Minor Counties Championship 1908

116 MATCH NUMBER 83 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1908 Result: Buckinghamshire won by ten wickets Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 1 (H V Whichelow); Buckinghamshire 1 (H L Slocock) First day score: Berkshire 209; Buckinghamshire 134-5 wickets (W F L F Lowndes 34*, M WWright 3*) Berkshire E Garnett c Vickerstaff b Wright 1 ( ) b Vickerstaff 5 A P Strange b Johnson 47 ( ) b Vickerstaff 13 Watts, E A c Boddy b Wright 0 ( ) c Shaw b Vickerstaff 0 Whichelow, H V c Shaw b Wright 7 ( ) b Wright 1 F W Metcalfe c Langley b Wright 57 ( ) c Boddy b Vickerstaff 6 + Capt E F Rowe b Wright 3 ( ) c Shaw b Vickerstaff 27 G V Tate b Johnson 18 ( ) c Boddy b Wright 28 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Langley b Vickerstaff 28 ( ) c Lowndes b Vickerstaff 15 Barker, W c Shaw b Vickerstaff 15 ( ) c Lowndes b Wright 0 Cave, W b Vickerstaff 13 ( ) b Wright 4 H P Willcocks not out 10 ( ) not out 0 Extras 10 15 Total 209 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 209 Second innings 114 Johnson 22 4 89 2 - - Wright 38 15 73 5 - - (1) 12.3 1 24 4 - - Vickerstaff 16.5 5 37 3 - - (2) 12 2 75 6 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 76.5 24 209 10 - - 24.3 3 114 10 - - Buckinghamshire H G Hogarth c Nepean b Barker 1 Boddy, E S c Garnett b Barker 5 Langley, C c Strange b Garnett 39 R W Orton c Rowe b Garnett 23 H L Slocock c Nepean b Whichelow 25 * W F L F Lowndes not out 139 Wright, M W c Rowe b Whichelow 8 T R Kent run out 10 (1) not out 1 + E A Shaw c Nepean b Barker 36 (2) not out 11 A W Johnson b Barker 3 Vickerstaff, S J A b Barker 15 Extras 11 0 Total 315 (no wicket) 12 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 315 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 34.3 6 103 5 - 2 (1) 1.2 0 8 0 - - Cave 20 7 50 0 - - (2 ) 1 0 4 0 - - Willcocks 9 0 26 0 - - Garnett 14 1 64 2 - - Whichelow 15 3 61 2 - 1 Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 92.3 17 315 10 0 3 2.2 0 12 0 0 0 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by 10 wickets on the second day. The match between the two teams at Wolverton in July had been won by Berkshire. For the winners, Lowndes scored 139 not out. For the losers, Metcalfe scored 57. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Berkshire first innings bou ndaries in Metcalfe’s 57; in Berkshire second innings batting order; in Buckinghmshire first innings breakdown and duration of Lowndes’s 139 not out; precise time completed.] Sources: Berks Chronicle 22 August; Reading Standard 22 August; Bucks Advertiser 22 August; Bucks Herald 22 August; Slough Observer 22 August; South Bucks Free Press 21 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August; Cricket 27 August, p 375.