Minor Counties Championship 1909

117 MATCH NUMBER 86 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 August 1909 Result: Wiltshire won by nine wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (A R Ayres); Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 272; Buckinghamshire 159-8 wickets (G M Faulkner 2*, A R Ayres 3*) Wiltshire J E Stevens c and b Vickerstaff 0 C S Awdry b Wright 38 (1) b G H Boddy 7 S R Nicholson c Wright b G H Boddy 89 (2) not out 7 T C G Sandford b G H Boddy 79 (3) not out 12 * R W Awdry b Vickerstaff 2 + T T N Perkins not out 28 Newman, A W c & b G H Boddy 6 A Whitehead b G H Boddy 0 F E Newman lbw b G H Boddy 0 Mitchell, H b Vickerstaff 0 Smith, W R R b G H Boddy 18 Extras nb 1 12 nb 1 1 Total 272 (1 wicket) 27 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 43 205 212 220 236 236 236 243 272 Second innings - - - - - - - - - Wright 25 7 55 1 - - Vickerstaff 23 3 77 3 - 1 (2) 2 0 11 0 - 1 Faulkner 10 0 34 0 - - de Montmorency 12 1 54 0 - - Page 1 0 5 0 - - G H Boddy 10.3 2 35 6 - - (1) 2 0 15 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 81.3 13 272 10 0 1 4 0 27 1 0 1 Buckinghamshire (Followed on) Boddy, E S b Mitchell 1 ( ) c R W Awdry b Mitchell 24 Orton, R W b A W Newman 41 ( ) b Mitchell 28 Page, H b Mitchell 0 ( ) c Stevens b Mitchell 8 R H de Montmorency c Sandford b Mitchell 90 ( ) lbw b R W Awdry 35 E J Leat b A W Newman 1 ( ) b R W Awdry 0 * W F L F Lowndes c Nicholson b A W Newman 2 ( ) c Perkins b R W Awdry 13 Wright, M W b A W Newman 8 ( ) b A W Newman 1 G M Faulkner c A W Newman b Mitchell 6 ( ) not out 0 G H Boddy b Mitchell 4 ( ) st Perkins b Mitchell 9 + Ayres, A R c Mitchell b A W Newman 6 ( ) c and b A W Newman 2 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 0 ( ) c Stevens b A W Newman 1 Extras 7 11 Total 166 132 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 5 129 137 138 146 151 152 162 166 Second innings 11 11 67 69 89 104 128 129 130 132 Smith 9 1 25 0 - - (4) 5 1 16 0 - - Mitchell 24 8 69 5 - - (1) 17 4 48 4 - - Newman, A W 16 7 39 5 - - (2) 16.4 6 35 3 - - E Newman 3 0 26 0 - - R W Awdry (3) 5 1 22 3 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 52 16 166 10 0 0 43.4 12 132 10 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by nine wickets on the second day after Buckinghamshire followed on 106 runs behind. Wiltshire had also won the match between the two sides at Swindon the previous week. For the winners, Nicholson scored 89 and Sandford 79. In the Wiltshire first innings, these two batsmen put on 162 runs for the third wicket. For the losers, there were 3 sixes and 11 fours in de Montmorency’s 90. In the Buckinghamshire first innings, Orton and de Montmorency added 124 runs for the third wicket. Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Nicholson’s 89 and Sandford’s 79; in Wiltshire second innings fall of first wicket; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Herald 21 August; North Bucks Times 14 August; South Bucks Free Press 20 August; South Bucks Standard 20 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 19 August; Swindon Advertiser 13 August; Wiltshire Times 14 August; Sporting Life 12,13 August; The Sportsman 12,13 August; Cricket 2 September, p 375.