Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 74 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At High Wycombe Cricket Club Ground, London Road, High Wycombe on Monday 18, Tuesday 19 August 1913 Result: Match drawn – Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Buckinghamshire 1; Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Hertfordshire 1 (G Cox) First day score: Hertfordshire 505; Buckinghamshire 100-8 wickets (W B Franklin 24*, M W Wright 1*) Hertfordshire S G Etheridge run out 2 Golding, A J c Franklin b Hazelton 29 + C H Titchmarsh c Le Gros b Hazelton 137 E S Household c Kent b Frith 153 * Rev C G Ward c Keen b Osborne 78 G Cox b Keen 17 W H Marsh c D A D Sewell b Osborne 22 W Montgomery c D A D Sewell b Hazelton 12 C H Tait run out 17 Burton, F A not out 12 Shelford, W not out 15 Extras 11 Total (9 wickets declared) 505 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 87 238 384 413 447 447 469 486 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hazelton 28 6 93 3 - - D A D Sewell 11 1 51 0 - - Keen 22 5 83 1 - - E H D Sewell 19 1 78 0 - - Osborne 15 2 70 2 - - Le Gros 2 0 11 0 - - Wright 9 2 39 0 - - Frith 8 1 45 1 - - Horlick 3 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 11 2 - - Total 117 18 505 9 - - Buckinghamshire (Followed on) P W Le Gros b Shelford 2 (3) b Burton 18 T R Kent b Burton 9 (2) c Household b Marsh 123 P L Frith c Etheridge b Burton 7 A W Keen c Golding b Burton 17 (4) c Etheridge b Marsh 1 D R Osborne lbw b Burton 21 W E Hazelton b Burton 14 D A D Sewell b Shelford 0 + W B Franklin not out 119 (6) not out 41 * E H D Sewell c Etheridge b Burton 0 (1) c Shelford b Burton 106 M W Wright b Montgomery 34 (5) not out 37 O P T Horlick c Ward b Etheridge 0 Extras b 10, lb 12 22 b 16, w 1, nb 2 19 Total (all out) 245 (4 wickets) 345 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 14 25 56 61 64 95 95 236 245 Second innings 217 246 257 262 - - - - - - Burton 29 7 91 6 - - (1) 35 9 101 2 - - Shelford 24 6 50 2 - - (3) 12 5 35 0 - - Montgomery 9 5 12 1 - - (2) 15 2 47 0 - - Etheridge 3.1 0 18 1 - - (5) 11 0 37 0 - 2 Marsh 8 1 29 0 - - (4) 17 6 33 2 - - Household 7 1 23 0 - - (6) 5 0 36 0 - - Ward (7) 7 0 37 0 1 - Extras - - 22 0 - - - 0 19 0 - - Total 80.1 20 245 10 0 0 102 22 345 4 1 2 Notes: This return match was drawn with Hertfordshire winning on first innings as despite enforcing the follow-on they were unable to bowl Buckinghamshire out a second time. The match between the two teams at Broxbourne in July had been won by Hertfordshire by 3 wickets. Hertfordshire’s innings lasted for just 4 hours 26 minutes. There were 20 fours and 6 threes in Titchmarsh’s 137 and 24 fours and 6 threes in Household’s 153. Together they added 151 runs for Hertfordshire’s third wicket. There were 11 fours in Ward’s 78 and he added 146 runs with Household for Hertfordshire’s fourth wicket. Burton took 6 wickets for 91 runs in Buckinghamshire’s first innings and no other bowler took more than 3 wickets in the match. For the losers there were 17 fours in Franklin’s unbeaten 119. He made 160 in the match without being dismissed and added 141 runs with Wright for Buckinghamshire’s ninth wicket in their first innings – this was a new county record. There were 17 fours in Sewell’s 106 and 17 fours and 5 threes in Kent’s 123 and together they added 217 for Buckinghamshire’s first wicket in their second innings which was also a new county record. The Hertfordshire total of 505 is the highest ever conceded by Buckinghamshire. [Missing: Umpires; in Hertfordshire innings extras breakdown and duration of Titchmarsh's 137 and Household's 153; in Buckinghamshire first innings duration of Franklin's 119 not out; in Buckinghamshire second innings duration of Kent's 123 and E H D Sewell's 106.] Sources: Bucks Herald 23 August; North Bucks Times 23 August; Slough Observer 23 August; South Bucks Free Press 22 August; South Bucks Standard 21 August; Herts Advertiser 23 August; Watford Observer 12 August; Cricket 30 August, p 573; The Sportsman 19 August. 107