The Minor Counties Championship 1901

131 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 5, lost 1, drawn 2. Position: Third out of seventeen Won: v Hertfordshire at St Albans, v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Berkshire at Aylesbury, v Norfolk at Aylesbury, and v Norfolk at Norwich Lost: v Wiltshire at Bletchley Drawn: v Hertfordshire at Aylesbury, and v Berkshire at Reading. Captain: P J de Paravicini (5 matches) – C E Cobb (2 matches) and Rev E D Shaw (1 match) captained the side in the matches in which P J de Paravicini did not play Wicket-keepers: J M Bagley (1 match), C E Cobb (5 matches), H Packer (1 match) and A Scott-Murray (1 match) Debutants: 10 (J M Bagley, H Bandy, H E Bull, E Houchin, A W Johnson, M D Katinakis, AW Keen, G Kentish, H Packer and T Stacey) Final season for team: 9 (H Bandy, E N N Bartlett, H J Bird, H W T Blanchett, Lord Dalmeny, M D Katinakis, H Packer, A Scott-Murray and J W Stratton) Hon Secretary: G R Ward Professionals: 7 (E S Boddy, E Houchin, G Kentish, F Langley, G Nash, H Page and M WWright ) Home grounds 2: The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury (3 matches); The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley (1 match). Notes: The unexpected defeat by Wiltshire at Bletchley restricted Buckinghamshire to third place in the Championship. They played 8 matches with Norfolk replacing Oxfordshire on the fixture list. Of the players making their debut for the County in the Championship during the season, G Kentish had played 2 matches for Hertfordshire in 1900. During the season, Wright passed the career milestone of three hundred wickets in championship matches. [There is some uncertainty about H Packer’s initials – see Notes to Match 24 v Wiltshire at Trowbridge.] BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Buckinghamshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 9 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 J M Bagley + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H Bandy + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - E N N Bartlett 2 3 0 12 26 8.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F N Bird 6 9 2 91* 166 23.71 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - H J Bird 6 9 1 27 80 10.00 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - H W T Blanchett 2 4 0 15 45 11.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Boddy, E S 8 13 1 35 160 13.33 - - 2 5 - - - - - - - - - H E Bull + 2 3 0 26 42 14.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - C E Cobb 5 7 1 44 180 30.00 - - 1 10 4 - - - - - - - - Lord Dalmeny 1 2 0 40 47 23.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - P J de Paravicini 5 7 2 57 257 51.40 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Houchin, E + 3 4 0 20 38 9.50 - - - 6 - 132 50 238 20 11.90 6-30 1 2 A W Johnson + 2 2 0 20 28 14.00 - - - 1 - 36 12 94 5 18.80 5-66 - 1 M D Katinakis + 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A W Keen + 4 6 0 12 20 3.33 - - 4 - - 44 18 93 7 13.28 3-16 - - Kentish, G + 4 6 1 19 43 8.60 - - 1 4 - 57.2 18 124 7 17.71 3-61 - - Langley, F 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F H Mitchell 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - 8 1 29 1 29.00 1-29 - - Nash, G 3 5 2 16 25 8.33 - - 1 1 - 27.5 10 61 1 61.00 1-21 - - H Packer + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - Page, H 8 12 4 39 118 14.75 - - 1 11 - 228.2 71 514 27 19.03 7-46 1 1 A Scott-Murray 3 4 0 6 10 2.50 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - Rev E D Shaw 4 7 0 44 156 22.28 - - - 3 - 9 1 27 1 27.00 1-23 - - T Stacey + 5 8 1 33 122 17.42 - - 1 1 - 3 1 9 0 - - - - J W Stratton 1 2 1 8 15 15.00 - - - - - 3 1 8 0 - - - - Wright, M W 8 12 2 102* 290 29.00 1 1 2 6 - 459.3 203 744 61 12.19 7-39 2 6 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 173 - - - - - - - - 101 5 - - - - Total 88 134 18 102* 2072 17.86 1 3 22 64 5 1008 386 2042 135 15.12 7-39 4 10 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 9 players made their last appearance for Buckinghamshire in the Championship in 1901. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I H Bandy 1901 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - E N N Bartlett 1896 14 18 3 50 157 10.46 - 1 3 8 - - - - - - - - H J Bird 1896 11 16 3 50* 164 12.61 - 1 4 4 - - - - - - - - H W T Blanchett 1900 5 8 1 15 71 10.14 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - Lord Dalmeny 1899 7 10 1 40 107 11.88 - - 2 13 - - - - - - - - M D Katinakis 1901 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - H Packer 1901 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - A Scott-Murray 1900 6 8 0 11 33 4.12 - - 2 7 - - - - - - - - J W Stratton 1895 27 39 8 30 387 12.48 - - 8 12 - 1714 861 45 19.13 7-54 1 2 (9 players)