The MInor Counties Championship 1900

74 MATCH NUMBER 55 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 17, Saturday 18 August 1900 Result: Berkshire won by an innings and 3 runs. Points: Berkshire 1, Buckinghamshire -1 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: R Barber and J Relf Debutants: Berkshire 1 (J May); Buckinghamshire 1 (- Robinson) First day score: Buckinghamshire 118; Berkshire 182-5 wickets (A Henderson 1*) Buckinghamshire Boddy, E S b Barker 10 ( ) c Barker b Croome 35 Saunders, J c Collins b Brown 3 ( ) b Barker 25 Wright, M W not out 37 ( ) not out 36 H W T Blanchett c Chapman b Barker 1 ( ) c Watts b Barker 8 A S Ward b Barker 2 ( ) c Croome b Barker 5 Lord Dalmeny b Brown 4 ( ) b Brown 0 * Capt S D Maul b Barker 30 ( ) st Chapman b Brown 17 + A Scott-Murray c Chapman b Barker 2 ( ) c Collins b Barker 11 Robinson, - b Barker 4 ( ) c Chapman b Barker 0 Nash, G c May b Brown 3 ( ) c Collins b Barker 0 Golding, S b Barker 4 ( ) b Barker 5 Extras 18 12 Total 118 154 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 118 Second innings 154 Brown 25 13 31 3 - - (2) 17 3 34 2 - - Barker 27.2 9 52 7 - - (1) 22.3 5 72 7 - - Croome 7 3 7 0 - - (3) 9 2 26 1 - - May 7 2 10 0 - - Collins (4) 6 2 10 0 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 66.2 27 118 10 - - 54.3 12 154 10 - - Berkshire L G A Collins c Nash b Golding 24 * A C M Croome b Nash 34 + F E Chapman c Nash b Ward 43 H M Worsley lbw b Nash 39 F M Ingram c Scott-Murray b Nash 22 A Henderson c Scott-Murray b Wright 39 Watts, E b Wright 23 A P Strange b Wright 1 Brown, C E run out 1 J May c Dalmeny b Nash 14 Barker, W not out 1 Extras nb 1 34 Total 275 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 275 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Ward 21 1 69 1 - - Wright 34 15 44 3 - - Golding 11 1 35 1 - - Nash 26 4 93 4 - 1 Extras - - 34 1 - - Total 92 21 275 10 0 1 Notes: Berkshire gained their victory by an innings early in the afternoon on the second day. For Berkshire, Barker took 14 wickets for 124 runs, which was statistically the third best match bowling performance of the season. He took 7 for 52 in the first innings and 7 for 72 in the second. Henderson and Worsley were joint top-scorers with 39. Wright with 37 played the highest innings for Buckinghamshire. [Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns batting order; Robinsonís initials; time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 25 August; Reading Standard 25 August; Aylesbury Reporter 25 August; Bucks Advertiser 25 August; Bucks Herald 25 August; South Bucks Free Press 24 August; South Bucks Standard 24 August; The Sportsman 18,20 August.