Minor Counties Championship 1895

48 MATCH NUMBER 35 : BEDFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The Leighton Town Cricket Club Ground, Bell Close, Leighton Buzzard on Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 August 1895 Result: Bedfordshire won by three wickets Points: Bedfordshire 1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: R Barber and S Pakes Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (E Y Orlebar); Buckinghamshire 2 (W H Lunnon, C M Woodbridge) First day score: Bedfordshire 168; Buckinghamshire 72 and 71-4 wickets (M WWright 4*, C D Robinson 10*) Bedfordshire J Manton st Robinson b Nash 7 (1) c Robinson b Nash 8 Hoy, F V b Nash 7 Brown, T A st Robinson b Nash 3 (8) st Robinson b Nash 4 C G Pope b Nash 28 (6) c Saunders b Nash 9 * + L C R Thring c de Paravicini b Nash 15 (7) not out 31 L C W Thring c Robinson b Nash 11 (3) c Stratton b Wright 2 R Ryder b Wright 4 (5) c Sutthery b Nash 10 E Y Orlebar b Wright 3 (9) not out 0 A D Piper b Allcock 56 (2) b Wright 2 J Healing not out 31 (4) c Higgins b Nash 7 W F Brown st Robinson b Allcock 1 Extras lb 2 2 0 Total 168 (7 wickets) 73 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 16 31 55 62 67 75 101 160 168 Second innings 10 10 18 19 32 62 68 - - - Nash 32 8 71 6 - - (1) 16 3 47 5 - - Wright 31 9 82 2 - - (2) 15.3 7 26 2 - - Stratton 3 1 6 0 - - Allcock 3 0 7 2 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 69 18 168 10 0 0 31.3 10 73 7 0 0 Buckinghamshire (Followed on) * P J de Paravicini b W F Brown 0 (1) c Ryder b T A Brown 6 H Sutthery c T A Brown b W F Brown 1 (2) c Manton b T A Brown 15 Saunders, J c Orlebar b W F Brown 5 (3) b T A Brown 4 C H Allcock c L C W Thring b T A Brown 0 (4) c Piper b T A Brown 22 Wright, M W b T A Brown 8 (5) c Piper b T A Brown 39 + C D Robinson run out 3 (6) st L C R Thring b W F Brown 36 J W Stratton b T A Brown 18 (7) c L C R Thring b W F Brown 12 C M Woodbridge b W F Brown 12 (8) c and b T A Brown 5 W H Lunnon c Ryder b T A Brown 12 (9) c W F Brown b T A Brown 4 F T Higgins c Manton b W F Brown 6 (10) c Healing b T A Brown 3 Nash, G not out 0 (11) not out 7 Extras b 7 7 b 12, lb 2, nb 1 15 Total 72 168 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 6 13 16 31 54 54 72 72 Second innings 7 15 54 54 117 168 W F Brown 16.1 7 22 5 - - (1) 38 12 57 2 - - Brown, T A 16 3 43 4 - - (2) 26.3 8 63 8 - - Pope (3) 2 2 0 0 - - Orlebar (4) 7 2 17 0 - - Manton (5) 10 5 16 0 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 32.1 10 72 10 0 0 83.3 29 168 10 0 1 Notes: Bedfordshire won this match by 3 wickets at 4.40 pm on the second day, but Buckinghamshire nearly brought off a surprise victory having followed on 96 runs behind. Heavy overnight rain delayed the start on the second day by nearly an hour. For the winners, T A Brown took 12 wickets in the match for 106 runs, including 8 for 63 in the Buckinghamshire second innings. Piper top-scored with 56 for Bedfordshire. In the Bedfordshire first innings, Piper and Healing added 59 runs for the ninth wicket. For the losers, Nash took 11 wickets in the match for 118 runs. [Missing: In Bedfordshire 1 st inns boundaries in Piper’s 56; in Buckinghamshire 1 st inns fall of 2 nd wicket; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns fall of 6 th to 9 th wickets, and who bowled no ball.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 24 August; Bedfordshire Standard 23 August; Bedfordshire Times 24 August; Dunstable Advertiser 24 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 28 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 27 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 24 August; Luton News 22 August; Bucks Advertiser 31 August; Bucks Herald 31 August; South Bucks Free Press 30 August; The Sportsman 24 August.