The Minor Counties Championship 1903

86 MATCH NUMBER 63 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Monday 17, Tuesday 18 August 1903 Result: Buckinghamshire won by two wickets Points: Buckinghamshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: A G Eldridge and T Hanson Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (R A Janes); Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 73 and 5-0 wicket (H R Orr 0*, Rev R H Moss 4*); Buckinghamshire 64 Bedfordshire B L Peel c Edmunds b Page 6 (4) c Holbrooke b Page 0 N D T Oliver run out 2 (5) c de Paravicini b Wright 7 Wharmby, G E b Wright 5 (3) lbw b Wright 7 * H R Orr c Hobbs b Wright 9 (1) c Bird b Wright 7 L C R Thring b Page 1 (6) c Page b Wright 9 Brown, T A c Bird b Wright 33 (7) c Janes b Page 10 L Parbury b Page 13 (8) b Wright 2 Pollitt, G c Bull b Wright 2 (9) st Hobbs b Wright 2 + Capt E F Rowe c Gresson b Page 1 (10) b Page 4 Rev R H Moss b Wright 1 (2) b Page 8 S Brown not out 0 (11) not out 1 Extras 0 b 2 2 Total 73 59 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 8 21 22 24 68 71 71 73 73 Second innings 17 21 21 28 39 40 52 53 55 59 Wright 17.3 9 19 5 - - (1) 19 7 21 6 - - Page 17 3 54 4 - - (2) 18.2 7 36 4 - - Extras - - 0 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 34.3 12 73 10 0 0 37.2 14 59 10 0 0 Buckinghamshire C R H Gresson c Thring b T A Brown 5 (1) c Wharmby b T A Brown 3 E C Hobbs c Wharmby b T A Brown 8 (2) c Pollitt b T A Brown 8 F N Bird b T A Brown 0 (3) c and b T A Brown 25 Wright, M W c Orr b Wharmby 11 (4) b T A Brown 1 R A Janes c Parbury b T A Brown 16 (5) not out 14 * H E Bull run out 0 (6) c Orr b T A Brown 0 C C Edmunds b Wharmby 5 (7) b T A Brown 1 + P C F de Paravicini b T A Brown 0 (8) c Wharmby b T A Brown 0 Rev S W R Holbrooke not out 6 (9) c Wharmby b T A Brown 4 Page, H b T A Brown 2 R H Vaughan c Peel b Wharmby 10 (10) not out 11 Extras nb 1 1 b 4, lb 1 5 Total 64 (8 wickets) 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 10 20 37 41 41 42 48 51 64 Second innings 4 23 32 43 43 47 47 53 - - Brown, T A 20 5 45 6 - - (1) 18 5 27 8 - - Moss 12 7 14 0 - 1 (3) 9.3 4 22 0 - - Wharmby 7.4 5 4 3 - - (2) 8 3 18 0 - - Extras - - 1 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 39.4 17 64 10 0 1 35.3 12 72 8 0 0 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this low-scoring return match by two wickets at 3.20 pm on the second day. The wickets margin of victory was the equal second closest of the season. The game between the two sides at Bedford earlier in the month had been drawn. On the first day rain delayed the start until after lunch. Needing 69 runs to win in their second innings, Buckinghamshire lost 8 wickets for 53 runs, before an unbroken partnership of 19 runs between Janes and Vaughan secured the victory. For the winners, Wright and Page bowled unchanged in both innings. Wright took 11 wickets for 40 runs and Page 8 for 90. T A Brown took 14 wickets in the match for 72 runs for the losers, including all 8 second innings wickets that fell in the home team’s second innings for 27 runs. It was statistically the best match bowling performance of the season. De Paravicini dislocated a finger while keeping wicket in the Bedfordshire second innings and Hobbs took over the gloves. The match aggregate of 268 runs was the third lowest of the year for a completed match. Two championship career bowling milestones were passed during the match. When dismissing T A Brown in the Bedfordshire first innings, Wright took his four hundredth wicket for Buckinghamshire, whilst when dismissing Hobbs in the Buckinghamshire first innings, T A Brown took his two hundredth wicket for Bedfordshire. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 22 August; Bucks Herald 22 August; Slough Observer 22 August; South Bucks Free Press 21 August; South Bucks Standard 21 August; Windsor Chronicle 21 August; Bedford Record 18 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 21 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 21 August; Bedfordshire Standard 21 August; Bedfordshire Times 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 22 August; Luton News 20 August; The Sportsman 18,19 August.