Minor Counties Championship 1895

50 MATCH NUMBER 37 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The High Wycombe Cricket Club Ground, London Road, High Wycombe on Monday 26, Tuesday 27 August 1895 Result: Buckinghamshire won by 72 runs Points: Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: R Barber and S Pakes Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (A M Grenfell); Bedfordshire 2 (A G Richardson, E F Rowe) First day score: Buckinghamshire 94; Bedfordshire 118-9 wickets (J A Healing 10*, W F Brown 0*) Buckinghamshire S Bird c Ryder b T A Brown 5 (1) c Orlebar b W F Brown 24 Langley, F b W F Brown 8 (2) st Rowe b W F Brown 9 C W Hunt c Ryder b T A Brown 0 (3) b T A Brown 11 Saunders, J run out 0 (4) c Rowe b W F Brown 16 Wright, M W c Richardson b Manton 35 (5) c Ryder b T A Brown 21 * P J de Paravicini c W F Brown b T A Brown 1 (6) c Healing b T A Brown 0 C H Allcock c W F Brown b T A Brown 8 (7) c Ryder b T A Brown 0 H Sutthery c Ryder b T A Brown 2 (8) c Orlebar b T A Brown 39 J W Stratton c Manton b T A Brown 25 (9) not out 20 + A M Grenfell run out 2 (10) c and b T A Brown 11 Nash, G not out 4 Extras 4 13 Total 94 (9 wickets declared) 164 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 13 13 19 20 32 83 94 Second innings 13 28 59 64 64 64 112 126 164 - W F Brown 20 10 30 1 - - (1) 25 7 38 3 - - Brown, T A 27 11 41 6 - - (3) 29 11 64 6 - - Manton 7.3 1 19 1 - - (2) 17 6 37 0 - - Orlebar (4) 2 1 12 0 - - Extras - - 4 2 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 54.3 22 94 10 - - 73 25 164 9 - - Bedfordshire Hoy, F V c Hunt b Nash 8 (1) b Nash 0 J Manton b Stratton 42 (2) b Wright 8 L C W Thring st Grenfell b Nash 5 ( ) b Nash 6 R Ryder c Saunders b Nash 0 ( ) b Wright 2 + E F Rowe b Stratton 4 ( ) lbw b Nash 3 A D Piper c Grenfell b Nash 1 ( ) b Nash 0 Brown, T A c Saunders b Nash 20 ( ) c Langley b Nash 6 A G Richardson b Nash 11 ( ) b Nash 18 E Y Orlebar st Grenfell b Wright 2 ( ) b Nash 0 * J Healing c Allcock b Nash 10 ( ) c Bird b Nash 14 W F Brown not out 0 (11) not out 5 Extras 15 6 Total 118 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 50 60 60 71 103 118 118 Second innings 12 31 68 Nash 28.1 9 57 7 - - (1) 24.1 14 33 8 - - Wright 14 9 22 1 - - (2) 22 13 25 2 - - Stratton 14 6 24 2 - - (3) 2 1 4 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 56.1 24 118 10 - - 48.1 28 68 10 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match at 5.10 pm on the second day with 5 minutes to spare, having dismissed Bedfordshire in their second innings in 90 minutes. It had been agreed by the captains that the match would end at 5.15 pm to allow the Bedfordshire players to catch their train home. The result reversed the defeat suffered by Buckinghamshire at Leighton Buzzard the previous week. The match had been transferred from Aylesbury where the wicket had been judged unfit for a two-day Championship match. Rain delayed the start on the first day until 2.10 pm, and on the second until 11.35 am. For the winners, Nash took 15 wickets in the match for 90 runs, statistically the best bowling performance of the season. He took 7 for 57 in the Bedfordshire first innings, and 8 for 33 in the second. For the losers, T A Brown took 12 wickets in the game for 105 runs. Manton’s 42, the highest individual innings in the match, contained 4 sixes and 1 four. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns part batting order.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 31 August; Bucks Herald 31 August; South Bucks Free Press 30 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 31 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 31 August; Bedfordshire Standard 30 August; Bedfordshire Times 31 August; Dunstable Advertiser 31 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 28 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 3 September; Luton News 29 August; Maidenhead Advertiser 28 August; Sporting Life 29 August; The Sportsman 27,29 August.