minc594	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	Danescourt, Wolverhampton on 12th, 13th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 0; Bedfordshire 3
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 68/8 (Clegg 19*, Goodall 4*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJJ Hodgkins	c Williamson b Manton	51
TA Brown	c Clegg b Goodall	0
G Pollitt	c Hollowood b Manton	175
RW Rice	b Goodall	1
GE Wharmby	b Goodall	57
*HR Orr	c Crane b Stratton	23
RH Moss	run out	0
HW Oclee	b Crane	0
CLK Peel	b Goodall	4
AF Morcom	not out	10
+HM Cantrell	c Hollowood b Manton	6
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-113, 3-118, 4-233, 5-297, 6-301, 7-301, 8-308, 9-332, 10-338 (86.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodall	31	2	129	4	-	-
Manton	14.5	2	40	3	-	-
Twigg	8	1	35	0	2	-
Bourne	3	0	20	0	-	-
Hollowood	9	2	20	0	-	-
Alban	12	4	45	0	-	-
Crane	6	0	28	1	-	-
Stratton	3	1	10	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Crane	b Brown	0
A Hollowood	b Brown	6
*HD Stratton	b Wharmby	9
WJ Beddows	b Brown	5
EH Bourne	c and b Brown	2
J Manton	b Brown	14
H Clegg	b Morcom	35
WH Twigg	c Pollitt b Wharmby	3
J Alban	not out	13
CJ Goodall	c Peel b Brown	9
+H Williamson	c Rice b Wharmby	1
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-17, 4-27, 5-27, 6-51, 7-58, 8-60, 9-76, 10-107 (46.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	22	7	50	3	-	-
Brown	23	6	38	6	-	-
Morcom	1.4	0	9	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Alban	b Brown	0
A Hollowood	c Hodgkins b Morcom	29
H Clegg	run out	10
GW Crane	c Moss b Brown	6
*HD Stratton	c Cantrell b Moss	64
WJ Beddows	c Morcom b Orr	92
EH Bourne	c Wharmby b Moss	7
J Manton	c Cantrell b Wharmby	6
WH Twigg	lbw b Brown	27
CJ Goodall	not out	13
+H Williamson	c Morcom b Orr	28
Extras	(19 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-38, 3-40, 4-47, 5-174, 6-196, 7-207, 8-253, 9-282, 10-308 (93.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morcom	10	0	36	1	-	-
Brown	20	4	49	3	-	-
Wharmby	18	2	43	1	-	-
Moss	32	10	75	2	-	-
Orr	8.3	0	60	2	-	-
Oclee	5	0	19	0	-	1

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	b Twigg	28
GE Wharmby	c Hollowood b Stratton	31
AF Morcom	not out	11
CLK Peel	not out	9
HJJ Hodgkins	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
G Pollitt	did not bat
RW Rice	did not bat
RH Moss	did not bat
HW Oclee	did not bat
+HM Cantrell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 15.4 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-59

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Manton	4	0	22	0	-	-
Goodall	5	0	28	0	-	-
Twigg	3	0	18	1	-	-
Stratton	3.4	1	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> H Clegg made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GW Crane made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Manton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Alban made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Pollitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Beddows (2) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Twigg (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Williamson (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Wharmby (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> TA Brown reached 300 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Staffordshire 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.
Bedfordshire won this return match by 8 wickets at 5.25 pm on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. The game at Bedford between the two sides the previous week had been drawn. For the winners, Pollitt's 175, scored in four hours, contained 27 fours, 2 threes, and 16 twos. Wharmby's 57 included 8 fours and Hodgkins's 51 contained 3 fours. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Hodgkins and Pollitt put on 112 runs for the second wicket, and Pollitt and Wharmby 115 for the fourth wicket. Brown took 9 wickets in the match for 87 runs. For Staffordshire, there were 12 fours in Beddows's 92 and 9 fours in Stratton's 64. In the Staffordshire second innings these two added 127 for the fifth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. When he had scored 12 in the Bedfordshire second innings, Wharmby reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches.
[Missing; Umpires.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 20 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 12 August; Bedfordshire Standard 19 August; Bedfordshire Times 19 August; The Sportsman 16 August.