The Minor Counties Championship 1903

45 MATCH NUMBER 22 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Clarence Park, St Albans on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 July 1903 Result: Match drawn – Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Buckinghamshire 3 (D Gregory, E Weaver-Adams, H A Willes) First day score: Hertfordshire 359; Buckinghamshire 76-2 wickets (C R H Gresson 26*, H Page 4*) Hertfordshire A Butcher c P C F de Paravicini b Wright 14 Golding, A J c P C F de Paravicini b Willes 31 C T Rudd c Holbrooke b Kentish 28 White, H E c P C F de Paravicini b Wright 60 * H J Hill c Willes b Page 8 E J Metcalfe c Gresson b Holbrooke 38 Capt G O Bigge st P C F de Paravicini b Page 40 Coleman, W E b Gregory 17 Capt C P Deedes lbw b Kentish 33 + F Escombe c P C F de Paravicini b Holbrooke 74 Rudd, W J not out 2 Extras b 7, lb 4, nb 3 14 Total 359 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 42 47 96 163 213 243 249 355 359 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wright 36 6 109 2 - - Page 31 8 74 2 - - Willes 13 1 45 1 - - Kentish 18 3 49 2 - - Holbrooke 7.3 1 41 2 - - Gregory 7 1 27 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - Total 112.3 20 359 10 0 3 Buckinghamshire (Followed on) C R H Gresson b Coleman 35 (1) b Metcalfe 63 H A Willes b Coleman 22 (6) b C T Rudd 0 Wright, M W c Coleman b W J Rudd 14 (3) b C T Rudd 28 Page, H b White 9 (10) b W J Rudd 17 Dr E Weaver-Adams lbw b Metcalfe 27 (4) c Metcalfe b Coleman 25 * P J de Paravicini b Coleman 57 (5) b C T Rudd 22 Rev S W R Holbrooke c Escombe b Coleman 8 (7) c Bigge b Metcalfe 27 D Gregory b White 4 (8) not out 28 + P C F de Paravicini not out 15 (2) c and b White 13 W Bulteel b Coleman 2 (9) c Escombe b Metcalfe 9 Kentish, G c Metcalfe b Coleman 6 (11) c Deedes b White 12 Extras b 16, lb 8 24 b 13 13 Total 223 257 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 71 82 223 Second innings 34 92 136 136 136 188 190 217 257 White 29 9 69 2 - - (2) 19.3 5 61 2 - - Coleman 35.1 10 71 6 - - (1) 19 4 39 1 - - Rudd, W J 14 3 37 1 - - (5) 23 5 61 1 - - Metcalfe 7 0 22 1 - - (3) 20 6 48 3 - - C T Rudd (4) 9 1 35 3 - - Extras - - 24 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 85.1 22 223 10 0 0 90.3 21 257 10 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn after Hertfordshire enforced the follow-on. For Hertfordshire, there were 9 fours in Escombe’s 74, scored in 55 minutes, and 5 fours in White’s 60, an innings of 2 hours. In the Hertfordshire innings, Deedes and Escombe added 106 for the ninth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Buckinghamshire, Gresson scored 63 and P J de Paravicini 57. The 4 catches held by P C F de Paravicini during the Hertfordshire innings were the most by a wicket-keeper during the season, and equalled the Championship record achieved on 9 previous occasions. The 4 catches were also the most in a match during the season, a feat equalled by three others. The 5 dismissals in an innings were also the most by a wicket-keeper during the season. The match aggregate of 839 runs was the second highest of the season. Gregory bowled “fast underarm all along the ground” which caused some comment amongst the spectators. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire innings who bowled 3 no balls; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in P J de Paravicini’s 57; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Gresson’s 63.] Sources: Barnet Times 17 July; Herts Advertiser 18 July; Herts Leader 14 July; Hertfordshire Express 18 July; Hertfordshire Standard 17 July; Bucks Advertiser 18 July; Bucks Herald 18 July; South Bucks Free Press 17 July; South Bucks Standard 17 July; The Sportsman 14,15 July.