MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 39: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1912 Result: Buckinghamshire won by 142 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: S Wrigley and C Hughes Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Wiltshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 256; Wiltshire 157 Buckinghamshire E H D Sewell b Overton 74 ( ) b A W Newman 7 D H Field c Mathews b Mitchell 5 ( ) c Davenport b Overton 25 B H G Shaw b Mitchell 18 ( ) b Mitchell 2 P L Frith c Sandford b A W Newman 54 ( ) c Grant b Mitchell 7 P W Le Gros not out 69 ( ) c Mitchell b Overton 0 E A Shaw b Overton 0 ( ) c Grant b Overton 14 * W F L F Lowndes b Overton 10 ( ) c Whittaker b Overton 4 N D C Ross b E Newman 13 ( ) c Grant b Overton 22 + W B Franklin lbw b Mitchell 3 ( ) b Mitchell 0 A G de Rothschild b Mitchell 0 ( ) not out 6 Wright, M W c and b Mitchell 0 ( ) b Overton 13 Extras 10 7 Total (all out) 256 (all out) 107 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 58 256 Second innings 107 Overton 17 3 73 3 - - (1) 14.1 4 27 6 - - A W Newman 23 6 58 1 - - (2) 14 4 19 1 - - Grant 6 1 21 0 - - (3) 12 3 24 0 - - Mitchell 23.2 4 66 5 - - (4) 18 8 30 3 - - Sandford 5 2 10 0 - - F E Newman 3 0 18 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 77.2 16 256 10 - - 58.1 19 107 10 - - Wiltshire J E Stevens b Wright 1 ( ) b Sewell 0 S Whittaker b Sewell 7 ( ) b Field 0 Newman, A W st Franklin b Sewell 6 ( ) b Field 0 T C G Sandford c and b Wright 1 ( ) c E A Shaw b Field 1 * R W Awdry c Franklin b Sewell 41 ( ) c Ross b Frith 18 G W Mathews b Wright 60 ( ) b Field 17 F E Newman c Franklin b Sewell 2 ( ) b Frith 3 E Grant b Frith 2 ( ) b Wright 6 + G C Davenport c and b Sewell 15 ( ) c E A Shaw b Frith 3 Overton, W not out 2 ( ) c E A Shaw b Frith 7 Mitchell, H c Frith b Wright 14 ( ) not out 1 Extras 6 8 Total (all out) 157 (all out) 64 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 157 Second innings 64 Sewell 25 5 62 5 - - ( ) 10 4 13 1 - - Wright 22 10 25 4 - - ( ) 7 2 10 1 - - Le Gros 5 0 31 0 - - Lowndes 4 2 12 0 - - Frith 7 2 21 1 - - ( ) 6 1 12 4 - - Field ( ) 12 4 21 4 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 63 19 157 10 - - 35 11 64 10 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won this match by 142 runs on the second day. For the winners Sewell scored 74, Frith 54 and Le Gros an unbeaten 69. Sewell also took 5 wickets for 62 runs in Wiltshire’s first innings. In the Wiltshire first innings the wicket- keeper Franklin made three dismissals and Shaw took three catches in the second innings. For the losers Matthews top scored with 60. Mitchell took 5 wickets for 66 in Buckinghamshire’s first innings and Overton took 6 wickets for 27 runs in their second. Grant took 3 catches in the Buckinghamshire second innings. [Missing: Fall of wickets; extras breakdown; both second innings batting orders; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Sewell’s 74, Frith’s 54, and Le Gros’s 69 not out; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Matthews’s 60; in Wiltshire second innings bowling order, precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Herald 10 August; Bucks Advertiser 10 August; South Bucks Free Press 9 August; North Bucks Times 3,10 August; South Bucks Free Press 9 August; Swindon Advertiser 7 August; Cricket 10 August, p 413. 70