The Minor Counties Championship 1902

88 MATCH NUMBER 65 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Friday 22, Saturday 23 August 1902 Result: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 93 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 3 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: H Coulson and A Stockwin Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (F Weatherby); Berkshire none First day score: Berkshire 103; Buckinghamshire 297-4 wickets (P J de Paravicini 11*, H Page 3*) Berkshire H St A Lowe b Wright 0 ( ) c Hobbs b Wright 11 Barrett, H b Nash 43 ( ) c Hobbs b Page 34 * J A Gibb c Bird b Nash 14 ( ) c Bird b Wright 28 Relf, R R c and b Wright 8 ( ) lbw b Wright 7 + Watts, E c P J de Paravicini b Nash 2 ( ) c Weatherby b Nash 14 Brown, C E c Gresson b Nash 11 ( ) b Nash 8 J C Hunter b Nash 7 ( ) c Bird b Wright 0 G G M Bennett c Hobbs b Wright 1 ( ) c Ward b Wright 7 E B B Henderson run out 8 ( ) b Wright 0 Croom, A B lbw b Nash 2 ( ) not out 1 Barker, W not out 1 ( ) b Wright 4 Extras b 6 6 b 5, lb 4 9 Total 103 123 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 32 64 66 68 74 85 103 Second innings 73 106 114 114 114 114 123 Wright 22 14 21 3 - - (1) 33.5 18 38 7 - - Nash 21.3 4 76 6 - - ( ) 22 6 63 2 - - Page ( ) 11 5 13 1 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 43.3 18 103 10 0 0 66.5 29 123 10 0 0 Buckinghamshire C R H Gresson c Gibb b Relf 50 E C Hobbs b Croom 72 F N Bird b Relf 79 Wright, M W b Hunter 41 * P J de Paravicini b Relf 23 Page, H not out 13 + C E Cobb P C F de Paravicini Nash, G A S Ward F Weatherby Extras b 37, lb 3, nb 1 41 Total (5 wickets declared) 319 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 319 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 22 4 60 0 - - Brown 3 0 7 0 - - Relf 33.5 6 86 3 - - Hunter 23 2 87 1 - 1 Croom 7 1 21 1 - - Henderson 2 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 41 0 - - Total 90.5 13 319 5 0 1 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by an innings and 93 runs on the second day. The match at Reading in July had also been won by Buckinghamshire. For the winners, Wright took 10 wickets in the match for 59 runs, including 7 for 38 in the Berkshire second innings. Bird scored 79, Hobbs 72 and Gresson 50. For Berkshire, Barrett top-scored with 43. The 32 maidens bowled by Wright in the match were the third most during the season. The 41 extras conceded by Berkshire in the Buckinghamshire innings were the most during the season. The Buckinghamshire overnight score was initially reported as being 301-4 wickets, but corrections both to Wright’s score and the extras conceded led to a revised score of 297-4 wickets. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Berkshire 2 nd inns batting order, and part bowling order; in Buckinghamshire inns boundaries in Bird’s 79, Hobbs’s 72 and Gresson’s 50; time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 23, 30 August; Bucks Herald 23, 30 August; South Bucks Free Press 29 August; The Sportsman 23,25 August.