Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 79 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Sports Club Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 August 1913 Result: Bedfordshire won by five wickets Points: Bedfordshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: G Perkins and C Hughes Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 390; Bedfordshire 70-1 wicket (S V Graham 32*, H F Holdstock 13*) Buckinghamshire * E H D Sewell c Morcom b R H King 109 (7) not out 28 T R Kent b R H King 45 (3) b R H King 19 D H Field c Peel b R H King 47 (2) b Peel 2 P W Le Gros c Graham b Morcom 5 (5) st Apthorp b Peel 17 + W B Franklin b Graham 10 (8) not out 18 M W Wright c Morcom b R H King 26 P L Frith c Holdstock b R H King 68 (1) b R H King 11 T M Brocklehurst st Apthorp b R H King 8 (4) b R H King 7 W F L F Lowndes c Holdstock b Morcom 18 W E Hazelton b Morcom 4 (6) b Peel 7 Page, H not out 2 Extras 48 6 Total (all out) 390 (6 wickets declared) 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 150 390 Second innings 28 - - - - Morcom 34.5 6 118 3 - - Durrant 9 1 18 0 - - W E King 10 2 19 0 - - (3) 1 0 12 0 - - Graham 15 3 33 1 - - Peel 16 4 37 0 - - (1) 12 0 46 3 - - R H King 28 5 117 6 - - (2) 11 1 51 3 - - Extras - - 48 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 112.5 21 390 10 - - 24 1 115 6 - - Bedfordshire W E King c Field b Hazelton 25 (1) c Lowndes b Brocklehurst 17 S V Graham b Wright 44 Holdstock, H F b Hazelton 71 (7) not out 6 F W H Nicholas c Lowndes b Wright 26 (3) st Franklin b Page 56 Dr A F Morcom not out 51 (6) st Franklin b Sewell 10 F C W Newman b Le Gros 13 R H King b Brocklehurst 10 (5) c Brocklehurst b Sewell 39 A F Durrant b Le Gros 0 (4) not out 30 D H Peel c Lowndes b Brocklehurst 0 + * E E Apthorp b Brocklehurst 12 (2) c Le Gros b Page 45 W Brown c Kent b Wright 26 Extras w 2 18 w 3 10 Total (all out) 296 (5 wickets) 213 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 48 105 209 229 241 296 Second innings 31 128 128 - - - - - Field 21 5 44 0 1 - Brocklehurst 7 2 14 3 1 - ( ) 3 0 28 1 - - Hazelton 18 2 52 2 - - ( ) 2 0 11 0 1 - Page 7 3 10 0 - - ( ) 4 0 19 2 - - Sewell 27 2 105 0 - - ( ) 10 1 63 2 2 - Wright 9 2 23 3 - - ( ) 6 0 56 0 - - Le Gros 11 1 30 2 - - ( ) 5 0 26 0 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 100 17 296 10 2 0 30 1 213 5 3 0 Notes: Bedfordshire won this return match by five wickets on the second day. A ‘generous’ declaration by Sewell, the Buckinghamshire captain, allowed Bedfordshire to win this encounter against expectations. The match between the two sides at Goldington Road, Bedford had also been won by Bedfordshire. For the winners Holdstock scored 71, Nicholas 56 and Morcom 51 not out. In the Bedfordshire first innings Morcom and Brown added 55 runs for the last wicket. In the Buckinghamshire first innings R H King took 6 wickets for 117 runs. For the losers Sewell scored 109 and Frith 68 in the Buckinghamshire first innings. In the Buckinghamshire first innings Sewell and Kent put on 150 runs for the first wicket. During the tea interval on the first day a presentation was made to Mat Wright of a silver salver to commemorate his 21 years of service to Buckinghamshire cricket, both for the County and Eton College. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire first innings duration of Sewell’s 109 and boundaries in Frith’s 68; in Bedfordshire first innings boundaries in Holdstock’s 71 and Morcom’s 51 not out; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Nicholas’s 56, and bowling order; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 23 August; Bucks Herald 23 August; South Bucks Free Press 29 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 29 August; Bedfordshire Standard 22 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 23 August; Hertfordshire Express 30 August; Cricket 30 August, p 544-575; The Sportsman 20 August. 112