The Minor Counties Championship 1901

96 MATCH NUMBER 73 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: F Gladwin and W T Westell Debutants: Berkshire 1 (Capt N H Carter); Buckinghamshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 289; Berkshire 57-2 wickets (A Henderson 5*, E T Davis 4*) Buckinghamshire + C E Cobb b Croome 41 H E Bull b Croome 11 ( ) c Barrett b Croome 5 Wright, M W c Rowe b Croome 0 A Scott-Murray st Henderson b Finch 0 * P J de Paravicini c Barrett b Croome 30 Boddy, E S c and b Finch 29 ( ) not out 5 F N Bird not out 91 T Stacey c Relf b Croome 23 ( ) b Finch 8 Page, H b Davis 38 ( ) not out 9 Houchin, E c Croom b Croome 4 ( ) c Barrett b Croome 20 Nash, G b Relf 0 ( ) c Finch b Croome 16 Extras w 1, nb 1 22 4 Total 289 (4 wickets) 67 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 56 59 59 59 101 120 193 284 289 Second innings - - - - - - Croome 40 9 102 6 1 1 (1) 8 2 35 3 - - Brown 8 0 28 0 - - Finch 28 5 79 2 - - (2) 2 0 6 1 - - Relf 7.1 3 12 1 - - (3) 6 0 22 0 - - Barrett 2 0 14 0 - - Carter 3 0 8 0 - - Gibb 2 0 10 0 - - Davis 2 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 22 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 92.1 17 289 10 1 1 16 2 67 4 - - Berkshire * J A Gibb b Page 30 F E Rowe c Houchin b Page 17 + A Henderson c and b Wright 14 E T Davis c and b Wright 6 Barrett, H b Houchin 23 A C M Croome b Wright 9 Brown, C E c Houchin b Wright 94 F W Finch c Houchin b Wright 4 Capt N H Carter c Page b Wright 15 Croom, A B c Bull b Wright 16 Relf, R R not out 21 Extras 10 Total 259 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 48 49 78 93 116 145 189 259 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wright 60.2 27 91 7 - - Houchin 34 13 72 1 - - Nash 23 10 40 0 - - Page 15 2 46 2 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 132.2 52 259 10 - - Notes: This return match was drawn. The game between the two sides earlier the previous week at Aylesbury had been won by Buckinghamshire. For Buckinghamshire, there were 17 fours in Bird’s 91 not out. In the visitors’ first innings, Bird and Stacey added 73 runs for the seventh wicket, and Bird and Page put on 91 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. In the Berkshire innings, Wright’s 60.2 overs and 27 maidens were both the most bowled during the season. For the home team, Brown scored 94, in an innings of 2 hours and 50 minutes. Brown and Relf put on 70 runs for the tenth wicket and saved the follow-on. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order; in Berkshire inns boundaries in Brown’s 94.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 31 August; Bucks Advertiser 31 August; Bucks Herald 31 August; South Bucks Free Press 30 August; The Sportsman 29,30 August.