minc651	Bedfordshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 20th, 21st July 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 2; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	A Stockwin, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 242/6 (King 69*, Atkinson 11*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Page	c Apthorp b Pestell	7
W Brown	c Apthorp b Pestell	15
SF Barnes	b Wharmby	0
*HD Stratton	c Thring b Wharmby	33
RJ Mee	b Pestell	2
WJ Beddows	c Apthorp b Pestell	18
A Tinsley	b Brown	26
T Holden	not out	27
JT Pointon	b Wharmby	1
+H Williamson	c and b Brown	14
N Buxton	b Wharmby	6
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 56.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-26, 4-30, 5-70, 6-92, 7-114, 8-115, 9-140, 10-153 (56.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	26.1	3	45	4	-	-
Pestell	21	4	74	4	-	-
Brown	9	1	30	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pollitt	c Williamson b Mee	43
RW Rice	c Tinsley b Barnes	0
TA Brown	b Mee	15
*HR Orr	b Mee	12
LCR Thring	c and b Barnes	50
GE Wharmby	c Williamson b Holden	27
WE King	b Barnes	83
CB Atkinson	c Williamson b Barnes	14
JM Cavanagh	b Mee	2
+EE Apthorp	b Barnes	3
FE Pestell	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-34, 3-52, 4-123, 5-145, 6-191, 7-254, 8-259, 9-264, 10-264 (67.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	24	3	90	5	-	-
Mee	30.4	5	84	4	-	-
Buxton	4	0	27	0	-	-
Pointon	1	0	12	0	-	-
Tinsley	3	0	16	0	-	-
Holden	4	0	13	1	-	-
Brown	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	b Orr	73
EW Page	st Apthorp b Pestell	10
*HD Stratton	b Wharmby	1
SF Barnes	run out	30
RJ Mee	lbw b Orr	19
T Holden	not out	41
A Tinsley	b King	8
WJ Beddows	b King	12
JT Pointon	c Wharmby b Thring	5
+H Williamson	lbw b Wharmby	0
N Buxton	c Pestell b Brown	23
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 101 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-38, 3-96, 4-139, 5-144, 6-175, 7-193, 8-199, 9-202, 10-237 (101 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	33	14	65	2	-	-
Pestell	24	7	60	1	1	-
Brown	13	2	33	1	-	-
Orr	17	3	35	2	-	-
King	9	2	19	2	-	-
Thring	5	1	10	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	c Beddows b Barnes	32
LCR Thring	b Barnes	20
WE King	c Page b Mee	7
TA Brown	not out	21
G Pollitt	not out	10
RW Rice	did not bat
GE Wharmby	did not bat
CB Atkinson	did not bat
JM Cavanagh	did not bat
+EE Apthorp	did not bat
FE Pestell	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 22 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-57, 3-67

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	11	0	48	2	-	2
Mee	11	1	42	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Pointon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Williamson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE King (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CB Atkinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Holden (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Buxton (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Pestell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 0-21)
--> RJ Mee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-24)

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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.
Match drawn with Bedfordshire winning on first innings. Bedfordshire needed 127 runs in their second innings to win in 85 minutes. For the home side, there were 12 fours in King's 83 and 8 fours in Thring's 50. In the Bedfordshire innings, King and Atkinson added 63 runs for the seventh wicket. For Staffordshire, W Brown's 73 contained 6 fours.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Bedford Record 25 July; Bedfordshire Mercury 21,28 July; Bedfordshire Standard 21,28 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 20,21,22 July; Birmingham Daily Post 21,22 July; The Sportsman 21,22 July.