Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 28: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Thursday 16, Friday 17 July 1914 Result: Wiltshire won by eight wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 3 (F Edwards, R N Hamilton, S L Trevor); Wiltshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 150 and 22-1 wicket (S G Fairbairn 11*, F Edwards 0*); Wiltshire 237 Buckinghamshire A G de Rothschild b Overton 34 (1) b Newman 11 S G Fairbairn c Miller b Mitchell 24 (2) run out 12 W E Hazelton c Davenport b Mitchell 1 (5) b Newman 5 R N Hamilton st Davenport b Mitchell 55 (4) c Awdry b Mitchell 18 + W B Franklin b Laverton 1 (6) c Miller b Newman 4 P W Le Gros c Newman b Mitchell 22 (7) c Davenport b Mitchell 2 S L Trevor c Williams b Mitchell 0 (11) not out 6 P L Frith c Awdry b Mitchell 0 (8) lbw b Mitchell 2 D A D Sewell lbw b Newman 4 (9) c Newman b Mitchell 46 Edwards, F not out 0 (3) b Mitchell 26 * E H D Sewell c Newman b Mitchell 0 (10) b Williams 31 Extras nb 1 9 1 Total (all out) 150 (all out) 164 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 54 150 Second innings 23 51 164 Laverton 11 0 60 1 - 1 ( ) 9 1 39 0 - - Mitchell 15.2 2 43 7 - - ( ) 21.1 3 55 5 - - Overton 4 0 25 1 - - Williams 1 0 7 0 - - ( ) 4 0 15 1 - - Newman 2 0 6 1 - - ( ) 17 2 54 3 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 1 1 - - Total 33.2 2 150 10 - - 51.1 6 164 10 - - Wiltshire Newman, A W st Franklin b Edwards 20 (1) not out 39 + G C Davenport b Fairbairn 38 (2) c Hamilton b E H D Sewell 11 C Williams, sen b Edwards 8 (3) st Franklin b E H D Sewell 1 Capt E L W Henslow c Fairbairn b Hazelton 57 (4) not out 25 R W Awdry c E H D Sewell b Hazelton 38 W R C Laverton b Hazelton 0 G W Mathews c de Rothschild b Fairbairn 28 * A M Miller b Fairbairn 26 W E Yockney not out 0 Mitchell, H b Fairbairn 0 Overton, W c de Rothschild b Fairbairn 4 Extras 18 3 Total (all out) 237 (2 wickets) 79 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 237 Second innings - - - - - - - - Hazelton 26 2 72 3 - - Edwards 25 1 84 2 - - ( ) 9.2 2 20 0 - - D A D Sewell 7 0 23 0 - - Fairbairn 10 0 30 5 - - ( ) 9 3 24 0 - - Le Gros 3 0 10 0 - - ( ) 6 2 15 0 - - E H D Sewell ( ) 4 0 13 2 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 71 3 237 10 - - 28.2 7 75x 2 - - 79 Notes: Wiltshire won by 8 wickets soon after lunch on the second day. For the winners Henslow scored 57. Mitchell took 12 wickets for 98 runs in the match, including 7 for 43 in the Buckinghamshire first innings and 5 for 55 in the second. Davenport made 3 dismissals in the match and Newman took 3 catches. For Buckinghamshire Hamilton scored 55. In the Buckinghamshire second innings D A D Sewell and E H D Sewell added 68 for the ninth wicket. Fairbairn took 5 wickets for 30 runs in the Wiltshire first innings. Both second innings bowling figures have been calculated from end of season averages. The bowling runs in the Wiltshire second innings add 4 runs under. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; breakdown of extras; both second innings bowling orders; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Henslow’s 57; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Hamilton’s 55; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 18,25 July; Bucks Examiner 24 July; North Bucks Times 18,25 July; South Bucks Free Press 24 July; North Wilts Herald 24 July; Wiltshire Gazette 23 July; Wiltshire Times 25 July; The Sportsman 17 July; Cricket 25 July, p 378. 70