Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 28 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley, on Friday 18, Saturday 19 July 1913 Result: Wiltshire won by 96 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 3 (T M Brocklehurst, S G Fairbairn, C W Lister); Wiltshire 2 (D C Brown, J D H Watts) First day score: Wiltshire 75 and 169-8 wickets (C W Hurn 4*, W Overton 0*); Buckinghamshire 102 Wiltshire + T S Luce b Wright 16 (1) lbw b Sewell 29 Newman, A W b Wright 5 (2) c Sewell b Wright 9 C S Awdry c and b Fairbairn 3 (3) c Sewell b Wright 9 J R Tayler c Le Gros b Sewell 9 (5) b Fairbairn 18 D C Brown c Franklin b Sewell 3 (6) c Fairbairn b Wright 22 * R W Awdry c Lister b Wright 4 (7) c Mackey b Frith 52 G W Mathews st Franklin b Sewell 5 (8) c Franklin b Fairbairn 7 C W Hurn c Adams b Sewell 7 (9) b Sewell 28 Overton, W c Franklin b Sewell 10 (10) not out 14 Mitchell, H not out 4 (11) st Franklin b Sewell 4 J D H Watts absent 0 (4) b Sewell 2 Extras 9 19 Total (all out) 75 (all out) 213 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 75 - Second innings 45 79 169 213 Fairbairn 7 2 9 1 - - (1) 12 2 44 2 - - Frith 3 0 13 0 - - (2) 3 1 11 1 - - Wright 11 2 22 3 - - (3) 23 8 48 3 - - Sewell 7.2 4 22 5 - - (4) 25.5 3 87 4 - - Brocklehurst (5) 3 2 4 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 19 0 - - Total 28.2 8 75 9 - - 66.5 16 213 10 - - Buckinghamshire * E H D Sewell b Newman 26 (6) st Luce b Mitchell 6 + W B Franklin c R W Awdry b Mitchell 5 (8) lbw b Mitchell 12 W Adams c R W Awdry b Mitchell 7 (5) b Mitchell 11 P W Le Gros lbw b Mitchell 0 (9) b Mitchell 18 P L Frith c and b Mitchell 25 (4) c Overton b Newman 0 C W Lister b Mitchell 7 (7) c Overton b Mitchell 0 S G Fairbairn b Overton 9 (10) not out 22 B H G Shaw b Overton 8 (3) c Overton b Newman 6 T M Brocklehurst c R W Awdry b Mitchell 3 (2) hit wicket b Mitchell 6 D L L Mackey st Luce b Mitchell 1 (1) c R W Awdry b Mitchell 2 M W Wright not out 0 (11) c R W Awdry b Newman 2 Extras nb 2 11 5 Total (all out) 102 (all out) 90 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 102 Second innings 35 61 66 90 Mitchell 23.4 7 49 7 - 2 (2) 28 11 53 7 - - Newman 16 8 31 1 - - (1) 22 13 13 3 - - Overton 7 1 11 2 - - (3) 7 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 46.4 16 102 10 0 2 57 24 90 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won by 96 runs on the second day, despite being dismissed for just 75 runs in only 28.2 overs in their first innings. Rain delayed the start of play on the second day until 12.45 pm. For the winners there was 1 six in R W Awdry’s 52, which was the only innings above 30 in the match. Mitchell took 7 wickets for 49 runs in Buckinghamshire’s first innings and 7 for 53 in their second, giving him match figures of 14 for 102; he bowled unchanged throughout the match. R W Awdry took 3 catches in Buckinghamshire’s first innings and 5 in the match. Overton took 3 catches in Buckinghamshire’s second innings. For the losers Sewell top-scored with 26; he also took 5 wickets for 22 runs in Wiltshire’s first innings, finishing with match figures of 9 for 109. Franklin took 3 catches and made 2 stumpings in the match. The identity of Wiltshire’s eleventh man has been given various alternatives with B Stevens and E J Watts listed in some newspapers while Wisden has D J Watts. However the decision is to accept that in the Wiltshire News which states that “J D H Watts - a London Wiltshireman - filled the last place, which no resident could be persuaded to take.” [Missing: Umpires; breakdown of extras; part fall of wickets; fours in R W Awdry’s 52; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 26 July; Bucks Herald 26 July; South Bucks Free Press 25 July; North Bucks Times 28 July; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 24 July; North Wilts Herald 25 July; Wiltshire News 25 July; Cricket 26 July, p 442. 61