Minor Counties Championship 1914

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1914 Championship matches: Played 2, won 1, lost 1, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighth equal with Lincolnshire and Surrey 2nd XI out of twenty one Won: v Dorset at Aylesbury Lost: v Wiltshire at Bletchley Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Dorset at Poole, v Berkshire at Reading, v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Bedfordshire at Bedford GR, v Berkshire at Slough and v Bedfordshire at High Wycombe Captain: E H D Sewell (2 matches) Wicket-keeper: W B Franklin (2 matches) Debutants: 3 (F Edwards, R N Hamilton and S L Trevor) Final Season: 6 (W Adams, A de Rothschild, S G Fairbairn, P L Frith, E H D Sewell and E A Shaw) Hon Secretaries: J C W Ellis and E H D Sewell Professional: 1 (F Edwards) Home Grounds 2: The Sports Club Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury (1 match) and The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley (1 match) Notes: Buckinghamshire had a very short season of 2 matches. In the 1 innings he played E A Shaw scored 117 against Dorset. Playing in both matches Edward Hazelton took 10 wickets at a cost of 13.90 runs each. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Buckinghamshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 6 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 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G de Rothschild 2 3 0 40 85 28.33 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Edwards, F + 2 3 2 26 41 41.00 - - - 2 - 47.2 5 150 3 50.00 2-84 - - S G Fairbairn 1 2 0 24 36 18.00 - - - 1 - 19 3 54 5 10.80 5-30 - 1 W B Franklin 2 3 0 24 29 9.66 - - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - P L Frith 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - R N Hamilton + 2 3 0 55 97 32.33 - 1 - 1 - 10 2 29 1 29.00 1-23 - - E W Hazelton 2 3 0 18 24 8.00 - - - - - 44.3 5 139 10 13.90 5-42 - 1 P W Le Gros 2 3 0 22 27 9.00 - - - - - 17 5 52 3 17.33 3-19 - - D A D Sewell 2 3 0 46 57 19.00 - - - - - 33 4 105 8 13.12 6-44 - 1 E H D Sewell 2 3 0 31 49 16.33 - - 1 3 - 7 0 35 2 17.50 2-13 - - E A Shaw 1 1 0 117 117 117.00 1 - - 2 - 2 1 4 0 - - - - S L Trevor + 2 3 1 13 19 9.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 29 - - - - - - - - 38 0 - - - - Total 22 33 3 117 616 20.53 1 1 3 12 2 179.5 25 606 32 18.93 6-44 0 3 (13 players) (6 ball overs) In match 28 v Wiltshire the Buckinghamshire second innings bowling is 4 runs short. Hazelton's initials of E W come from his birth certificate. He was known throughout his career as W E Hazelton and that is how his name appeared for probate and on his death certificate. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Buckinghamshire in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W Adams 1912 6 9 1 61* 130 16.25 - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - A G de Rothschild 1905 10 12 2 59* 240 24.00 - 2 2 3 - 96 91 4 22.75 3-63 - - S G Fairbairn 1913 7 13 3 24 130 13.00 - - 1 6 - 945 528 28 18.85 5-30 - 1 P L Frith 1909 35 63 7 102 1126 20.10 1 5 13 23 1 1606 1244 47 26.46 5-88 - 1 E H D Sewell 1912 16 29 4 109 794 31.76 2 2 3 24 - 2457 1610 83 19.39 7-80 2 10 E A Shaw 1908 17 30 1 117 574 19.79 1 3 4 23 4 12 4 0 - - - - (6 players) 142