The Minor Counties Championship 1902

82 MATCH NUMBER 59 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Monday 18 [no play], Tuesday 19 August 1902 Result: Bedfordshire won by 36 runs Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (A W Roberts); Bedfordshire none First day score: Rain prevented play Bedfordshire F G Brooks c Hobbs b Wright 1 (1) c P J de Paravicini b Wright 9 Pollitt, G c Hobbs b Page 2 (2) b Wright 9 Rev R H Moss lbw b Wright 0 (3) run out 25 Wharmby, G E st Cobb b Wright 15 (4) lbw b Wright 17 * H R Orr st Cobb b Nash 23 (5) b Nash 9 L G Stileman-Gibbard c Weatherby b Nash 1 (7) st Cobb b Nash 0 Brown, T A b Nash 2 (8) c Hobbs b Nash 0 L C R Thring c Cobb b Nash 2 (6) b Nash 0 H W Oclee c Page b Nash 0 (9) c and b Wright 7 N D T Oliver not out 12 (10) lbw b Nash 15 + W R Jeakings c P J de Paravicini b Nash 1 (11) not out 0 Extras b 8 8 0 Total 67 91 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 67 Second innings 18 19 53 69 69 69 69 70 87 91 Wright 14 5 31 3 - - (1) 19.5 4 56 4 - - Page 7 2 18 1 - - Nash 6.4 3 10 6 - - (2) 19 6 35 5 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 27.4 10 67 10 0 0 38.5 10 91 10 0 0 Buckinghamshire C R H Gresson b Wharmby 0 (1) b Brown 1 E C Hobbs c Wharmby b Brown 8 (2) c Moss b Brown 6 F N Bird b Brown 13 (3) b Brown 0 Wright, M W b Wharmby 4 (4) b Wharmby 4 * P J de Paravicini b Brown 13 (5) not out 40 J T Weatherby lbw b Brown 0 (6) b Brown 0 + C E Cobb b Wharmby 2 (7) c Brooks b Brown 2 A W Roberts c Oliver b Wharmby 0 (8) b Wharmby 1 P C F de Paravicini b Wharmby 0 (9) b Wharmby 1 Page, H not out 0 (10) c Stileman-Gibbard b Wharmby 6 Nash, G c and b Wharmby 2 (11) b Brown 9 Extras b 5 5 b 4, lb 1 5 Total 47 75 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 16 21 38 38 43 43 43 43 47 Second innings 3 3 8 22 22 28 52 66 75 Wharmby 10.2 2 21 6 - - (1) 19 10 34 4 - - Brown 10 4 21 4 - - (2) 18.5 7 36 6 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 20.2 6 47 10 0 0 37.5 17 75 10 0 0 Notes: Despite rain preventing play on the first day, this return match was won by Bedfordshire by 36 runs shortly before 6.00 pm on the second day. Reports indicate the pitch was greatly in the favour of the bowlers. The match earlier in the month at Bedford had also been severely affected by the weather and had ended as a draw. For the winners, Wharmby with 10 wickets for 55 runs and Brown with 10 wickets for 57 runs bowled unchanged through both Buckinghamshire innings. It was the only instance during the season. Nash, with 11 wickets for 45 runs for Buckinghamshire, was the third player to take 10 wickets in the match. The match aggregate of 280 runs for a completed match was the third lowest of the season. The run margin of victory was the second smallest of the season. Three championship career milestones were reached during this match. When he had scored 10 in the Bedfordshire first innings, Orr reached 1,000 runs; when dismissing Hobbs in the Buckinghamshire first innings, Brown took his two hundredth wicket; and when he had scored 23 in the Buckinghamshire second innings, P J de Paravicini reached 2,000 runs. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Aylesbury Reporter 23 August; Bucks Advertiser 23 August; Bucks Herald 23 August; South Bucks Free Press 22 August; Bedford Mercury 22 August; Bedfordshire Standard 22 August; The Sportsman 19,20 August.