The Minor Counties Championship 1905

71 MATCH NUMBER 45 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At Mr Leopold de Rothschild’s Cricket Ground, Ascott Park, Wing on Monday 7, Tuesday 8 August 1905 Result: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 36 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 2 (A G de Rothschild, T Gibbs); Hertfordshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 189; Hertfordshire 66 and 0-1 wicket (E R Harding 0*) Buckinghamshire * C R H Gresson b Coleman 29 + Perry, S A B b White 13 Wright, M W b White 41 F N Bird b Coleman 0 C C Edmunds b White 1 T Stacey run out 0 C Rogers b Harding 36 A G de Rothschild c Dumbelton b Harding 7 R W Orton hit wicket b White 12 Gibbs, T not out 13 Vickerstaff, S J A b White 6 Extras nb 3 31 Total 189 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 189 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coleman 32 15 51 2 - - White 37 18 59 5 - - Harding 17 5 38 2 - - Dumbelton 7 4 10 0 - 3 Extras - - 31 1 - - Total 93 42 189 10 0 3 Hertfordshire (Followed on) C T Rudd c Orton b Vickerstaff 14 ( ) c Gresson b Wright 6 Golding, A J c Perry b Wright 12 ( ) c and b Wright 15 G G Dumbelton b Vickerstaff 21 ( ) c Gibbs b Wright 4 Coleman, W E run out 1 ( ) c and b Wright 0 White, H E c Wright b Vickerstaff 3 ( ) c Bird b Wright 13 J A Betts b Vickerstaff 0 ( ) b Wright 1 * H M Harford lbw b Wright 3 ( ) b Wright 5 E G Blow c Perry b Wright 6 ( ) b Stacey 0 + Goodall, J b Vickerstaff 1 (1) c Perry b Vickerstaff 0 Harding, E R not out 1 (2) c de Rothschild b Wright 15 A Butcher b Vickerstaff 1 ( ) not out 24 Extras 3 4 Total 66 87 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 66 Second innings 0 87 Wright 17 9 35 3 - - (2) 21 10 36 8 - - Vickerstaff 17 5 28 6 - - (1) 14 5 28 1 - - Stacey (3) 7.3 1 19 1 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 34 14 66 10 - - 42.3 16 87 10 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won this low-scoring return match by an innings and 36 runs on the second day, after enforcing the follow- on. The match at St Albans in July had been won by Hertfordshire. For the winners, Wright took 11 wickets in the match for 71 runs, including 8 for 36 in the Hertfordshire second innings. He also made the highest score of the match with 41. For the losers, Butcher top-scored with 24 not out. The 18 maidens bowled by White in the Buckinghamshire innings were the third highest during the season. When he caught White in the Hertfordshire first innings, Wright held his fiftieth catch in championship matches. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire second innings batting order; time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 12 August; Bucks Herald 12 August; South Bucks Free Press 11 August; Hertfordshire Advertiser 12 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 12 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 15 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 12 August; Sporting Life 8,9 August; The Sportsman 9 August.