Minor Counties Championship 1907

109 MATCH NUMBER 77 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WORCESTERSHIRE 2 ND XI At The Chesham Cricket Club Ground, Amy Lane, Chesham on Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 August 1907 Result: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 146 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Worcestershire 2 nd XI 2 (- Collins, T Stinton) First day score: Buckinghamshire 295; Worcestershire 2 nd XI 91 Buckinghamshire * Dr E Weaver-Adams b Solly 69 C R H Gresson b Solly 4 E Southall b Days 69 + Rev C D Robinson c and b Solly 35 Wright, M W b Solly 30 G M Faulkner lbw b Solly 10 Wilson, G A c Williams b Days 42 T Stacey b Solly 9 W Wheeler c Hunt b Solly 3 W E Ford b Days 0 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 8 Extras w 1 16 Total 295 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 135 169 189 217 271 282 286 287 295 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Solly 39 6 118 7 1 - Days 22 4 81 3 - - Hunt 16 0 46 0 - - Williams 4 0 19 0 - - Wheldon 2 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - Total 83 10 295 10 1 - Worcestershire 2 nd XI (Followed on) Wheldon, G F b Wilson 5 (2) c Stacey b Wright 1 Days, J E b Wilson 6 (1) b Wilson 10 T C Hiatt c Wilson b Wright 4 (6) b Wilson 11 H G Bache c Weaver-Adams b Wright 3 (5) b Wilson 2 Hunt, F b Wilson 4 (3) c and b Wright 0 M K Foster not out 51 (4) c Weaver-Adams b Wilson 8 T Stinton b Wilson 1 (7) b Wilson 8 Williams, - c Wilson b Wright 5 (8) st Robinson b Wright 7 + Collins, - b Wilson 2 (10) b Wilson 7 Solly, E W st Robinson b Wright 2 (9) c Ford b Wright 0 * P H Foley c Robinson b Wright 6 (11) not out 1 Extras 2 3 Total 91 58 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 11 17 23 29 32 47 62 65 91 Second innings 5 5 15 21 22 39 48 48 49 58 Wilson 21 7 62 5 - - (1) 15.3 3 26 6 - - Wright 20.4 10 27 5 - - (2) 15 8 29 4 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 41.4 17 91 10 - - 30.3 11 58 10 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by an innings and 146 runs before lunch on the second day after enforcing the follow- on. The match between the two teams at Kidderminster in July had been drawn. For the winners, Wilson and Wright bowled unchanged through both Worcestershire 2 nd XI innings. Wilson took 11 wickets in the match for 88 runs and Wright 9 for 56 runs. Weaver-Adams scored 69 and Southall also 69. In the Buckinghamshire innings, these two players put on 123 runs for the second wicket. For the visitors, Solly took 7 wickets for 118 runs in the Buckinghamshire innings. Foster scored 51 not out. The Rev C D Robinson, who was touring Britain with the South African cricket team, reappeared for Buckinghamshire after an absence of 10 years. This was the first time that a championship match was played on the ground. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; in Buckinghamshire innings boundaries in Weaver- Adams’s 69 and Southall’s 69; in Worcestershire first innings boundaries in Foster’s 51 not out; precise time completed; Collins’s and Williams’s initials.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 17 August; Bucks Herald 17 August; South Bucks Free Press; Bucks Examiner 16 August; Worcester Daily Times 15,16 August; Birmingham Daily Post 15,16 August; The Sportsman 15,16 August.