76 runs. For the winners, Pollitt top-scored with 48 and Haycraft took 9 wickets in the match for 57 runs. In the Bedfordshire second innings, Pollitt and Orr put on 101 runs for the second wicket, and the Bedfordshire total of 201 for 8 wickets was the highest fourth innings total of the season. For the home side, Stratton top-scored with 40.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; time completed.]
Sources: Staffordshire Advertiser 18 August 1900; Bedfordshire Standard 17 August; Bedfordshire Times 17 August; Dunstable Advertiser 18 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 22 August; Birmingham Daily Gazette 14,15 August; The Sportsman 14,15 August.