minc535	Northamptonshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 17th, 18th June 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Bedfordshire 0
Umpires	H Briscoe, J Clifton
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (2) 29/1 (Cantrell 18*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pollitt	c Cox b Thompson	2
HJJ Hodgkins	lbw b Thompson	29
GE Wharmby	c East b Thompson	10
F Taylor	b Thompson	11
TA Brown	c Smith b Thompson	13
*HR Orr	b Edwards	56
RH Moss	c Cox b Thompson	2
GP Alexander	run out	0
H Pickwoad	b Thompson	4
+HM Cantrell	not out	19
S Brown	c Kingston b Edwards	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 63.5 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-36, 3-41, 4-59, 5-68, 6-72, 7-76, 8-94, 9-148, 10-148 (63.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	32	10	69	7	-	-
East	17	8	26	0	-	-
Cockerill	7	0	26	0	-	-
Edwards	7.5	2	25	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	b TA Brown	3
WH Kingston	b Wharmby	25
M Cox	lbw b Wharmby	3
W East	run out	1
GJ Thompson	c Pickwoad b Wharmby	15
EM Crosse	c and b Wharmby	40
RC Fowler	c Moss b Wharmby	6
GAT Vials	not out	45
FC Cockerill	c and b Wharmby	5
+BC Smith	c Pickwoad b Wharmby	0
WH Edwards	b Moss	0
Extras	(13 b)	13
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-20, 3-21, 4-47, 5-66, 6-80, 7-113, 8-143, 9-143, 10-156 (47.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	24	3	65	7	-	-
TA Brown	15	1	52	1	-	-
S Brown	5	1	10	0	-	-
Moss	3.3	0	16	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+HM Cantrell	lbw b Thompson	18
HJJ Hodgkins	c Smith b Edwards	11
GE Wharmby	b Thompson	17
G Pollitt	c Kingston b East	16
TA Brown	c Cox b East	46
*HR Orr	c Edwards b East	17
RH Moss	b Edwards	9
GP Alexander	lbw b East	0
F Taylor	c East b Edwards	13
H Pickwoad	c Cox b East	3
S Brown	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-31, 3-58, 4-84, 5-135, 6-147, 7-147, 8-147, 9-151, 10-164 (57.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	19	4	56	2	-	-
Edwards	14.4	2	51	3	-	-
East	20	8	29	5	-	-
Cox	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Kingston	c Wharmby b TA Brown	13
GJ Thompson	c Hodgkins b Moss	53
M Cox	c Cantrell b TA Brown	6
W East	c Hodgkins b Moss	22
EM Crosse	c Pollitt b Moss	31
*T Horton	c Pickwoad b Moss	10
GAT Vials	run out	5
RC Fowler	not out	3
FC Cockerill	not out	4
+BC Smith	did not bat
WH Edwards	did not bat
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(7 wickets, 59.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-43, 3-103, 4-106, 5-127, 6-136, 7-153

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	19.3	5	58	0	-	-
TA Brown	15	3	31	2	-	-
Pickwoad	2	0	8	0	-	-
S Brown	7	1	26	0	-	-
Moss	16	6	24	4	-	-

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Notes
--> HJJ Hodgkins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GP Alexander made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Pickwoad made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Cantrell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Fowler made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Edwards made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Pickwoad made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Fowler made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EM Crosse (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Wharmby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 7-71)
--> GE Wharmby reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire 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.
Northamptonshire won by three wickets shortly before 4.40 pm on the second day.
For the winners, Thompson's 53 included 7 fours.
He also took 9 wickets in the match for 125 runs, including 7 for 69 in the Bedfordshire first innings.
Orr's 56 for Bedfordshire included 8 fours.
In the Bedfordshire first innings, Orr and Cantrell added 54 runs for the ninth wicket.
In the Northamptonshire first innings Wharmby took 7 wickets for 65 runs.
[Missing: Complete]
Sources: Northampton Daily Chronicle 18 June; Northampton Daily Reporter 18 June; Northampton Herald 17 June; Northampton Mercury 17,24 June; Bedfordshire Standard 24 June; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 25 June; Sporting Life 20 June; The Sportsman 18,20 June.