Minor Counties Championship 1909

122 MATCH NUMBER 91 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 13, Saturday 14 August 1909 Result: Buckinghamshire won by eight wickets Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Buckinghamshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 423; Berkshire 119-4 wickets (Capt E F Rowe 21*, P Howard 5*) Buckinghamshire Dr E Weaver-Adams c Stevens b Ferryman 162 + E A Shaw b Ferryman 8 Orton, R W c Shoosmith b Ferryman 50 (3) not out 17 * W F L F Lowndes c Nepean b Shoosmith 31 (4) not out 23 E J Leat c Nepean b Shoosmith 0 (2) c Shoosmith b Hunt 17 Rev E D Shaw c Rowe b Shoosmith 0 (1) b Hunt 11 Wright, M W lbw b Nepean 25 A W Keen b Simpson 79 E West c Stevens b Hunt 32 G H Boddy c Nepean b Simpson 3 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 12 Extras w 2, nb 1 21 10 Total 423 (2 wickets) 78 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 423 Second innings - - - - - - - - Simpson 23.2 1 98 2 - - Ferryman 23 2 126 3 - - (3) 0.4 0 8 0 - - Shoosmith 24 2 70 3 1 1 (2) 9 2 29 0 - - Hunt 17 2 69 1 - - (1) 10 0 31 2 - - Nepean 12 0 25 1 - - Metcalfe 2 0 14 0 1 - Extras - - 21 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 101.2 7 423 10 2 1 19.4 2 78 2 - - Berkshire (Followed on) Rev A G P Baines b Boddy 7 ( ) c Vickerstaff b Boddy 19 H Brougham b Vickerstaff 31 ( ) b Boddy 16 Shoosmith, H W run out 29 ( ) b Vickerstaff 50 + Capt E F Rowe c Vickerstaff b Wright 66 ( ) b Boddy 6 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c E A Shaw b Keen 17 ( ) c West b Boddy 1 P Howard c West b Keen 42 ( ) c Lowndes b Wright 1 S H Stevens c E A Shaw b Wright 14 ( ) b Vickerstaff 38 F W Metcalfe b Weaver-Adams 33 ( ) c Vickerstaff b Wright 1 T M C Hunt not out 23 ( ) not out 31 H M Ferryman c Boddy b Weaver-Adams 2 ( ) c and b Weaver-Adams 14 Simpson, - b Boddy 20 ( ) b Keen 2 Extras 30 7 Total 314 186 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 314 Second innings 186 Wright 20 2 59 2 - - (1) 11 0 40 2 - - Boddy 12 1 46 2 - - (2) 10 0 63 4 - - West 6 0 27 0 - - (3) 5 0 29 0 - - Vickerstaff 21 4 73 1 - - (4) 6 0 44 2 - - Keen 17 4 44 2 - - (5) 1 1 0 1 - - Weaver-Adams 6 0 35 2 - - (6) 1 0 3 1 - - Extras - - 30 1 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 82 11 314 10 - - 34 1 186 10 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match on the second day after Berkshire followed on 109 runs behind. The encounter between the two sides at Aylesbury in July had also been won by Buckinghamshire. For the winners, Weaver-Adams scored 162, Keen 79 and Orton 50. For Berkshire, Rowe scored 66 and Shoosmith 50. The match aggregate of 1,001 runs was the second highest of the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Buckinghamshire first innings breakdown and duration of Weaver- Adams’s 162, boundaries in Keen’s 79 and Orton’s 50; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Rowe’s 66; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Shoosmith’s 50; Simpson’s initials; precise time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 21 August; Reading Mercury 21 August; Reading Standard 21 August; Bucks Advertiser 21 August; Bucks Herald 21 August; South Bucks Free Press 20 August; South Bucks Standard 20 August; The Sportsman 14,16 August; Cricket 19 August, p 350.