Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 69 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At Pound Lane, Marlow on Friday 15, Saturday 16 August 1913 Result: Buckinghamshire won by 18 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: A E Hoar and G Perkins Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Berkshire 1 (G R Greaves) First day score: Buckinghamshire 199 and 12-1 wicket (W B Franklin -*, S G Fairbairn -*); Berkshire 219 Buckinghamshire * E H D Sewell c Willcocks b Greaves 0 (1) c Nepean b Belcher 4 T R Kent c Shoosmith b Woodburn 65 (4) c Bailey b Woodburn 45 P W Le Gros c Todd b Belcher 28 (5) b Woodburn 4 W E Hazelton lbw b Willcocks 21 (7) c Nepean b Willcocks 14 + W B Franklin b Willcocks 4 (2) c Shoosmith b Willcocks 25 W Adams c Shoosmith b Belcher 31 (6) lbw b Woodburn 0 P L Frith b Willcocks 10 (8) c and b Belcher 29 M W Wright c Nepean b Bailey 11 (11) not out 5 S G Fairbairn not out 10 (3) b Belcher 23 D A D Sewell c Todd b Bailey 7 (10) b Woodburn 15 D R Osborne b Belcher 3 (9) c Collins b Willcocks 31 Extras nb 1 9 w 4, nb 1 41 Total (all out) 199 (all out) 236 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 39 85 103 150 181 190 199 Second innings 6 40 71 114 138 175 206 236 Greaves 13 4 46 1 - - (3) 2 1 8 0 - - Willcocks 19 8 51 3 - - (4) 13.3 4 37 3 - - Belcher 18.4 3 47 3 - 1 (1) 17 3 53 3 4 1 Woodburn 9 2 33 1 - - (5) 27 5 72 4 - - Norris 1 0 1 0 - - Bailey 5 0 12 2 - - (2) 8 2 25 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 41 0 - - Total 65.4 17 199 10 0 1 67.3 15 236 10 4 1 Berkshire Capt L P Collins c Franklin b Hazelton 10 (1) b Hazelton 21 G G M Bennett c Wright b Hazelton 34 (2) c Wright b E H D Sewell 17 Shoosmith, H W c Kent b Hazelton 16 (3) c Le Gros b Hazelton 3 T P W Norris c Le Gros b E H D Sewell 67 (4) c Franklin b Hazelton 7 G Belcher b Hazelton 3 (5) c Wright b E H D Sewell 25 Dr W Y Woodburn c Hazelton b E H D Sewell 23 (6) c Fairbairn b E H D Sewell 40 G R Greaves b Hazelton 0 (7) b Hazelton 26 Bailey, W G not out 41 (8) c Kent b E H D Sewell 8 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c D A D Sewell b Hazelton 4 (9) c Kent b Hazelton 24 H F Willcocks b E H D Sewell 4 (10) c Franklin b E H D Sewell 10 + A F Todd c Osborne b Hazelton 10 (11) not out 9 Extras w 2 7 w 2 8 Total (all out) 219 (all out) 198 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 64 70 74 159 159 173 219 Second innings 36 47 48 63 110 155 166 198 Fairbairn 9 1 40 0 - - (3) 2 0 13 0 - - Hazelton 21 2 77 7 - - (1) 22.3 4 63 5 2 - E H D Sewell 12 0 72 3 2 - (2) 24 3 100 5 - - Osborne 2 0 17 0 - - Wright 2 0 6 0 - - (4) 4 1 14 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 46 3 219 10 2 0 52.3 8 198 10 2 0 Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by 18 runs on the second day, despite trailing by 20 runs on the first innings. The match between the two teams at Reading a week earlier had been won by Berkshire by an innings and 43 runs. For the winners there were 8 fours in Kent’s 65 and he top-scored in both innings. In Buckinghamshire’s second innings the last three wickets put on 98 runs whilst Berkshire conceded 41 extras. Hazelton, a schoolboy from Wellingborough, took 12 wickets for 140 runs in the match, including figures of 7 wickets for 77 runs in Berkshire’s first innings and 5 for 63 in their second. E H D Sewell took 5 wickets for 100 runs in Berkshire’s second innings. Franklin, Kent, and Wright each took 3 catches in the match. For the losers there were 1 six, 1 five, and 9 fours in Norris’ 67. Shoosmith and Nepean each took 3 catches in the match. E H D Sewell was dismissed off the first ball of the match, during which he conceded 172 runs whilst taking 8 wickets. Bad light ended play early on the first day. Berkshire were handicapped by the absence of Hawksworth, their best bowler, as he had damaged his hand when playing against Devon in the previous match. Berkshire’s second innings started at 2.50 pm on the second afternoon. [Missing: Scores of overnight not out batsmen; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 23 August; Bucks Herald 23 August; Slough Observer 23 August; South Bucks Free Press 22 August; South Bucks Standard 21 August; Berkshire Chronicle 22 August; Reading Chronicle 22 August; Reading Observer 23 August; Cricket 23 August, p 550; The Sportsman 15 August. 102