minc320	Bedfordshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	Bedford County School Ground, Bedford on 11th, 12th July 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 0; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	R Barber, Rogers
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 166/5 (Stratton 62*, Grimshaw 9*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FG Brooks	b Brown	110
G Pollitt	b Grimshaw	4
BL Peel	c Poole b Cattell	28
*HR Orr	b Grimshaw	43
TA Brown	lbw b Grimshaw	44
LCR Thring	c Brown b Cattell	36
LG Stileman-Gibbard	b Brown	22
L Parbury	c Cattell b Grimshaw	16
JF Morris	b Cattell	11
RH Moss	b Grimshaw	4
+WR Jeakings	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-110, 3-189, 4-220, 5-237, 6-276, 7-298, 8-319, 9-321, 10-330 (75 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	27	3	102	5	-	-
Brown	21	2	79	2	-	-
Cummins	12	0	80	0	-	-
Cattell	12	4	46	3	-	-
Mainwaring	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	st Jeakings b Parbury	18
FH Hassall	b Parbury	4
W Brown	c Brown b Parbury	41
HD Stratton	not out	96
HCB Cummins	c and b Brown	15
T Hedges	b Brown	7
T Grimshaw	c Jeakings b Brown	22
WH Steele	c Jeakings b Parbury	8
BH Cattell	c Peel b Parbury	13
*PE Mainwaring	b Parbury	17
+J Poole	b Parbury	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 4 w)	10
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-42, 3-81, 4-130, 5-146, 6-183, 7-196, 8-218, 9-249, 10-251 (68.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parbury	30.4	2	114	7	-	-
Brown	27	2	103	3	-	-
Moss	7	2	9	0	-	-
Thring	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FG Brooks	c Poole b Grimshaw	0
G Pollitt	c Mainwaring b Cattell	22
BL Peel	b Grimshaw	12
*HR Orr	c Poole b Cattell	26
TA Brown	not out	52
LCR Thring	b Cattell	50
LG Stileman-Gibbard	c Grimshaw b Cattell	4
JF Morris	c Mainwaring b Cattell	0
RH Moss	not out	11
L Parbury	did not bat
+WR Jeakings	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 43 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-21, 3-57, 4-70, 5-152, 6-156, 7-166

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grimshaw	17	2	65	2	-	-
Brown	8	0	32	0	-	-
Cattell	10	1	32	5	-	-
Cummins	8	0	48	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hollowood	st Jeakings b Parbury	14
W Brown	st Jeakings b Parbury	3
HD Stratton	c and b Moss	7
*PE Mainwaring	b Parbury	30
HCB Cummins	not out	43
T Grimshaw	st Jeakings b Parbury	11
FH Hassall	not out	12
T Hedges	did not bat
WH Steele	did not bat
BH Cattell	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 49 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-21, 3-39, 4-84, 5-108

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parbury	21	5	55	4	-	-
Brown	9	0	15	0	-	-
Moss	11	1	31	1	-	-
Stileman-Gibbard	4	0	6	0	-	-
Thring	3	1	6	0	-	-
Orr	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WH Steele made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Steele made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BH Cattell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PE Mainwaring made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LCR Thring (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 17
--> LG Stileman-Gibbard (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HD Stratton (1) passed his previous highest score of 83 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BH Cattell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> BH Cattell 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.
This match was drawn, after Staffordshire were set a victory target of 262 runs in two and a half hours.
For Bedfordshire, Parbury took 11 wickets in the match for 169 runs.
Brooks's 110 included 1 five, 17 fours, 4 threes and 5 twos.
There were 7 fours in T A Brown's 52 not out and 1 five and 6 fours in Thring's 50.
In the Bedfordshire first innings, Brooks and Peel put on 102 runs for the second wicket.
Stratton's 96 for Staffordshire contained 2 fives and 6 fours.
This was the first time a championship match had been played at the County School ground.
The 3 stumpings by Jeakings in the Staffordshire second innings equalled the Championship record, a feat achieved on 9 previous occasions.
[Missing: In Bedfordshire 1st inns duration of Brooks's 110; in Staffordshire 1st innings who bowled 4 wides.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Bedfordshire Standard 19 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 11,12,13 July; The Sportsman 11,12,13 July.