minc434	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1902
Venue	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 12th, 13th August 1902 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Bedfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 11/2 (Fereday 3*, Grimshaw 2*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HD Stratton	b Moss	14
A Hollowood	c Moss b Thring	26
WB Burns	b Moss	37
W Brown	b Moss	0
JB Fereday	c Wharmby b Moss	3
JA Bourne	c Jeakings b Moss	31
T Grimshaw	b Moss	8
WH Twigg	lbw b Wharmby	8
FH Wynne	b Moss	0
+J Poole	not out	2
J Barton	b Wharmby	5
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 73.1 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-49, 3-51, 4-65, 5-84, 6-96, 7-127, 8-127, 9-131, 10-139 (73.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	13.1	4	33	2	-	-
Brown	11	3	27	0	-	-
Oclee	10	4	17	0	-	-
Thring	12	2	20	1	-	-
Moss	26	13	31	7	-	-
Oliver	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCR Thring	b Bourne	4
FG Brooks	st Poole b Bourne	16
NDT Oliver	c Brown b Bourne	6
LG Stileman-Gibbard	c and b Bourne	15
*HR Orr	c Brown b Grimshaw	36
G Pollitt	c Twigg b Bourne	1
GE Wharmby	lbw b Brown	3
TA Brown	c Grimshaw b Brown	21
HW Oclee	b Bourne	8
RH Moss	not out	11
+WR Jeakings	b Grimshaw	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 39.5 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-18, 3-41, 4-44, 5-66, 6-92, 7-97, 8-110, 9-120, 10-125 (39.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bourne	17	2	62	6	-	-
Barton	8	0	28	0	-	-
Brown	10	4	19	2	-	-
Grimshaw	4.5	2	12	2	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Twigg	b Wharmby	0
JB Fereday	not out	3
+J Poole	c Orr b Moss	0
T Grimshaw	not out	2
*HD Stratton	did not bat
A Hollowood	did not bat
WB Burns	did not bat
W Brown	did not bat
JA Bourne	did not bat
FH Wynne	did not bat
J Barton	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 8 overs)	11
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	4	3	3	1	-	1
Wharmby	4	3	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> WH Twigg made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Moss achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 2-21)
--> RH Moss achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first 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.
Rain prevented play on the second day of this drawn return match. The match between the two sides at Dunstable in June had also been drawn. For Staffordshire, Burns top-scored with 37 and Bourne took 6 wickets for 62 runs in the Bedfordshire innings. For the home team, Moss took 7 wickets for 31 runs in the Staffordshire first innings. Orr's 36 was the Bedfordshire highest score. [An alternative version to this score based on Staffordshire sources attributes to Thring one over bowled by Oclee, off which 2 runs were scored. Bedfordshire sources give the runs conceded by Thring as 21 which is one run in excess.]
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 16 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 12,13 August; Bedford Record 19 August; Bedfordshire Times 15 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August.