The Minor Counties Championship 1902

63 MATCH NUMBER 40 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 July 1902 Result: Buckinghamshire won by two wickets Points: Buckinghamshire 3 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: A Luff and G T Rye Debutants: Berkshire 2 (G G M Bennett, K I Nicholl); Buckinghamshire none First day score: Berkshire 301; Buckinghamshire 115-4 wickets (M WWright 33*, Capt S D Maul 4*) Berkshire R A Williams b Page 77 (2) c and b Maul 47 H F M Morres b Page 11 (1) c Hobbs b Wright 0 * J A Gibb c P C F de Paravicini b Wright 1 (3) c Maul b Page 7 F E Rowe c Page b Ussher 71 (6) c Hobbs b Wright 36 G G M Bennett c Hobbs b Wright 1 (5) c P C F de Paravicini b Wright 4 Lt C J Collins b Page 5 (7) c Hobbs b Maul 0 + A Henderson c and b Wright 14 (9) lbw b Maul 7 K I Nicholl lbw b Wright 0 (8) run out 1 Barrett, H c P C F de Paravicini b Kentish 43 (4) c Kentish b Maul 0 Relf, R R not out 41 (11) c Keen b Wright 14 Barker,W c Hobbs b Wright 25 (10) not out 6 Extras 12 4 Total 301 126 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 39 144 145 151 187 187 227 242 301 Second innings 1 8 8 12 100 100 101 101 111 126 Wright 44.4 24 69 5 - - (1) 25 13 39 4 - - Page 36 8 108 3 - - (2) 16 4 25 1 - - Kentish 16 4 44 1 - - Ussher 7 1 24 1 - - (3) 3 0 25 0 - - Keen 11 3 44 0 - - (5) 1 0 7 0 - - Maul (4) 7 0 26 4 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 114.4 40 301 10 - - 52 17 126 10 - - Buckinghamshire E C Hobbs c Relf b Barker 34 (1) c Henderson b Barker 8 Langley, C c Henderson b Williams 13 (2) c Barker b Williams 9 Wright, M W b Barker 57 (4) b Relf 53 * P J de Paravicini c Morres b Barker 15 (3) c Morres b Relf 44 Kentish, G c Gibb b Barrett 5 (7) c Williams b Relf 8 Capt S D Maul st Henderson b Williams 31 (5) b Relf 2 + P C F de Paravicini b Barker 29 (9) b Relf 0 Jones, H c Morres b Barker 46 (10) not out 4 S Ussher c Morres b Barker 29 (6) b Relf 0 Page, H c Relf b Williams 9 (8) not out 7 A W Keen not out 0 Extras w 2 17 w 1, nb 3 9 Total 285 (8 wickets) 144 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 64 98 103 158 170 223 269 279 285 Second innings 17 30 107 119 119 132 133 140 - - Barker 43 9 118 6 - - (2) 20 1 72 1 - 2 Williams 41 7 98 3 1 - (1) 12 2 43 1 1 1 Relf 9 4 17 0 1 - (3) 8.5 2 20 6 - - Collins 6 0 21 0 - - Barrett 2 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 101 20 285 10 2 0 40.5 5 144 8 1 3 Notes: Set a victory target of 143 runs in their second innings in 1½ hours, Buckinghamshire won at 6.20 pm in the final over. Jones scored the boundary that brought the visitors their victory. For the winners, Wright’s two innings of 57 and 53 both contained 5 fours. In the Buckinghamshire first innings, P C F de Paravicini and Jones added 53 runs for the seventh wicket. Williams’s 77 for Berkshire included 12 fours and Rowe’s 71 contained 10 fours. In the Berkshire first innings Williams and Rowe put on 105 runs for the third wicket, and Relf and Barker 59 runs for the last wicket. Wright’s 69.4 overs and Barker’s 63 in the match were the first and joint second highest totals of the season. In addition, Wright’s 44.4 overs in an innings were the second highest of the season. Further, Wright’s 24 maidens in the first Berkshire innings, and his 37 in the match were both highest totals of the season. The match aggregate of 856 runs was the second highest of the season. The two wicket margin of victory was the second smallest of the season. The 5 catches held by Hobbs in the match were the most by a fielder during the season. When he had scored 24 in the Bedfordshire second innings, Williams reached the career milestone of 1,000 runs in championship matches. There is some uncertainty about the Berkshire batting orders in both innings, which have been derived from the fall of wickets and match account details. [Missing: Extras breakdown.] Sources: Reading Mercury 2 August; Reading Standard 2 August; Bucks Advertiser 2 August; Bucks Herald 2 August; South Bucks Free Press 1 August; South Bucks Standard 1 August; The Sportsman 1 August.