The Minor Counties Championship 1903

126 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 2, drawn 4 (lost on first innings 3, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Tenth equal with Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire 2 nd XI out of seventeen Won: v Berkshire at Reading, and v Bedfordshire at Aylesbury Lost: v Wiltshire at Bletchley, and v Berkshire at High Wycombe Drawn – lost on first innings: v Hertfordshire at St Albans, v Bedfordshire at Bedford GS, and v Hertfordshire at Aylesbury Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Wiltshire at Trowbridge. Captain: P J de Paravicini (6 matches) – H E Bull captained the side in the two matches in which P J de Paravicini did not play Wicket-keepers: C E Cobb (1 match), P C F de Paravicini (5 matches), E C Hobbs (1 match) and G E Peachell (1 match) Debutants: 8 (G M Faulkner, D Gregory, R A Janes, G E Peachell, S A B Perry, R H Vaughan, Dr E R Weaver-Adams and H A Willes) Final season for team: 8 (W Bulteel, C E Cobb, P C F de Paravicini, G Kentish, G Nash, G E Peachell, R H Vaughan and H A Willes Hon Secretary: H E Bull Professionals: 5 (E S Boddy, G Kentish, G Nash, H Page and M W Wright) Home grounds 3: The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury (2 matches); The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley (1 match); and The High Wycombe Cricket Club Ground, London Road, High Wycombe (1 match). Notes: Buckinghamshire fell to tenth place in the Championship, having been sixth in 1902, and third in 1901. It was their least successful year since they entered the Championship in 1896. The same opponents were met as in the previous year. Charles Cobb and George Nash, two of the leading players since the inauguration of the competition, both appeared in their last matches for the county. Sadly, the latter who had been ill for some time was to die in November. During the season Mat Wright passed the career milestone of 400 wickets. Off the field, Herbert Bull succeeded George Ward as Hon Secretary. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Buckinghamshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1903 was the last or only season that these 8 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 F N Bird 7 11 0 49 120 10.90 - - 3 8 - - - - - - - - - Boddy, E S 1 2 0 10 20 10.00 - - - - - 7 1 20 0 - - - - H E Bull 4 5 0 48 48 9.60 - - 4 3 1 - - - - - - - - W Bulteel 1 2 0 9 11 5.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C E Cobb 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - P C F de Paravicini 5 8 2 15* 56 9.33 - - 2 7 1 - - - - - - - - P J de Paravicini 6 10 0 57 155 15.50 - 1 3 5 - 5 2 11 1 11.00 1-11 - - C C Edmunds 6 8 0 20 57 7.12 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - G M Faulkner + 1 - - - - - - - - - - 14 1 53 1 53.00 1-53 - - G R Greaves 1 2 0 17 17 8.50 - - 1 - - 4 0 23 0 - - - - D Gregory + 1 2 1 28* 32 32.00 - - - - - 7 1 27 1 27.00 1-27 - - C R H Gresson 8 14 1 63 269 20.69 - 2 - 4 - - - - - - - - - E C Hobbs 7 12 0 62 227 18.91 - 1 1 6 2 - - - - - - - - Rev S W R Holbrooke 4 7 1 27 55 9.16 - - 2 5 - 28.3 4 110 3 36.66 2-41 - - R A Janes + 2 4 1 16 37 12.33 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Kentish, G 1 2 0 12 18 9.00 - - - - - 18 3 49 2 24.50 2-49 - - Nash, G 3 5 3 8 12 6.00 - - 1 - - 39.3 3 176 9 19.55 4-18 - - Page, H 8 12 2 17 54 5.40 - - 3 5 - 223.4 60 557 34 16.38 6-44 - 2 G E Peachell + 1 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - S A B Perry + 1 2 1 10* 10 10.00 - - 1 1 - 8 2 32 2 16.00 2-32 - - T Stacey 2 3 1 12* 17 8.50 - - - 2 - 6 0 23 1 23.00 1-23 - - R H Vaughan + 4 7 1 11* 44 7.33 - - 1 2 - 29 2 154 4 38.50 2-41 - - Dr E Weaver-Adams + 4 7 1 49 165 27.50 - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - H A Willes + 1 2 0 22 22 11.00 - - 1 1 - 13 1 45 1 45.00 1-45 - - Wright, M W 8 13 1 56 170 14.16 - 1 2 3 - 296 103 580 46 12.60 6-21 2 6 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 163 - - - - - - - - 57 6 - - - - Total 88 143 16 63 1793 14.11 0 5 28 65 6 698.4 183 [1917] 111 [17.27] 6-21 2 8 1919 17.28 (25 players) (6 ball overs) Note: Runs conceded bowling in the first innings of Match 67 v Berkshire at High Wycombe 2 short.