The Minor Counties Championship 1905

77 MATCH NUMBER 51 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 August 1905 Result: Match drawn – Buckinghamshire won on first innings Points: Buckinghamshire 2 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 1 (H Brougham); Buckinghamshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 202; Berkshire 74-4 wickets (G G M Bennett 43*, F E Rowe 3*) Buckinghamshire C R H Gresson b Cave 0 (3) run out 32 Hon J J Astor c Dowell b Sansum 61 (1) run out 27 Wright, M W b Cave 34 F H Mitchell c Croome b Cave 4 (4) c Dowell b Croome 0 F N Bird b Hutson 6 (5) not out 39 * P J de Paravicini c Bennett b Hutson 6 Langley, F c Watts b Cave 9 (2) not out 77 + Rev F Symes-Thompson c Croome b Bennett 31 Perry, S A B c Watts b Hutson 16 Gibbs, T not out 32 Vickerstaff, S J A c Nepean b Cave 0 Extras b 3 3 w 2 12 Total 202 (3 wickets declared) 187 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 50 64 70 115 135 164 189 202 Second innings 41 - - - - - - - Cave 30.5 7 79 5 - - (1) 11 3 20 0 - - Hutson 18 1 81 3 - - (2) 12 3 23 0 - - Sansum 8 4 22 1 - - (3) 9 1 28 0 2 - Bennett 4 0 17 1 - - (6) 8 0 47 0 - - Rowe (4) 3 0 12 0 - - Croome (5) 15 3 45 1 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 12 2 - - Total 60.5 12 202 10 0 0 58 10 187 3 2 0 Berkshire * Sir C E M Y Nepean c de Paravicini b Wright 15 (1) c Astor b Vickerstaff 4 H Brougham b Vickerstaff 3 (2) c Perry b Vickerstaff 8 G G M Bennett b Wright 78 J H Dowell c Astor b Wright 0 (3) not out 22 + Watts, E c Vickerstaff b Wright 10 (5) c Symes-Thompson b Vickerstaff 2 F E Rowe c Bird b Wright 3 (6) not out 5 W M Greenfield b Vickerstaff 0 (4) c Bird b Wright 14 Capt H W Hutson b Vickerstaff 32 A C M Croome not out 28 Cave, W run out 4 Sansum, A b Vickerstaff 1 Extras lb 4 4 4 Total 178 (4 wickets) 59 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 24 24 64 76 76 138 144 160 178 Second innings 4 23 - - - - - - Wright 32 7 76 5 - - (1) 9 5 23 1 - - Vickerstaff 31.3 6 98 4 - - (2) 9 2 28 3 - - Mitchell (3) 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 63.3 13 178 10 0 0 19 7 59 4 - - Notes: This match was drawn with Buckinghamshire winning on first innings. The Buckinghamshire second innings declaration left Berkshire 211 runs in arrears and 50 minutes to bat. Rain on the first day stopped play between 12.40 pm and 3.05 pm, and on the second day delayed the restart after lunch until 2.45 pm. For the home side, Bennett made the highest score with 78. In the Berkshire first innings, Bennett and Hutson added 62 for the seventh wicket. For the visitors, Langley scored 77 not out and Astor 61. In the Buckinghamshire first innings when dismissing Langley, Cave reached the career milestone of one hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; part extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Astor’s 61; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Lang ley’s 77 not out; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Bennett’s 78.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 12 August; Reading Mercury 12 August; Reading Observer 12 August; Reading Standard 12 August; Bucks Advertiser 12 August; Bucks Herald 12 August; Slough Observer 12 August; South Bucks Free Press 18 August; Sporting Life 10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August.