Minor Counties Championship 1908

71 MATCH NUMBER 38 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BERKSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At Wolverton Cricket Club Ground, Osborne Street, Wolverton on Thursday 23, Friday 24 July 1908 Result: Berkshire won by 3 runs Points: Berkshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (H G Hogarth); Berkshire 3 (R J Collins, W F E Newberry, G E Williams) First day score: Berkshire 179; Buckinghamshire 115-5 wickets (D L L Mackey 55*, W F L F Lowndes 15*) Berkshire A P Strange c Brocklehurst b Golding 30 ( ) b Wright 57 H Brougham b Vickerstaff 1 ( ) c Page b Johnson 6 Shoosmith, H W b Johnson 53 ( ) b Johnson 7 Watts, E A b Johnson 10 ( ) c Page b Johnson 24 R J Collins c Orton b Wright 44 ( ) b Wright 23 G E Williams b Johnson 6 ( ) b Wright 14 W F E Newberry b Wright 8 ( ) b Wright 5 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Johnson 0 ( ) b Golding 8 + Capt E F Rowe b Wright 10 ( ) c Montague b Wright 11 Cave, W b Johnson 4 ( ) b Wright 2 Spencer, - not out 0 ( ) not out 15 Extras 13 6 Total 179 178 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 179 Second innings 178 Wright 3 - - ( ) 6 - - Vickerstaff 1 - - ( ) 0 - - Golding 1 - - ( ) 1 - - Johnson 5 - - ( ) 3 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 179 10 - - 178 10 - - Buckinghamshire D L L Mackey c Shoosmith b Williams 69 ( ) c and b Cave 4 H G Hogarth run out 13 ( ) b Cave 17 R W Orton b Strange 14 ( ) b Newberry 63 Wright, M W b Spencer 8 ( ) c Rowe b Shoosmith 16 E Brocklehurst c Rowe b Cave 14 ( ) b Cave 0 Page, H b Cave 6 ( ) lbw b Cave 0 * W F L F Lowndes b Cave 36 ( ) b Cave 13 + J G Montague c Nepean b Shoosmith 8 ( ) not out 1 A W Johnson b Shoosmith 1 ( ) st Rowe b Cave 8 Golding, S not out 5 ( ) b Cave 26 Vickerstaff, A c Williams b Shoosmith 5 ( ) c Nepean b Shoosmith 7 Extras 9 11 Total 188 166 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 188 Second innings 166 Cave 36 9 60 3 - - ( ) 36.5 8 40 7 - - Shoosmith 22 11 40 3 - - ( ) 22.4 9 37 2 - - Williams 38 1 - - ( ) 0 - - Spencer 6 2 20 1 - - ( ) 5 1 20 0 - - Strange 24 1 - - ( ) 10 0 - - Newberry ( ) 13 2 36 1 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 191 10 - - 154 10 - - 188x 166x Notes: Berkshire won this close match by three runs on the second day amid reported scenes of great excitement. For the winners, Cave took 10 wickets in the match for 100 runs including 7 for 40 in the second innings, Strange scored 57 and Shoosmith 53. For the losers, Mackey scored 69 and Orton 63. The Match bowling for Buckinghamshire reconstructed from the averages (adds 1 over) was Wright 32.3-10-78-9, Vickerstaff 16-1-62-1, Golding 18-2-70-2, Johnson 31-1-129-8. Shoosmith’s second innings overs and maidens have been reconstructed from the end of season averages. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; bowling analyses for all innings; in Berkshire first inningss boundaries in Shoosmith’s 53; in Berkshire second inninngs boundaries in Strange’s 57, and batting order; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Ma ckey’s 69; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Orton’s 63, and batting order; time completed; Spencer’s initials.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 1 August; South Bucks Free Press 31 July; South Bucks Standard 31 July; Cricket 27 August, p375; Wisden.