Minor Counties Championship 1907

86 MATCH NUMBER 54 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1907 Result: Match drawn – Berkshire won on first innings Points: Berkshire 3 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: W Armstrong and T H Holton Debutants: Berkshire 1 (E Garnett); Buckinghamshire 1 (Rev A G P Baines) First day score: Buckinghamshire 235; Berkshire 187-7 wickets (Sir C E M Y Nepean 30*, W Cave 8*). Buckinghamshire R H de Montmorency c Watts b Barker 47 (1) c E F Rowe b Barker 33 Dr E Weaver-Adams b Cave 6 (2) run out 6 F N Bird st E F Rowe b Cave 30 (3) c F E Rowe b Hunt 46 E Southall lbw b Hunt 80 (4) not out 58 Wright, M W c E F Rowe b Hunt 17 (5) c E F Rowe b Barker 24 Wilson, G A c Cave b Hunt 17 (6) c Collins b Cave 12 + Rev F Symes-Thompson c Nepean b Hunt 4 (7) c Garnett b Barker 0 Gibbs, T b Cave 2 (8) st E F Rowe b Barker 0 Rev A G P Baines b Cave 16 (9) b Barker 0 W E Ford b Cave 0 (10) c Nepean b Shoosmith 7 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 0 (11) st E F Rowe b Shoosmith 0 Extras nb 1 16 nb 5 5 Total 235 191 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 56 209 235 Second innings 191 Barker 19 2 70 1 - - (3) 18 3 52 5 - 5 Cave 22 2 70 5 - - (1) 15 1 50 1 - - Hunt 18.4 3 38 4 - - (4) 6 0 31 1 - - Shoosmith 14 4 29 0 - 1 (5) 11 2 31 2 - 2 Garnett 3 1 12 0 - - (2) 4 1 22 0 - - Bennett 2 2 0 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 78.4 14 235 10 - 1 54 7 191 10 - 7 Berkshire G G M Bennett lbw b Wright 13 (1) c Wilson b Ford 3 L P Collins c Weaver-Adams b Wilson 4 (2) c Bird b Wright 20 E Garnett run out 47 (3) c Vickerstaff b Wright 7 Shoosmith, H W b Ford 4 (4) c Vickerstaff b Wright 8 F E Rowe b Vickerstaff 44 (5) c Ford b Wilson 68 Watts, E run out 1 (6) lbw b Wright 14 + Capt E F Rowe b Vickerstaff 24 (7) c Ford b Wright 5 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Vickerstaff b Ford 41 (8) not out 12 Cave, W c and b Vickerstaff 13 (9) not out 4 T M C Hunt not out 31 Barker, W c Wilson b Ford 5 Extras nb 5 16 nb 2 9 Total 243 (7 wickets) 150 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 28 208 243 Second innings - - - Wright 27 10 41 1 - - (2) 25 10 41 5 - - Wilson 16 5 54 1 - - (4) 8 1 31 1 - - Ford 16 5 37 3 - - (1) 11 2 31 1 - - Vickerstaff 14 4 69 3 - 5 (3) 6 0 38 0 - 2 de Montmorency 3 0 26 0 - - Extras - - 16 2 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 76 24 243 10 - 5 50 13 150 7 - 2 Notes: Match drawn with Berkshire winning on first innings. Berkshire required 184 runs to win in their second innings with two hours to bat. Berkshire gained first innings lead through a last wicket partnership of 35 runs between Hunt and Barker. When Barker came to the crease, 28 runs were needed. For Buckinghamshire Southall scored 80 and 58 not out. For Berkshire F E Rowe scored 68. [Missing: Buckinghamshire Captin; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; for Buckinghamshire boundaries in Southall’s innings of 80 and 58 not out; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in F E Rowe’s 68.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 10 August; Reading Observer 10 August; Reading Standard 10 August; Bucks Advertiser 10 August; Bucks Herald 10 August; South Bucks Free Press 9 August; South Bucks Standard 9 August; Sporting Chronicle 5 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August.