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Bedfordshire v Staffordshire
Minor Counties Championship 1902
VenueDunstable Grammar School Ground, Dunstable on 10th, 11th July 1902 (2-day match)
Balls per over6
TossBedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
ResultMatch drawn
PointsBedfordshire 0; Staffordshire 1
UmpiresT Hanson, A Stockwin
Close of play day 1Staffordshire (1) 20/1 (Hassall 10*, Bourne 0*)
Bedfordshire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
FG Brooksc Page b Brown101     
G Pollittb Bourne8     
*HR Orrrun out1     
LCR Thringb Page44     
TA Brownc Clapham b Bourne0     
GE Wharmbyc Crane b Brown22     
FB Brooksc Clapham b Brown7     
L Parburyb Bourne25     
GUA Readb Brown11     
+EE Apthorpb Brown2     
HW Ocleenot out46     
Extras(10 b, 3 lb)13
Total(all out, 81.3 overs)280
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-27, 3-117, 4-118, 5-164, 6-179, 7-194, 8-208, 9-214, 10-280 (81.3 ov)
Staffordshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Brown30   6675--
Bourne20.30763--
Clapham9   1320--
Crane5   0350--
Stratton5   0240--
Page8   1241--
Eagland4   190--
Staffordshire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
GW Cranec Orr b Brown10     
FH Hassallc FB Brooks b Parbury12     
JA Bourneb Brown20     
*HD Strattonc Wharmby b Thring38     
W Brownb Wharmby81     
H Eaglandc Oclee b Parbury0     
A Hollowoodb Wharmby43     
RC Pagec Brown b Thring24     
JN Burnsb Thring31     
+J Pooleb Wharmby2     
JR Claphamnot out20     
Extras(9 b)9
Total(all out, 91.2 overs)290
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-24, 3-55, 4-134, 5-135, 6-196, 7-227, 8-262, 9-267, 10-290 (91.2 ov)
Bedfordshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Brown27   6752--
Parbury16   1702--
Wharmby29.211733--
Thring18   2593--
Oclee1   040--
Bedfordshire second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
*HR Orrc Brown b Bourne0     
HW Ocleeb Eagland14     
LCR Thringnot out50     
FB Brooksc Eagland b Page16     
TA Brownnot out5     
FG Brooksdid not bat      
G Pollittdid not bat      
GE Wharmbydid not bat      
L Parburydid not bat      
GUA Readdid not bat      
+EE Apthorpdid not bat      
Extras(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)4
Total(3 wickets, 22 overs)89
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-34, 3-75
Staffordshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Bourne7   1281--
Eagland8   2291--
Clapham4   1200-1
Page3   181--
Notes
--> JN Burns made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Bourne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-29)
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, with Staffordshire leading on first innings. Their ninth wicket fell at 267, still 13 runs behind, but a last-wicket partnership of 23 between Poole and Clapham gave them the lead on first innings. On the first day, a heavy storm prevented play between the lunch interval and 4.30 pm. For Bedfordshire, there were 9 fours, 4 threes and 9 twos in F G Brooks's 101and 7 fours in Thring's 50 not out. In the home team's first innings, Parbury and Oclee added 66 runs for the tenth wicket. For the visitors, W Brown's 81, scored in 2 hours, contained 11 fours. Stumps were drawn early on the second day at 5.15 pm to allow the Staffordshire team to catch an earlier and more convenient train home. [An alternative version of this score based on the Bedfordshire sources gives in the Bedfordshire first innings the runs conceded by Clapham as being 31 not 32 and Crane 36 not 35.]
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Bedfordshire Advertiser 18 July; Bedford Record 15 July; Bedfordshire Standard 18 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 10,11,12 July; The Sportsman 11,12 July.