The MInor Counties Championship 1900

76 MATCH NUMBER 57: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Monday 20, Tuesday 21 August 1900 Result: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 18 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 1, Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: R Barber and W T Westell Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Hertfordshire 1 (B E Fenwick) First day score: Hertfordshire 112; Buckinghamshire 247-4 wickets (M WWright 117*, Capt S D Maul 50*) Hertfordshire White, H E c Cobb b Wright 0 (2) c Dalmeny b Stratton 28 D J Cassavetti c Dalmeny b Stratton 1 (1) b Nash 39 * A Butcher c Boddy b Stratton 15 (3) c Boddy b Wright 0 Golding, A J b Stratton 10 (4) b Wright 21 H J Hill b Stratton 8 (5) b Wright 0 Rev H Highley c Dalmeny b Stratton 0 (6) run out 34 Coleman, W E c Saunders b Wright 0 (7) c Wright b Maul 54 W H Marsh c Dalmeny b Stratton 13 (9) c Cobb b Stratton 14 + B E Fenwick b Stratton 6 (11) lbw b Maul 9 Stevens, H W not out 25 (8) c Cobb b Stratton 0 Wilders, G b Nash 33 (10) not out 10 Extras nb 1 1 b 3, lb 4, nb 2 9 Total 112 218 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 6 25 26 26 28 34 47 64 112 Second innings 40 43 68 68 118 152 160 197 197 218 Wright 26 16 52 2 - - (1) 33 10 63 3 - - Stratton 25 6 54 7 - 1 (2) 22 6 63 3 - 2 Nash 0.4 0 5 1 - - (3) 16 3 61 1 - - Maul (4) 6 0 22 2 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 9 1 - - Total 51.4 22 112 10 0 1 77 19 218 10 0 2 Buckinghamshire + C E Cobb c Fenwick b White 0 Boddy, E S b Coleman 43 Saunders, J b White 4 Wright, M W c Cassavetti b Golding 148 * P J de Paravicini c Fenwick b Marsh 26 Capt S D Maul c and b White 60 H J Bird not out 50 Lord Dalmeny c Cassavetti b Golding 0 H W T Blanchett c Fenwick b Wilders 3 J W Stratton not out 2 Nash, G Extras b 2, lb 9, nb 1 12 Total (8 wickets declared) 348 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 4 81 162 260 333 333 342 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 42 6 110 3 - - Coleman 30 5 85 1 - - Highley 5 1 17 0 - - Wilders 10 1 28 1 - - Stevens 5 1 28 0 - 1 Marsh 12 0 48 1 - - Golding 9 2 20 2 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 113 16 348 8 0 1 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by an innings and 18 runs on the second day. The earlier contest between the two sides at St Albans in July had been drawn. For the winners, Stratton took 10 wickets in the match for 117 runs, including 7 for 54 in the Hertfordshire first innings. Wrightís 148 included 12 fours, 9 threes and 9 twos. He also took 5 wickets in the match, which was one of the best all-round performances during the season. There were 8 fours in Maulís 60, and 6 fours in Birdís 50 not out. In the Buckinghamshire innings, Wright and de Paravicini added 81 runs for the fourth wicket, which was the joint second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the losers, Colemanís 54 contained 8 fours. [Missing: In Buckinghamshire inns duration of Wrightís 148; time completed] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Bucks Advertiser 25 August; Bucks Herald 25 August; South Bucks Free Press 24 August; Herts Advertiser 25 August; Hertfordshire Standard 24 August; Watford Observer 25 August; The Sportsman 21,22 August.