Minor Counties Championship 1908

164 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1908 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 6, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fourth out of five in South Division Won: v Dorset at Poole, and v Berkshire at Reading Lost: v Surrey 2nd XI at Aylesbury, v Berkshire at Wolverton OS, v Wiltshire at Bletchley, v Wiltshire at Swindon CG, v Dorset at Slough and v Surrey 2nd XI at Reigate Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: W F L F Lowndes (6 matches) – Dr E Weaver-Adams (2 matches) captained the side in the two matches in which W F L F Lowndes did not play Wicket-keepers: J G Montague (4 matches) and E A Shaw (4 matches) Debutants: 9 (J H Edwards, - Etheridge, H G Hogarth, T R Kent, E J Leat, W F L F Lowndes, D L L Mackey, E A Shaw and H L Slocock) Final season: 5 (- Etheridge, S Golding, A W Johnson, C Langley and G A Wilson) Hon Secretary: Dr B Abrahams Professionals: 9 (E S Boddy, - Etheridge, S Golding, C Langley, H Page, S J A Vickerstaff, WWheeler, G A Wilson and M WWright) Home grounds 4: The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury (1 match); The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley (1 match); Slough Cricket Club Ground, Chalvey Road, Slough (1 match); and Wolverton Cricket Club Ground, Osborne Street, Wolverton (1 match) Notes: 1908 was another poor season for Buckinghamshire in which they lost six of their eight matches. Dorset were met in place of Worcestershire 2nd XI. W F L F Lowndes, the new captain, scored the most runs – 310 at 25.83. E Southall, who batted well in 1907, only played in one match and was clearly missed. The batting of Matt Wright declined but he took 52 wickets at 12.67. He received support from George Wilson with 26 at 22.30 and Archie Vickerstaff with 23 at 23.82. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Edmund Weaver-Adams, one hundred wickets by Archie Vickerstaff and George Wilson and one hundred matches by Matt Wright. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 9 players who made their Championship debut for Buckinghamshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for Buckinghamshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Boddy, E S 3 5 0 67 102 20.40 - 1 - 4 - 20.2 5 52 3 17.33 3-18 - - E T Brocklehurst 2 4 0 26 44 11.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Edwards, J H + 1 2 1 28* 28 28.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Etheridge, - + 1 2 2 0* 0 - - - - - - 8 0 54 0 - - - - G M Faulkner 4 8 1 28 49 7.00 - - 2 1 - 57 2 219 4 54.75 2-28 - - Golding, S 3 6 1 26 48 9.60 - - - - - 6 1 22 2 11.00 1-0 - - H G Hogarth + 3 5 0 17 34 6.80 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - A W Johnson 5 9 0 8 23 2.55 - - 3 1 - 68.5 7 329 17 19.35 6-76 - 2 T R Kent + 5 10 3 37* 108 15.42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Langley, C 2 3 0 39 53 17.66 - - - 3 - 3 0 19 0 - - - - E J Leat + 2 4 1 57 109 36.33 - 1 1 - - 2 0 8 0 - - - - W F L F Lowndes + 7 13 1 139* 310 25.83 1 - 2 5 - 5 0 40 0 - - - - D L L Mackey + 4 8 1 69 100 14.28 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - J G Montague 4 7 2 9* 32 6.40 - - 2 4 3 - - - - - - - - R W Orton 8 15 0 69 288 19.20 - 2 2 4 - - - - - - - - - Page, H 4 7 0 12 30 4.28 - - 2 7 - 7 0 32 0 - - - - E A Shaw + 4 8 1 36 80 11.42 - - 1 9 - - - - - - - - - Rev E D Shaw 1 2 0 8 13 6.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - H L Slocock + 1 1 0 25 25 25.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E Southall 1 2 1 50* 62 62.00 - 1 - - - 7 0 20 2 10.00 2-20 - - Vickerstaff, S J A 8 14 3 18 62 5.63 - - 3 8 - 129.3 21 548 23 23.82 6-75 - 2 Dr E Weaver-Adams 3 6 0 81 171 28.50 - 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Wheeler, W 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Wilson, G A 3 6 0 18 56 9.33 - - 1 1 - 135.2 12 580 26 22.30 8-109 1 3 Wright, M W 8 15 0 56 156 10.40 - 1 3 2 - 265.1 71 659 52 12.67 8-45 - 5 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 85 - - - - - - - - 143 5 - - - - Total 88 164 18 139* 2070 14.17 1 9 28 56 3 714.1 119 2725 134 20.33 8-45 1 12 (25 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 38 the Buckinghamshire bowling is not known for both innings. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Buckinghamshire in the Championship in 1908. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Etheridge 1908 1 2 2 0* 0 - - - - - - 48 54 0 - - - - Golding, S 1899 15 19 1 26 112 6.22 - - 2 6 - 1507 912 35 26.05 5-39 - 1 A W Johnson 1901 8 13 0 20 56 4.30 - - 3 2 - 653 451 22 20.50 6-76 - 3 Langley, C 1902 3 5 0 39 75 15.00 - - - 3 - 18 19 0 - - - - Wilson, G A 1907 10 18 1 42 241 14.17 - - 3 12 - 2301 1348 81 16.64 8-109 4 10 (5 players)