minc690	Northumberland v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 16th, 17th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 2; Bedfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 125/2 (Hodgkins 37*, Rice 23*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FGH Clayton	c Hodgkins b Morcom	0
FW Gillespie	hit wkt b Orr	53
O Richardson	b Morcom	17
JH Marshall	c Rice b Brown	89
A Simpson	c Wharmby b Brown	59
CM Skinner	c Brown b Morcom	37
G Simpson	c Apthorp b Wharmby	82
W Seymour	b Morcom	0
H Arkle	c Hodgkins b Orr	15
G Elsey	c Hodgkins b Orr	15
+L Greenwood	not out	1
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	23
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-39, 3-143, 4-209, 5-240, 6-340, 7-340, 8-369, 9-382, 10-391 (95.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	24	4	50	1	-	-
Morcom	25	2	108	4	2	1
Brown	21	2	84	2	-	-
Moss	9	1	40	0	-	-
King	6	0	32	0	-	-
Orr	10.4	1	54	3	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJJ Hodgkins	c Marshall b Elsey	47
G Pollitt	b Elsey	0
GE Wharmby	c Elsey b Arkle	56
RW Rice	c Marshall b Elsey	23
*HR Orr	c Marshall b Elsey	0
TA Brown	c Clayton b Skinner	29
WE King	b Marshall	18
HF Holdstock	not out	27
AF Morcom	b G Simpson	18
RH Moss	c Gillespie b G Simpson	0
+EE Apthorp	b Arkle	14
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-90, 3-129, 4-139, 5-149, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-257 (78.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skinner	9	0	49	1	-	-
Elsey	26	6	77	4	-	4
G Simpson	14	4	28	2	-	-
Arkle	16.2	4	53	2	1	-
Marshall	13	1	25	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Skinner	c Apthorp b Morcom	6
FW Gillespie	b Morcom	17
O Richardson	b Wharmby	5
JH Marshall	not out	61
A Simpson	c Apthorp b Morcom	3
G Simpson	c Apthorp b Morcom	55
*FGH Clayton	run out	1
W Seymour	not out	12
H Arkle	did not bat
G Elsey	did not bat
+L Greenwood	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-29, 3-29, 4-35, 5-125, 6-129

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	13	3	26	1	-	-
Morcom	19	3	77	4	2	-
Brown	5	1	31	0	-	-
Orr	8	1	26	0	2	-
Moss	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Orr	c Gillespie b Richardson	52
GE Wharmby	b Elsey	0
AF Morcom	c Marshall b Elsey	0
HF Holdstock	st Greenwood b Richardson	22
HJJ Hodgkins	not out	36
RH Moss	c Elsey b Arkle	17
TA Brown	not out	4
G Pollitt	did not bat
RW Rice	did not bat
WE King	did not bat
+EE Apthorp	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 0 w)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 43 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-75, 4-84, 5-131

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsey	13	2	20	2	-	2
Skinner	5	0	13	0	-	-
Arkle	7	1	31	1	-	-
Marshall	5	0	14	0	-	-
Richardson	8	3	36	2	-	-
G Simpson	5	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Arkle made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Simpson (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Simpson (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 54
--> HJJ Hodgkins (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 31
--> HR Orr reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northumberland first innings
--> GE Wharmby reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northumberland 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.
Drawn return match with Northumberland winning on first innings, after the follow-on had not been enforced. The Northumberland second innings declaration left Bedfordshire 105 minutes to get 304 runs. Bedfordshire had won when the two teams met at Dunstable in June. For the home side, there were 15 fours and 6 fours respectively in Marshall's two innings of 89 and 61 not out, and 14 fours and 10 fours G Simpson's 82 and 55. A Simpson's 59 contained 2 sixes and 7 fours, and Gillespie's 53 included 7 fours. In the Northumberland first innings Gillespie and Marshall added 104 runs for the third wicket and Skinner and G Simpson 100 for the sixth. For Bedfordshire, Wharmby's 56 included 8 fours and Orr's 52 also contained 8 fours. The match aggregate of 953 runs was the third highest of the season. The 185 runs conceded by Morcom in the match were the third highest during the season.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Bedfordshire first innings fall of sixth to ninth wickets.]
Sources: Newcastle Daily Chronicle 17,18 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 17,18 August; Newcastle Evening Chronicle 16 August; Newcastle Evening Mail 16 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 25 August; Bedfordshire Standard 25 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 26 August.