Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 56 : BERKSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 8, Saturday 9 August 1913 Result: Berkshire won by an innings and 43 runs Points: Berkshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: T Attewell and J P Whiteside Debutants: Buckinghamshire 4 (E E Barnett, Capt A H C Kearsey, F N Mann, D A D Sewell); Berkshire none First day score: Berkshire 323; Buckinghamshire 151 Berkshire Capt L P Collins st Franklin b E H D Sewell 108 H Brougham c Wright b E H D Sewell 41 G G M Bennett c Kearsey b Fairbairn 93 Shoosmith, H W c Frith b E H D Sewell 20 G Belcher c Kearsey b E H D Sewell 2 H T Crichton b E H D Sewell 2 Capt C G Hill b Fairbairn 4 Dr W Y Woodburn c E H D Sewell b Fairbairn 23 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Fairbairn 6 Hawksworth, G M not out 14 + A F Todd b E H D Sewell 3 Extras 7 Total (all out) 323 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 78 193 263 287 318 323 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - D A D Sewell 8 1 28 0 - - Fairbairn 22 3 90 4 - - E H D Sewell 27.3 2 121 6 - - Wright 11 1 39 0 - - Frith 6 0 38 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 74.3 7 323 10 - - Buckinghamshire (Followed on) + W B Franklin lbw b Hawksworth 15 (3) lbw b Belcher 3 T R Kent b Hawksworth 25 (2) c Collins b Belcher 0 P W Le Gros c Belcher b Woodburn 35 (4) st Todd b Hawksworth 55 E E Barnett c Todd b Belcher 6 (8) st Todd b Hawksworth 4 P L Frith c Belcher b Woodburn 14 (5) run out 0 * E H D Sewell c Nepean b Woodburn 1 (1) c Hill b Hawksworth 31 M W Wright not out 21 (6) c Shoosmith b Woodburn 7 Capt A H C Kearsey c Hawksworth b Crichton 3 (10) c Crichton b Belcher 11 S G Fairbairn c Shoosmith b Woodburn 8 (9) st Todd b Woodburn 1 F N Mann c Hawksworth b Woodburn 0 (11) not out 3 D A D Sewell b Woodburn 20 (7) run out 13 Extras 3 nb 1 1 Total (all out) 151 (all out) 129 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 52 82 96 130 151 Second innings 129 Hawksworth 30 12 53 2 - - (2) 20 8 55 3 - - Belcher 16 2 37 1 - - (1) 9.2 0 31 3 - 1 Woodburn 21.3 10 47 6 - - (3) 11 2 42 2 - - Crichton 4 2 11 1 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 1 2 - - Total 71.3 26 151 10 - - 40.2 10 129 10 0 1 Notes: Berkshire won by an innings and 43 runs on the second morning having made Buckinghamshire follow on. For the winners there were 2 sixes and 15 fours in Collins’ 108, an innings that took only around 90 minutes, and 2 sixes in Bennett’s 93; they put on 115 for Berkshire’s second wicket. Woodburn took 6 wickets for 47 runs in Buckinghamshire’s first innings. Todd made 3 stumpings in Buckinghamshire’s second innings and took a catch in their first innings. For the losers Le Gros scored 35 and 55 to top score in both innings. E H D Sewell took 6 wickets for 121 runs in Berkshire’s innings. [Missing: Toss; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Berkshire innings fours in Bennett’s 93; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Le Gros’ 55; precise time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 8 August; Reading Chronicle 15 August; Reading Observer 16 August; Bucks Advertiser 16 August; Bucks Herald 16 August; South Bucks Free Press 15 August; South Bucks Standard 14 August; Cricket 16 August, p 512; The Sportsman 6,11 August. 89