Minor Counties Championship 1907

101 MATCH NUMBER 69 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1907 Result: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 33 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Berkshire 2 (Rev F D Browne, A E Fernie) First day score: Berkshire 146; Buckinghamshire 211-6 wickets (M WWright 80*, J F Bowen -*) Berkshire G G M Bennett c Symes-Thompson b Wright 45 ( ) c Wilson b Wright 7 Rev F D Browne c and b Wilson 14 ( ) c Symes-Thompson b Wright 0 F E Rowe c and b Wilson 6 ( ) b Wilson 0 Shoosmith, H W b Wilson 0 ( ) c Symes-Thompson b Wilson 18 Watts, E b Wilson 0 ( ) b Wilson 2 G V Goodliffe c Vickerstaff b Wright 2 ( ) b Wilson 0 A E Fernie c Vickerstaff b Wright 24 ( ) c Gresson b Wilson 6 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Gresson b Wright 27 ( ) absent hurt - + Capt E F Rowe b Wilson 6 ( ) not out 11 Cave, W not out 8 ( ) c Gibbs b Wilson 1 Barker, W b Wilson 3 ( ) c Symes-Thompson b Wright 0 Extras b 10, lb 1 11 b 4 4 Total 146 49 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 62 62 62 71 114 146 Second innings 11 49 - Faulkner 6 2 33 0 - - Wilson 26.5 11 54 6 - - (1) 11 4 24 6 - - Wright 22 8 48 4 - - (2) 10.2 4 21 3 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 54.5 21 146 10 0 0 21.2 8 49 9 0 0 Buckinghamshire * C R H Gresson c Nepean b Barker 0 Dr E Weaver-Adams c Nepean b Barker 16 G M Faulkner run out 15 Wright, M W c F E Rowe b Barker 90 Wilson, G A c Bennett b Goodliffe 24 H G M Barton b Barker 11 + Rev F Symes-Thompson c Shoosmith b Fernie 48 J F Bowen c Fernie b Cave 14 Gibbs, T c F E Rowe b Barker 1 W E Ford not out 1 Vickerstaff, S J A c Cave b Barker 0 Extras b 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 8 Total 228 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 23 38 82 144 193 228 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 30.4 12 55 6 - 3 Cave 18 4 37 1 - - Shoosmith 14 1 37 0 - - F E Rowe 4 0 14 0 - - Fernie 8 1 23 1 1 - Bennett 3 0 14 0 - - Goodliffe 12 2 40 1 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - Total 89.4 20 228 10 1 3 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by an innings and 33 runs on the second day. The match between the two teams the previous week at Reading had been drawn. For the winners, Wilson took 12 wickets in the match for 78 runs. For Buckinghamshire Wright scored 90. [Missing: Umpires; part close of play score; part fall of wickets; in Berkshire second innings batting order; in Buckinghamshire innings boundaries in Wright’s 90; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 17 August; Bucks Herald 17 August; South Bucks Free Press 16 August; Wolverton Express 16 August; Berkshire Chronicle 14 August; Reading Mercury 17 August; Reading Observer 17 August; The Sportsman 10,13 August.