minc641	Hertfordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Clarence Park, St Albans on 12th, 13th July 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 2; Bedfordshire 0
Umpires	R Barber, TH Holton
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (2) 3/2 (Goodall 3*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	c W Brown b Wharmby	0
AJ Golding	c Apthorp b Wharmby	14
A Butcher	b TA Brown	11
GG Dumbelton	c Orr b Wharmby	69
WE Coleman	run out	28
C Tasker-Evans	b Wharmby	0
EG Blow	b TA Brown	2
*HM Harford	b TA Brown	1
TF Dwight	b Wharmby	34
+J Goodall	b Wharmby	1
ER Harding	not out	1
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-33, 4-84, 5-84, 6-96, 7-98, 8-175, 9-178, 10-179 (69.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	30.5	8	61	6	-	-
TA Brown	27	10	60	3	-	-
King	4	0	20	0	-	-
Orr	8	1	20	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Stileman-Gibbard	b Coleman	10
G Pollitt	b White	16
TA Brown	lbw b White	3
*HR Orr	b Coleman	15
PL Gaminara	b Coleman	3
JM Cavanagh	b White	7
WE King	run out	8
F Taylor	b Tasker-Evans	34
GE Wharmby	b Coleman	25
W Brown	not out	0
+EE Apthorp	c Goodall b Coleman	3
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-31, 3-35, 4-42, 5-57, 6-68, 7-68, 8-136, 9-136, 10-139 (56.4 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	23.4	7	53	5	-	-
White	21	6	43	3	-	-
Harding	6	1	18	0	-	-
Tasker-Evans	6	2	10	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ER Harding	b Wharmby	0
EG Blow	b TA Brown	0
+J Goodall	b TA Brown	9
AJ Golding	b King	33
HE White	c and b King	85
A Butcher	b King	52
GG Dumbelton	c W Brown b Orr	29
WE Coleman	c Taylor b Orr	73
TF Dwight	not out	3
C Tasker-Evans	did not bat
*HM Harford	did not bat
Extras		19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 88.5 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-14, 4-97, 5-170, 6-?, 7-?, 8-303 (88.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	23	1	74	1	-	-
TA Brown	18	4	44	2	-	-
Orr	17.5	1	82	2	-	-
King	30	5	84	3	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	b White	9
G Pollitt	b Coleman	33
TA Brown	c Harding b Coleman	12
LG Stileman-Gibbard	b Coleman	3
F Taylor	b Harding	4
GE Wharmby	b Harding	8
PL Gaminara	b Harding	0
JM Cavanagh	b Coleman	11
WE King	not out	8
W Brown	not out	4
+EE Apthorp	did not bat
Extras		15
Total	(8 wickets, 75 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	22	7	27	4	-	-
White	22	10	25	1	-	-
Harding	13	4	22	3	-	-
Tasker-Evans	11	4	8	0	-	-
Golding	7	4	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Tasker-Evans made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TF Dwight made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PL Gaminara made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JM Cavanagh made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LG Stileman-Gibbard made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PL Gaminara made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 19
--> WE Coleman (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16

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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 with Hertfordshire winning on first innings, after Bedfordshire had been set a second innings victory target of 344 runs in 3 hours. For the home team, White scored 85, Coleman 73, Dumbelton 69 and Butcher 52. In the Hertfordshire first innings, Dumbelton and Dwight put on 77 runs for the eighth wicket. Coleman took 9 wickets in the match for 80 runs. For Bedfordshire, Taylor and Wharmby added 68 for the eighth wicket in the first innings. In the second innings, Pollitt batted for 2½ hours in scoring 33 to help save the match for the visitors. In the Hertfordshire second innings, the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches was reached both by Butcher when he had scored 19 and by Coleman when 16.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in Dumbelton 69; in Hertfordshire second innings boundaries in White's 85, Coleman's 73
and Butcher's 52.]
Sources: West Herts and Watford Observer 15 July; Bedfordshire Standard 14 July; The Sportsman 13,14 July.