Minor Counties Championship 1913

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 5, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Sixteenth equal with Cambridgeshire and Wiltshire out of twenty Won: v Wiltshire at Trowbridge and v Berkshire at Marlow Lost: v Wiltshire at Bletchley, v Hertfordshire at Broxbourne, v Bedfordshire at Bedford TG, v Berkshire at Reading and v Bedfordshire at Aylesbury Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Hertfordshire at High Wycombe Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: E H D Sewell (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: W B Franklin (8 matches) Debutants: 12 (E E Barnett, H Biedermann, T M Brocklehurst, S G Fairbairn, W G W Garforth, O P T Horlick, A H C Kearsley, C W Lister, F N Mann, D R Osborne, H Pitchford and D A D Sewell) Final Season: 15 (H Baker, E E Barnett, H Biedermann, T M Brocklehurst, D H Field, W G W Garforth, A H C Kearsley, A W Keen, C W Lister, W F L F Lowndes, F N Mann, D R Osborne, H Page, B H G Shaw and M W Wright) Hon Secretary: E H D Sewell Professionals: 2 (H Page and H Pitchford) Home Grounds 4: The Sports Club Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury (1 match), The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley (1 match), High Wycombe Cricket Club Ground, London Road, High Wycombe (1 match) and Marlow Cricket Club Ground, Pound Lane, Marlow Notes: Buckinghamshire dropped to sixteenth place in the Table. The same opponents were met as in 1912. The captain E H D Sewell gave a good all round performance with 420 runs at 30.00 and 35 wickets at 23.48. The wicket-keeper Walter Franklin scored 418 runs at 32.15 and took part in 15 dismissals. Sydney Fairbairn and Edward Hazelton each obtained over 20 wickets. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs by Percival Frith and Thomas Kent. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 12 players who made their Championship debut for Buckinghamshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 15 players appeared for Buckinghamshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W Adams 4 6 0 31 65 10.83 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H Baker 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E E Barnett + 1 2 0 6 10 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H Biedermann + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T M Brocklehurst + 2 4 0 8 24 6.00 - - - 1 - 13 4 46 4 11.50 3-14 - - S G Fairbairn + 6 11 3 23 94 11.75 - - 1 5 - 138.3 25 474 23 20.60 4-41 - - D H Field 1 2 0 47 49 24.50 - - - 1 - 21 5 44 0 - - - - W B Franklin 8 16 3 119* 418 32.15 1 1 1 8 7 - - - - - - - - P L Frith 7 13 1 102 301 25.08 1 1 2 1 - 20 2 107 2 53.50 1-11 - - W G W Garforth + 1 2 0 24 34 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E W Hazelton 4 7 0 27 109 15.57 - - - 2 - 122 20 389 26 14.96 7-77 1 3 O P T Horlick + 2 3 1 10* 13 6.50 - - 1 4 - 6 0 39 0 - - - - Capt A H C Kearsey + 2 3 0 11 14 4.66 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - A W Keen 1 2 0 17 18 9.00 - - - 1 - 22 5 83 1 83.00 1-83 - - T R Kent 5 10 0 123 358 35.80 1 1 2 6 - - - - - - - - - P W Le Gros 8 16 0 55 297 18.56 - 2 3 5 - 25 3 95 5 19.00 3-16 - - C W Lister + 2 4 0 7 11 2.75 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - W F L F Lowndes 2 3 0 18 24 8.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - D L L Mackey 1 2 0 2 3 1.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F N Mann + 1 2 1 3* 3 3.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - D R Osborne + 4 7 1 31 106 17.66 - - - 4 - 59 12 233 9 25.88 3-55 - - Page, H 1 1 1 2* 2 - - - - - - 11 3 29 2 14.50 2-19 - - Pitchford, H + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 2 - 4 0 24 0 - - - - D A D Sewell + 4 6 0 20 75 12.50 - - 1 3 - 29 4 109 2 54.50 1-11 - - E H D Sewell 8 16 2 109 420 30.00 2 - 2 11 - 206 21 822 35 23.48 6-45 - 4 B H G Shaw 3 6 0 27 47 7.83 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E A Shaw 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - M WWright 7 12 6 37* 176 29.33 - - - 6 - 98 24 308 12 25.66 3-3 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 235 - - - - 1 - - - 155 3 - - - - Total 89 161 19 123 2917 20.544 5 5 23 72 7 774.3 124 2957 124 23.84 7-77 1 7 (28 players) (6 ball overs) 151