MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 58: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At Aylesbury Sports Club Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 3, Buckinghamshire 1 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 1 (W J Samms); Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 130 and - - 2 wickets (Golding 57*, C H Titchmarsh 58*); Buckinghamshire 68 Hertfordshire Golding, A J b Sewell 3 (2) b Sewell 93 R C Grellet b Sewell 10 (1) c Frith b Samms 12 E S Household st Franklin b Sewell 7 (3) lbw b Field 17 C H Titchmarsh b Samms 49 (4) not out 84 R B Cowley c Samms b Sewell 46 (5) b Wright 2 + E H Cuthbertson b Samms 0 A K Gibson b Samms 0 (7) not out 1 Coleman, W b Samms 2 (6) c Ross b Sewell 0 * W H Marsh b Samms 3 Burton, F A b Sewell 4 Shelford, W not out 0 Extras 6 23 Total (all out) 130 (5 wickets declared) 232 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 130 Second innings 58 222 - - - - - Samms 14 5 17 5 - - (1) 13 1 56 1 - - Sewell 24.3 5 57 5 - - (2) 18 3 60 2 - - Wright 13 4 29 0 - - (4) 35 4 56 1 - - Frith 1 0 10 0 - - Field 2 0 11 0 - - (5) 9 3 19 1 - - Lowndes (3) 5 1 12 0 - - Ross (6) 1 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 23 0 - - Total 54.3 14 130 10 - - 81 12 232 5 - - Buckinghamshire E H D Sewell c Marsh b Burton 36 (6) not out 7 N D C Ross run out 3 (1) c Titchmarsh b Burton 8 B H G Shaw c Grellet b Shelford 6 P W Le Gros b Burton 0 (2) c Marsh b Burton 1 * W F L F Lowndes st Cuthbertson b Shelford 1 P L Frith lbw b Burton 0 (3) not out 44 D H Field not out 13 (4) c Coleman b Shelford 13 W J Samms b Shelford 0 A G de Rothschild b Burton 1 + W B Franklin b Burton 0 Wright, M W b Burton 1 (5) c Shelford b Burton 1 Extras 7 5 Total (all out) 68 (4 wickets) 79 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 68 Second innings - - - - - - Shelford 11 0 38 3 - - (1) 14 3 35 1 - - Burton 10.3 2 23 6 - - (2) 17 6 21 3 - - Marsh (3) 5 1 14 0 - - Coleman (4) 2 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 21.3 2 68 10 - - 38 10 79 4 - - Notes: This match was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on the first innings. Play was suspended at 4.15 pm on the second day, at which point Hertfordshire declared. However further rain curtailed the match. For the visitors there were 9 fours in Golding’s 93 and 8 fours in Titchmarsh’s unbeaten 84, the pair adding 164 for the third wicket in the second innings. Titchmarsh also top-scored in Hertfordshire’s first innings with 49. Burton took 6 wickets for 23 runs in Buckinghamshire’s first innings, during which he and Shelford bowled unchanged. For Buckinghamshire Frith top-scored with an unbeaten 44. Samms took 5 wickets for 17 runs on debut and Sewell took 5 wickets for 57 runs, both in Hertfordshire’s first innings. [Missing: Toss; umpires; close of play score; extras breakdown; fall of wickets.] Sources: Bucks Herald 17 August; Bucks Advertiser 17 August; South Bucks Free Press 23 August; Herts Advertiser 17 August; Cricket 14 September, p 507. 89