minc725	Bedfordshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1906
Venue	Bedford Modern School Ground, Bedford on 4th, 5th July 1906 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 31 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	R Rogers, GJ Rye
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (2) 138/1 (Hodgkins 33*, Rice 2*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJJ Hodgkins	b Barnes	4
G Pollitt	b Barnes	0
RW Rice	c Brown b Barnes	5
TA Brown	b Barnes	1
WE King	c Stratton b Barnes	0
*HR Orr	run out	1
GE Wharmby	c Bucknell b Barnes	1
CB Atkinson	c Bourne b Mee	0
F Taylor	not out	4
+EE Apthorp	c and b Barnes	3
DH Peel	b Barnes	2
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 16.1 overs)	24
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-9, 3-12, 4-12, 5-13, 6-13, 7-15, 8-17, 9-20, 10-24 (16.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	8.1	2	10	8	-	3
Mee	8	3	11	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	c Rice b Brown	31
J Pigott	c Rice b Peel	7
*HD Stratton	b Brown	23
SF Barnes	c Atkinson b Orr	18
A Hollowood	c and b Wharmby	1
+CL Winser	c Peel b Wharmby	12
EH Bourne	b Orr	15
A Bucknell	c Rice b Wharmby	3
L Meakin	not out	20
A Tinsley	c Hodgkins b Wharmby	32
RJ Mee	lbw b Wharmby	4
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-58, 3-74, 4-75, 5-91, 6-110, 7-117, 8-119, 9-160, 10-174 (68.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	27.4	9	61	5	-	-
Peel	15	3	33	1	-	-
Brown	19	4	43	2	-	-
Orr	7	1	29	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJJ Hodgkins	b Mee	42
G Pollitt	c Mee b Barnes	76
RW Rice	run out	40
F Taylor	b Mee	5
WE King	b Mee	29
TA Brown	b Mee	6
*HR Orr	st Winser b Bourne	35
GE Wharmby	b Mee	40
CB Atkinson	c Barnes b Bourne	0
+EE Apthorp	b Bourne	0
DH Peel	not out	10
Extras	(12 b, 10 lb, 13 nb)	35
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-148, 3-162, 4-212, 5-232, 6-233, 7-300, 8-300, 9-306, 10-318 (109.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	34	8	93	1	-	13
Mee	44.2	17	89	5	-	-
Bucknell	9	3	27	0	-	-
Bourne	14	2	49	3	-	-
Brown	6	1	19	0	-	-
Pigott	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	b Brown	26
A Hollowood	c Wharmby b Peel	0
*HD Stratton	b Wharmby	13
SF Barnes	c Apthorp b Wharmby	3
J Pigott	lbw b Orr	13
L Meakin	run out	5
+CL Winser	c Rice b Brown	30
EH Bourne	c Rice b Peel	3
A Tinsley	c Apthorp b Peel	4
A Bucknell	c Atkinson b Orr	20
RJ Mee	not out	12
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-26, 3-36, 4-57, 5-59, 6-84, 7-93, 8-97, 9-107, 10-137 (55.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharmby	14	4	35	2	-	-
Peel	21	7	31	3	-	-
Brown	14	3	34	2	-	-
Orr	6.1	0	29	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DH Peel made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Pigott made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Rice (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> CL Winser (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Bucknell (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 7-18)
--> RJ Mee reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Bedfordshire second innings
--> EH Bourne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-68)

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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 match by 31 runs on the second day with 35 minutes remaining for play. This result seemed unlikely when Bedfordshire were bowled out for 24 in their first innings, the lowest score of the season, on a pitch with heavy dew. For the winners, there were 12 fours in Pollitt's 76. In the Bedfordshire second innings, Hodgkins and Pollitt put on 134 runs for the first wicket, and Orr and Wharmby added 67 for the seventh wicket. For the losers, Barnes took 9 wickets in the match for 103 runs, including 8 for 10 in the Bedfordshire first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season. Mee's 44.2 overs in the Bedfordshire second innings were the third most bowled in an innings during the season.
[Missing: Precise time completed.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Bedford Record 10 July; Bedfordshire Standard 6 July; Staffordshire Advertiser 7 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 4,5,7 July; Birmingham Daily Post 5,6 July; The Sportsman 5,6 July.