The Minor Counties Championship 1905

142 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1905 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 3, drawn 3 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighth out of nineteen Won: v Hertfordshire at Ascott Park, Wing, and v Wiltshire at Bletchley Lost: v Hertfordshire at St Albans, v Wiltshire at Chippenham, and v Bedfordshire at Aylesbury Drawn – won on first innings: v Berkshire at Reading, and v Berkshire at Slough Drawn – lost on first innings: v Bedfordshire at Bedford GS Drawn – no decision on first innings: None. Captain: P J de Paravicini (4 matches) – C R H Gresson captained the side in the 4 matches in which P J de Paravicini did not play. Wicket-keepers: F Langley (1 match), S A B Perry (2 matches), and Rev F Symes-Thompson (4 matches). It is not known who kept wicket in the match against Wiltshire at Bletchley. Debutants: 10 (H Baker, G E W Bowyer, A G de Rothschild, D Finlay, T Gibbs, R W Orton, J T Parry, C Rogers, Rev F Symes-Thompson and S J A Vickerstaff) Final season: 9 (G E W Bowyer, H P Brill, C C Edmunds, D Finlay, Rev S W B Holbrooke, F Langley, M T Molloy, C Rogers and A S Ward) Hon Secretary: H E Bull Professionals: 9 (H P Brill, D Finlay, T Gibbs, H Jones, F Langley, H Page, S A B Perry, S J A Vickerstaff and M WWright) Home grounds 4: The Cricket Ground, Ascott Park, Wing – new ground (1 match); The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury (1 match); The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley (1 match); and The Slough Cricket Club Ground, Chalvey Road, Slough (1 match). Notes: Buckinghamshire were eighth in the competition, a marginal improvement compared with tenth in 1904. The leading batsmen were Bird, Mat Wright and Charles Gresson. The bowling strength was much improved by the introduction of the professional Archie Vickerstaff. Mat Wright took 49 wickets at 14 apiece and the debutant professional Vickerstaff 42 at 20. Laddie Page had a disappointing season taking only 8 wickets. The career milestones reached during the season were all by Mat Wright. They were three thousand runs, five hundred wickets, and fifty catches. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1905 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Buckinghamshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1905 was the last or only season that these 9 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 Hon J J Astor 2 4 0 61 107 26.75 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - H Baker + 2 3 0 19 27 9.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - F N Bird 5 8 1 133 321 45.85 1 - 1 6 - 4 0 19 0 - - - - G E W Bowyer + 3 6 2 11 35 8.75 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Brill, H P 1 2 0 3 5 2.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - P J de Paravicini 4 5 0 31 93 18.60 - - - 4 - 1 0 4 0 - - - - A G de Rothschild + 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - C C Edmunds 3 5 0 32 48 9.60 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finlay, D + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Gibbs, T + 2 2 2 32* 45 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - D Gregory 2 3 1 47* 55 27.50 - - - - - 12.1 4 19 3 6.33 3-19 - - C R H Gresson 7 12 0 82 352 29.33 - 2 1 4 - 3 0 19 0 - - - - E C Hobbs 1 2 0 31 37 18.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev S W B Holbrooke 1 2 0 17 19 9.50 - - - - - 9.1 1 35 1 35.00 1-21 - - Jones, H 2 3 0 3 3 1.00 - - 2 1 - 4 1 21 0 - - - - Langley, F 2 3 1 77* 104 52.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - F H Mitchell 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - 1 0 4 0 - - - - M T Molloy 1 - - - - - - - - - - 8 1 33 2 16.50 2-33 - - R W Orton + 4 6 0 12 32 5.33 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Page, H 5 6 0 42 78 13.00 - - 2 10 - 73.3 14 200 8 25.00 4-36 - - J T Parry + 2 4 3 34* 41 41.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Perry, S A B 5 7 3 37* 122 30.50 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - C Rogers + 3 5 0 36 60 12.00 - - 1 2 - 4 1 8 0 - - - - T Stacey 4 6 1 54* 93 18.60 - 1 2 1 - 72.3 18 224 8 28.00 3-72 - - Rev F Symes-Thompson + 4 6 0 31 64 10.66 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - Vickerstaff, S J A + 8 10 2 7 30 3.75 - - 2 4 - 265.2 46 849 42 20.21 7-86 - 3 A S Ward 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Dr E Weaver-Adams 3 5 0 73 222 44.40 - 2 - 5 - - - - - - - - - Wright, M W 8 12 1 81 358 32.54 - 1 - 4 - 340.1 123 709 49 14.46 8-36 1 4 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 183 - - - - - - - - 118 5 - - - - Total 88 134 18 133 2546 21.94 1 8 16 65 0 797.5 209 2262 118 19.16 8-36 1 7 (29 players) (6 ball overs)