The Minor Counties Championship 1905

92 MATCH NUMBER 66 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Bletchley Park Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 August 1905 Result: Buckinghamshire won by three wickets Points: Buckinghamshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 108; Buckinghamshire 233-5 wickets (F N Bird 19*, T Stacey 8*) Wiltshire T T N Perkins c Weaver-Adams b Wright 11 ( ) b Vickerstaff 0 E S Warrilow c Weaver-Adams b Wright 5 ( ) run out 0 Newman, A W c Page b Vickerstaff 14 ( ) b Vickerstaff 5 H M Butterworth c Gresson b Vickerstaff 25 ( ) c Astor b Vickerstaff 52 H P Taunton c Gresson b Wright 6 ( ) b Stacey 59 Overton, W b Wright 1 ( ) c Vickerstaff b Page 37 Smith, W R R c Page b Wright 5 ( ) c de Paravicini b Vickerstaff 0 * A M Miller run out 17 ( ) c Page b Wright 30 + T S Luce not out 13 ( ) c Bird b Stacey 23 H S Snell c Page b Wright 6 ( ) c de Paravicini b Wright 11 Smart, T c Vickerstaff b Page 1 ( ) not out 17 Extras 4 20 Total 108 254 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 108 Second innings 254 Wright 23 8 31 6 - - (1) 34 11 61 2 - - Vickerstaff 16 3 63 2 - - (2) 25 3 86 4 - - Page 6.2 0 10 1 - - (3) 11.1 1 36 1 - - Stacey (4) 22 6 51 2 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 20 1 - - Total 45.2 11 108 10 - - 92.1 21 254 10 - - Buckinghamshire Dr E Weaver-Adams c Smith b Smart 73 ( ) b Smith 11 Hon J J Astor run out 17 ( ) c Luce b Warrilow 2 C Rogers b Smith 9 ( ) b Warrilow 0 C R H Gresson c Luce b Perkins 49 ( ) c Luce b Smith 5 Wright, M W c Perkins b Warrilow 44 ( ) not out 2 F N Bird c Miller b Warrilow 45 ( ) c Newman b Warrilow 21 T Stacey c Luce b Smith 15 ( ) b Warrilow 13 * P J de Paravicini b Warrilow 31 ( ) c Perkins b Smith 5 J T Parry b Warrilow 0 ( ) not out 1 Page, H b Warrilow 0 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 3 Extras w 1 16 1 Total 302 (7 wickets) 61 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 302 Second innings 9 - - - Miller 8 2 32 0 - - Newman 5 2 8 0 - - Taunton 5 4 8 0 - - Overton 27 9 76 0 - - Smart 25 6 63 1 - - Smith 29 16 56 2 - - (2) 17 10 14 3 - - Warrilow 11 4 33 5 1 - (1) 17.5 5 46 4 - - Perkins 8 3 10 1 - - Extras - - 16 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 118 46 302 10 1 0 34.5 15 61 7 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by three wickets on the second day. The match between the two teams at Chippenham two weeks before had been won by Wiltshire. In their second innings, Buckinghamshire had required only 61 runs for victory but lost seven wickets in achieving it. For the winners, Weaver-Adams scored 73. For the losers, Taunton scored 59 and Butterworth 52. Warrilow, who had not been a regular bowler for Wiltshire, took nine wickets in the match for 79 runs. [Missing: Toss; umpires; Buckinghamshire wicket-keeper; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Wiltshire second innings batting order, and boundaries in Taunton’s 59 and Butterworth’s 52; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Weaver - Adams’s 73; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order; time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 19 August; Bucks Herald 19 August; North Bucks Times 19 August; Slough Observer 19 August; South Bucks Free Press 25 August; South Bucks Standard 18 August; Wolverton Express 18 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 24 August; North Wilts Herald 25 August; Swindon Advertiser 25 August; Wiltshire Advertiser 24 August; Wiltshire Times 19 August; Western Daily Press 17,18 August; The Sportsman 17,19 August.