Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 63 : WILTSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Monday 11, Tuesday 12 August 1913 Result: Buckinghamshire won by seven wickets Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 2 (H Biedermann, H Pitchford); Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 85 and 131-7 wickets (T S Luce 9*, A W E Lapham 3*); Buckinghamshire 166 Wiltshire C S Awdry b Fairbairn 8 (1) c Pitchford b Fairbairn 7 R G C Pinfield b Fairbairn 8 (2) c Wright b E H D Sewell 0 J R Tayler st Franklin b E H D Sewell 14 (3) c Wright b E H D Sewell 1 Newman, A W c E H D Sewell b D A D Sewell 27 (4) c Franklin b Fairbairn 51 D C Brown b Wright 10 (5) c E H D Sewell b Fairbairn 11 E C MacBryan lbw b Fairbairn 3 (6) b E H D Sewell 0 * R W Awdry run out 0 (7) b D A D Sewell 43 + T S Luce c E H D Sewell b Fairbairn 4 (8) c Kent b E H D Sewell 26 A W E Lapham c Kearsey b Wright 5 (9) c Pitchford b E H D Sewell 16 Overton, W not out 6 (10) c and b E H D Sewell 0 Mitchell, H b Wright 0 (11) not out 5 Extras 0 7 Total (all out) 85 (all out) 167 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 25 37 58 85 Second innings 8 36 112 120 167 Fairbairn 15 4 41 4 - - (1) 17 3 51 3 - - E H D Sewell 8 1 22 1 - - (2) 14 2 45 6 - - D A D Sewell 6 1 19 1 - - (4) 4 1 11 1 - - Wright 11 8 3 3 - - (3) 7 0 29 0 - - Pitchford (5) 4 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 0 1 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 40 14 85 10 0 0 46 6 167 10 - - Buckinghamshire + W B Franklin c Brown b Overton 66 (1) c Overton b Mitchell 0 T R Kent c Newman b R W Awdry 0 (2) st Luce b Mitchell 27 * E H D Sewell c Overton b Lapham 24 (4) not out 6 P W Le Gros c Overton b Mitchell 21 (3) c Brown b Lapham 52 H Biedermann b Lapham 0 P L Frith run out 15 (5) not out 4 M W Wright not out 5 D A D Sewell b Overton 20 Capt A H C Kearsey b Overton 0 Pitchford, H b Overton 0 S G Fairbairn c Brown b Mitchell 4 Extras 11 1 Total (all out) 166 (3 wickets) 90 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 49 80 84 137 157 157 157 166 Second innings 11 80 80 - - - - - - - Mitchell 19 7 37 2 - - (1) 12 2 34 2 - - Lapham 15 1 51 2 - - (3) 6 0 29 1 - - Overton 11 4 34 4 - - Newman 10 5 12 0 - - R W Awdry 4 0 21 1 - - (2) 6 1 26 0 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 59 17 166 10 - - 24 3 90 3 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won this return match by 7 wickets on the second day. The match between the two teams at Bletchley in July had been won by Wiltshire by 96 runs. For the winners there were 10 fours in Franklin’s 66 and 10 fours in Le Gros’ 52. E H D Sewell took 6 wickets for 45 runs in Wiltshire’s second innings and 4 catches in the match. Wright took 3 wickets for just 3 runs in 11 overs in Wiltshire’s first innings. For the losers Newman scored 27 and 51 and he top-scored in both innings. Overton took 3 catches in the match. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire second innings number of boundaries in Newman’s 51; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 14 August; North Wilts Herald 15 August; Wiltshire News 15 August; Bucks Advertiser 16 August; Bucks Herald 16 August; North Bucks Times 16 August; South Bucks Free Press 15 August; South Bucks Standard 14 August; Slough Observer 16 August; Cricket 23 August, p 546; The Sportsman 12 August. 96