Minor Counties Championship 1908

75 MATCH NUMBER 42 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Monday 27, Tuesday 28 July 1908 Result: Wiltshire won by 259 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: A F Bannister and C Hughes Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Wiltshire 1 (F E Newman) First day score: Not known Wiltshire J E Stevens b Johnson 3 (1) c Page b Wright 28 Newman, F E b Johnson 0 (2) c Brocklehurst b Wright 32 C S Awdry c Mackey b Johnson 20 (3) b Wright 86 Smith, W b Vickerstaff 17 (10) not out 3 R W Awdry b Vickerstaff 3 (5) c Page b Vickerstaff 19 S Whittaker b Faulkner 39 (4) c Johnson b Vickerstaff 25 Newman, A W b Johnson 1 (7) c Vickerstaff b Johnson 10 H S Snell c Vickerstaff b Faulkner 12 (6) c Mackey b Wright 28 * A M Miller not out 23 (9) c Lowndes b Vickerstaff 23 + T S Luce b Johnson 19 (8) c Orton b Vickerstaff 54 Smart, T b Johnson 6 Extras nb 3 13 15 Total 156 (9 wickets declared) 323 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 1 33 36 64 65 96 103 140 156 Second innings 52 74 126 161 215 226 240 301 323 - Johnson 17.5 1 76 6 - - (1) 18 2 73 1 - - Vickerstaff 12 2 31 2 - 3 (5) 13.4 0 59 4 - - Wright 13 7 8 0 - - (4) 26 3 85 4 - - Faulkner 8 1 28 2 - - (2) 16 0 50 0 - - Page (3) 7 0 32 0 - - Golding (6) 2 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 50.5 11 156 10 0 3 82.4 5 323 9 - - Buckinghamshire D L L Mackey c R W Awdry b Smith 5 (1) st Luce b Smart 6 Page, H c and b Smart 0 (3) st Luce b Smith 12 R W Orton c R W Awdry b Smith 0 (2) b A W Newman 69 G M Faulkner b Smith 0 (4) c C S Awdry b Smart 3 Wright, M W run out 15 (6) c Luce b Smart 11 E Brocklehurst c Snell b Miller 26 (7) c Whittaker b Smart 4 Golding, S b Miller 1 (8) b Smart 10 * W F L F Lowndes b Miller 17 (5) c and b Smart 17 + J G Montague b Smart 7 (9) not out 9 A W Johnson c Luce b Miller 0 (10) b A W Newman 0 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 1 (11) c Luce b Smart 1 Extras 3 3 Total 75 145 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 1 6 7 44 49 52 73 73 75 Second innings 14 71 76 110 112 118 130 143 144 145 Smith 16 6 20 3 - - (2) 14 6 37 1 - - Smart 10.5 1 34 2 - - (3) 21.1 4 71 7 - - Miller 10 2 18 4 - - (1) 5 1 20 0 - - Newman, A W (4) 7 1 14 2 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 36.5 9 75 10 - - 47.1 12 145 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won by 259 runs on the second day. For the winners, C S Awdry scored 86 and Luce 54. In the Wiltshire second innings Luce and Miller added 61 runs for the eighth wicket. In the Buckinghamshire second innings Smart took 7 wickets for 71 runs. For the losers, Orton scored 69. [Missing: First day score; extras breakdown; in Wiltshire second innings boundaries i n C S Awdry’s 86 and Luce’s 54; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Orton’s 69; precise time completed.] Sources: Buckingham Advertiser 1 August; Bucks Advertiser 1 August; Bucks Herald 1 August; North Bucks Herald 11 August; North Bucks Times 1 August; South Bucks Free Press 31 July; Wiltshire Times 1 August; The Sportsman 28,29 July; Cricket 30 July, p 318.