Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 37 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At Broxbourne Cricket Club Ground, Mill Lane Close, Broxbourne on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 July 1913 Result: Hertfordshire won by three wickets Points: Hertfordshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 2 (O P T Horlick, D R Osborne); Hertfordshire 1 (C H Tait) First day score: Buckinghamshire 155 and 165-5 wickets (P L Frith 77*, W F L F Lowndes 0*); Hertfordshire 182 Buckinghamshire * E H D Sewell b Burton 26 (2) c Dodd b Shelford 32 P W Le Gros lbw b Shelford 8 (3) c Burton b Dodd 0 E A Shaw b Shelford 0 (1) b Shelford 8 W Adams b Burton 8 (10) c Golding b Burton 8 P L Frith c Etheridge b Burton 16 (6) c Dodd b Burton 102 S G Fairbairn b Shelford 0 (9) b Shelford 2 + W B Franklin c Shelford b Burton 33 (4) b Burton 36 W F L F Lowndes c Bonsey b Burton 6 (7) b Burton 0 B H G Shaw b Shelford 5 (11) c Cuthbertson b Burton 27 D R Osborne b Burton 24 (8) not out 8 O P T Horlick not out 10 (5) b Burton 3 Extras 19 11 Total (all out) 155 (all out) 237 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 155 Second innings 237 Burton 22 6 68 6 - - (1) 22.2 3 102 6 - - Dodd 6 0 33 0 - - (3) 7 1 34 1 - - Shelford 16 5 35 4 - - (2) 19 4 73 3 - - Marsh (4) 2 1 17 0 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 44 11 155 10 - - 50.2 9 237 10 - - Hertfordshire S G Etheridge b Fairbairn 9 (4) c Adams b Osborne 37 C H Titchmarsh c Sewell b Fairbairn 5 (2) b Osborne 25 Golding, A J c E A Shaw b Osborne 16 (1) b Fairbairn 26 Rev F R Bonsey c Horlick b Osborne 18 (3) st Franklin b Sewell 40 C H Tait c Horlick b Fairbairn 16 (5) b Osborne 0 * Rev C G Ward c Sewell b Osborne 65 (6) c Horlick b Fairbairn 26 W H Marsh c Osborne b Le Gros 4 (7) c Horlick b Fairbairn 13 Burton, F A b Le Gros 0 (9) not out 0 E J Dodd c Osborne b Le Gros 3 + E H Cuthbertson b Sewell 31 (8) not out 18 Shelford, W not out 4 Extras 11 27 Total (all out) 182 (7 wickets) 212 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 182 Second innings - - - Fairbairn 15 1 47 3 - - (1) 19.3 3 69 3 - - Osborne 18 4 65 3 - - (3) 19 5 55 3 - - Sewell 7.2 0 28 1 - - (4) 17 2 49 1 - - Horlick 3 0 15 0 - - Le Gros 4 1 16 3 - - (2) 3 1 12 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 27 0 - - Total 47.2 6 182 10 - - 58.3 11 212 7 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won by 3 wickets on the second day. For the winners there were 6 fours in Ward’s 65 and some consistent batting in their second innings saw Hertfordshire to victory. Burton had figures of 12 wickets for 170 runs in the match, including 6 wickets for 68 runs in Buckinghamshire’s first innings in which he bowled unchanged and 6 wickets for 102 in their second innings. For the losers there were 2 sixes and 12 fours in Frith’s 102. Horlick took 4 catches in the match but the Buckinghamshire team as a whole dropped many catches. [Missing: Toss; umpires; breakdown of extras; fall of wickets; time taken for Frith’s 102; time completed.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 2 August; Watford Observer 2 August; Bucks Examiner 1 August; Bucks Herald 2 August; South Bucks Free Press 1 August; Cricket 2 August, p 471. 70