Minor Counties Championship 1909

74 MATCH NUMBER 43 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BERKSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 July 1909 Result: Buckinghamshire won by three wickets Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Berkshire 2 (G M Hawksworth, - Simpson) First day score: Berkshire 147 and 93; Buckinghamshire 97 and 27-2 wickets (E West -*, M WWright -*) Berkshire * Sir C E M Y Nepean b West 42 ( ) b Vickerstaff 21 A P Strange c Lowndes b Faulkner 5 ( ) b Wright 9 Shoosmith, H W c Lowndes b Faulkner 2 ( ) c West b Vickerstaff 1 G E Williams b Wright 27 ( ) c Vickerstaff b Wright 16 Hawksworth, G M b Wright 0 ( ) c Kent b Vickerstaff 12 Whichelow, H V b Vickerstaff 28 ( ) st Bagley b Vickerstaff 6 + Capt E F Rowe b Wright 9 ( ) c Southall b Vickerstaff 12 Barrett, H b West 0 ( ) b Vickerstaff 9 R J Collins b West 13 ( ) b Vickerstaff 0 F J Barmby b Wright 3 ( ) not out 0 Simpson, - not out 0 ( ) st Bagley b Vickerstaff 0 Extras 18 7 Total 147 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 147 Second innings 93 Faulkner 10 1 32 2 - - Wright 27.2 9 44 4 - - (1) 22 6 32 2 - - West 17 6 49 3 - - Vickerstaff 2 0 4 1 - - (2) 21.2 3 54 8 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 56.2 16 147 10 - - 43.2 9 93 10 - - Buckinghamshire Page, H c Nepean b Hawksworth 3 (8) b Hawksworth 2 T R Kent b Hawksworth 5 (2) c and b Hawksworth 6 Orton, R W c Hawksworth b Shoosmith 1 (5) b Hawksworth 23 Wright, M W c Shoosmith b Hawksworth 24 (4) not out 39 E Southall lbw b Hawksworth 1 (7) c and b Hawksworth 5 Boddy, E S c Strange b Hawksworth 20 (6) run out 22 * W F L F Lowndes c Nepean b Shoosmith 0 (9) not out 20 G M Faulkner c Strange b Shoosmith 7 (1) lbw b Hawksworth 3 E West c Nepean b Hawksworth 17 (3) c Nepean b Hawksworth 19 + Bagley, J M st Rowe b Hawksworth 5 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 9 Extras 5 5 Total 97 (7 wickets) 144 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 97 Second innings - - - Hawksworth 23.2 11 45 7 - - (1) 35.2 14 64 6 - - Shoosmith 23 6 47 3 - - (2) 22 8 44 0 - - Barrett (3) 7 3 17 0 - - Whichelow (4) 6 3 14 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 46.2 17 97 10 - - 70.2 28 144 7 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won by three wickets on the second day. For Berkshire, Nepean top-scored with 42. The 58.4 overs bowled by Hawksworth were the third most in a match during the season. The 25 maidens he bowled were the equal highest number in a match, equalling the same number bowled by P W Cobbold for Suffolk v Bedfordshire at Bedford at the end of June. For Buckinghamshire, Vickerstaff took 8 wickets in the Berkshire second innings for 54 runs. Wright top-scored with 39 not out. The match was played in fine weather on both days. [Missing: Toss; umpires; scores of overnight batsmen; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Berkshire second innings batting order; Simpson’s initials; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 24 July; Bucks Herald 24 July; South Bucks Free Press 23 July; Berkshire Chronicle 31 July; Reading Mercury 7 August; Reading Observer 31 July; The Sportsman 24 July; Cricket 5 August, p 320.