minc306	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 5th, 6th June 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 1; Bedfordshire -1
Umpires	W Copeland, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (2) 64/4 (Taylor 2*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	c Fernie b Brown	2
G Pollitt	b Grimshaw	0
EB Winch	b Grimshaw	9
F Taylor	b Grimshaw	3
EBW Gregory	b Grimshaw	0
TA Brown	c Poole b Grimshaw	15
L Parbury	b Grimshaw	30
FJ Rainsford	c Poole b White	14
H Moore	run out	7
+RE Wedgwood	b Briggs	13
WF Brown	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-9, 4-9, 5-18, 6-47, 7-78, 8-78, 9-93, 10-104 (38.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	19.3	7	29	6	-	-
Brown	10	4	29	1	-	-
White	7	1	31	1	-	-
Briggs	2	0	8	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	b WF Brown	4
T Grimshaw	c and b TA Brown	5
W Brown	b Moore	51
P Briggs	st Wedgwood b Parbury	41
JA Bourne	run out	33
HD Stratton	st Wedgwood b Parbury	6
FH Hassall	b Moore	1
JF Fernie	lbw b Parbury	4
*PE Mainwaring	not out	15
WS White	b Parbury	0
+J Poole	c Moore b Parbury	9
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-10, 3-95, 4-115, 5-125, 6-126, 7-141, 8-170, 9-170, 10-182 (44.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	11	1	23	1	-	-
TA Brown	8	1	30	1	-	-
Rainsford	3	0	14	0	-	-
Moore	11	1	47	2	-	-
Parbury	11.5	0	55	5	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	st Poole b White	27
L Parbury	b Grimshaw	30
EB Winch	b White	2
F Taylor	b Grimshaw	5
EBW Gregory	c Poole b White	0
TA Brown	st Poole b White	9
G Pollitt	b Grimshaw	16
FJ Rainsford	b White	6
H Moore	b Grimshaw	4
+RE Wedgwood	not out	10
WF Brown	b Grimshaw	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-52, 3-63, 4-64, 5-72, 6-84, 7-92, 8-100, 9-112, 10-112 (38.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	13.5	4	36	5	-	-
Brown	5	1	13	0	-	-
White	14	2	44	5	-	-
Briggs	6	1	16	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Mainwaring	c Orr b Parbury	2
JA Bourne	not out	12
JF Fernie	hit wkt b Parbury	1
P Briggs	st Wedgwood b TA Brown	0
W Brown	not out	13
A Hollowood	did not bat
T Grimshaw	did not bat
HD Stratton	did not bat
FH Hassall	did not bat
WS White	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 9 overs)	38
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-6, 3-7

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parbury	5	1	19	2	-	-
TA Brown	4	1	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> EB Winch made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EBW Gregory made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Parbury made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FJ Rainsford made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Moore made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Wedgwood made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS White made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Winch made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Grimshaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-79)
--> L Parbury achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> WS White achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire 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.
Staffordshire won by seven wickets shortly before 1 pm on the second day.
For the winners, Grimshaw took 11 wickets in the match for 65 runs.
W Brown top-scored with 51.
[Missing: In Staffordshire 1s inns boundaries in W Brown's 51.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 8 June; Bedfordshire Times 7 June; The Sportsman 5,6,7 June.