The MInor Counties Championship 1900

111 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 1, drawn 4. Position: Fourth equal with Northumberland out of fourteen Won: v Hertfordshire at Aylesbury, v Berkshire at Aylesbury, and v Oxfordshire at Aylesbury Lost: v Berkshire at Reading Drawn: v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Hertfordshire at St Albans, v Wiltshire at Bletchley, and v Oxfordshire at Oxford. Captain: P J de Paravicini (7 matches) ñ Capt S D Maul was captain in the match in which P J de Paravicini did not play Wicket-keepers: C E Cobb (6 matches) and A Scott-Murray (2 matches) Debutants: 8 (H W T Blanchett, G H Boddy, T A Gilson, H Jones, - Robinson, A Scott-Murray, A S Ward and E E Wright) Final season for team: 6 (T A Gilson, T W Newell, C L Prior, - Robinson, J Saunders and E E Wright) Hon Secretary: G R Ward Umpire: R Barber Professionals: 9 (E S Boddy, T A Gilson, S Golding, H Jones, G Nash, T W Newell, - Robinson, J Saunders and M WWright ) Home grounds 2: The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury (3 matches); The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley (1 match). Notes: Buckinghamshire shared fourth place with Northumberland, playing the same opponents as in 1899. Of the players making their debut for the County in the Championship during the season, A S Ward had played 6 matches for Hertfordshire between 1896 and 1899. Of the players who played their final match for the County in the Championship, C L Prior was to play for Lincolnshire between 1909 and 1912. Researches to date have not yet identified Robinsonís initials or club. Career milestones passed during the year were one thousand runs and one hundred dismissals by C E Cobb and two hundred wickets by G Nash. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Buckinghamshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Buckinghamshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E N N Bartlett 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - H J Bird 4 5 2 50* 80 26.66 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H W T Blanchett + 3 4 1 14* 26 8.66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Boddy, E S 8 15 0 113 412 27.46 1 - - 5 - - - - - - - - - G H Boddy + 1 1 1 7* 7 - - - - - - 19 2 62 1 62.00 1-62 - - C E Cobb 6 9 0 72 220 24.44 - 2 3 16 2 - - - - - - - - Lord Dalmeny 5 7 1 10* 34 5.66 - - 2 10 - - - - - - - - - P J de Paravicini 7 11 1 83* 308 30.80 - 1 1 7 - 6.5 0 39 1 39.00 1-15 - - C C Edmunds 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Gilson, T A + 1 2 0 5 9 4.50 - - - 1 - 2 0 13 0 - - - - Golding, S 4 5 0 5 11 2.20 - - 1 1 - 66 5 259 5 51.80 2-89 - - Jones, H + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 3 1 5 0 - - - - Capt S D Maul 8 13 3 60 300 30.00 - 1 - 3 - 7 0 29 2 14.50 2-22 - - Nash, G 6 7 4 3* 12 4.00 - - 1 5 - 186.3 55 440 33 13.33 6-31 1 4 Newell, T W 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - 12 5 23 1 23.00 1-23 - - C L Prior 1 2 0 6 10 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Robinson, - + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Saunders, J 8 14 2 32 134 11.16 - - 3 8 - - - - - - - - - A Scott-Murray + 3 4 0 11 23 5.75 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - J W Stratton 4 4 1 10 12 4.00 - - 2 1 - 68 17 171 13 13.15 7-54 1 1 A S Ward + 5 7 1 40* 136 22.66 - - - 2 - 97 19 296 16 18.50 5-52 - 1 E E Wright + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 29 6 82 2 41.00 2-82 - - Wright, M W 8 13 4 148 433 48.11 1 2 - 6 - 440.2 201 611 53 11.52 7-21 2 3 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 115 - - - - - - - - 120 4 - - - - Total 88 130 21 148 2305 21.14 2 7 18 72 2 936.4 311 2150 131 16.41 7-21 4 9 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Buckinghamshire in the Championship in 1900. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Gilson, T A 1900 1 2 0 5 9 4.50 - - - 1 - 12 13 0 - - - - Newell, T W 1899 7 7 5 13* 27 13.50 - - - 3 - 978 518 23 22.52 5-57 - 2 C L Prior 1897 3 5 1 11 24 6.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - Robinson, - 1900 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Saunders, J 1895 44 70 3 114 1487 22.19 1 7 8 47 1 132 88 4 22.00 1-12 - - E E Wright 1900 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 174 82 2 41.00 2-82 - - (6 players)