The MInor Counties Championship 1900

78 MATCH NUMBER 59 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 August 1900 Result: Buckinghamshire won by 117 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 1, Berkshire -1 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: R Barber and J Relf Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Berkshire 3 (F E Rowe, E Townsend, - Young) First day score: Buckinghamshire 129-5 wickets (M WWright 61*, H J Bird 13*) Buckinghamshire Boddy, E S b Croome 14 (1) c Watts b Brown 45 + C E Cobb b Barker 0 Saunders, J b Barker 0 Wright, M W c Brown b Barker 68 * P J de Paravicini c Watts b Croome 27 Capt S D Maul c Croome b Barker 9 (2) c Watts b Croome 27 H J Bird c Henderson b Barker 13 J W Stratton b Barker 10 Lord Dalmeny c Ingram b Barker 10 (3) not out 10 E N N Bartlett c Rowe b Brown 16 Nash, G not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 5 5 Total 175 (2 wickets declared) 87 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 1 19 81 111 129 143 157 171 175 Second innings 61 87 - - - - - - - - Barker 45 15 80 7 - - (1) 3 0 16 0 - - Croome 19.4 6 39 2 - - (4) 8 0 23 1 - - Brown 18 6 37 1 - - (2) 8 2 31 1 - - Young 9 4 12 0 - - (3) 2 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 91.4 31 175 10 0 0 21 2 87 2 0 0 Berkshire F E Rowe c Wright b Nash 35 (1) c Bartlett b Nash 8 * A C M Croome c Cobb b Wright 10 (2) c Nash b Wright 20 F M Ingram b Wright 12 (3) b Nash 3 F E Chapman b Nash 1 (4) hit wicket b Wright 1 + A Henderson c Dalmeny b Nash 3 (5) b Nash 0 Watts, E lbw b Nash 19 (6) c Stratton b Nash 6 A P Strange b Wright 0 (7) c Wright b Nash 0 Brown, C E b Wright 13 (8) b Nash 0 E Townsend b Nash 2 (9) b Wright 4 Barker, W not out 0 (10) c Saunders b Wright 0 Young, - b Nash 0 (11) not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 2, lb 1 3 Total 100 45 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 42 47 65 66 66 98 100 100 100 Second innings 20 34 35 35 41 41 41 45 45 45 Wright 21 6 45 4 - - (1) 15.4 11 11 4 - - Nash 19.2 9 37 6 - - (2) 15 6 31 6 - - Stratton 3 0 6 0 - - Maul 1 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 44.2 15 100 10 0 0 30.4 17 45 10 0 0 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match with 15 minutes to spare after dismissing Berkshire in an hour for 45 runs. A heavy rainstorm interrupted play on the first day, when two overs had been bowled after lunch, and it delayed further progress until 4.30 pm. For the winners, Nash took 12 wickets in the match for 68 runs and Wright the remaining 8 for 56. Wright top-scored with 68. For Berkshire, Barker took 7 wickets for 80 runs in the Buckinghamshire first innings. The match between the two sides at Reading the previous week had been won by Berkshire. When dismissing Rowe in the Berkshire second innings, Nash reached the career milestone of two hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: In Buckinghamshire 1 st inns boundaries in Wrightís 68; time completed; initials of Young.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 25 August; Bucks Herald 25 August; South Bucks Free Press 24 August; Berkshire Chronicle 25 August; Reading Mercury 25 August; Reading Standard 25 August; The Sportsman 23,24 August.