Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 39: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V DORSET At The Sports Club Ground, Wendover Road, Aylesbury on Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 July 1914 Result: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 8 runs Points: Buckinghamshire 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Dorset 4 (A D Cherry, E R B Farrer, H B Hartley, W G Way) First day score: Dorset 164 and 40-0 wicket (E Chester-Master 30*, E R B Farrer 7*); Buckinghamshire 302 Dorset E Chester-Master c Edwards b D A D Sewell 13 (1) b Hazelton 37 E R B Farrer b Edwards 20 (2) b D A D Sewell 7 P L Barrow b D A D Sewell 7 (3) b D A D Sewell 12 * C P Goodden c Shaw b D A D Sewell 6 (4) c Franklin b Le Gros 28 A D Cherry lbw b Hamilton 37 (5) b Hazelton 5 Freeman, E J not out 42 (6) c Shaw b Hazelton 6 E A McIntyre b Hazelton 7 (7) b Hazelton 27 + H W F B Farrer c Edwards b D A D Sewell 3 (8) b Le Gros 0 H B Hartley c E H D Sewell b D A D Sewell 6 (9) c E H D Sewell b Hazelton 0 H M Greenhill b D A D Sewell 0 (10) b Le Gros 0 W G Way b Hazelton 12 (11) not out 2 Extras w 1 11 6 Total (all out) 164 (all out) 130 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 75 105 143 164 Second innings 130 Edwards 10 1 44 1 - - (1) 3 1 2 0 - - D A D Sewell 16 2 44 6 - - (2) 10 2 38 2 - - Hazelton 10.3 1 25 2 - - (3) 8 2 42 5 - - Le Gros 4 2 8 0 1 - (4) 4 1 19 3 - - Hamilton 7 1 23 1 - - (5) 3 1 6 0 - - E H D Sewell 1 0 9 0 - - (6) 2 0 13 0 - - Shaw (7) 2 1 4 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 48.3 7 164 10 1 0 32 8 130 10 - - Buckinghamshire A G de Rothschild b Master 40 E A Shaw c H W F B Farrer b Master 117 S L Trevor c Freeman b Master 13 P W Le Gros lbw b Freeman 3 R N Hamilton run out 24 W Adams c H W F B Farrer b Cherry 4 + W B Franklin st H W F B Farrer b Cherry 24 W E Hazelton lbw b McIntyre 18 Edwards, F not out 15 D A D Sewell c Freeman b McIntyre 7 * E H D Sewell st H W F B Farrer b Cherry 18 Extras 19 Total (all out) 302 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 66 95 118 201 209 302 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - McIntyre 24 3 100 2 - - Cherry 22.3 3 93 3 - - Freeman 4 1 14 1 - - Master 9 0 52 3 - - Way 1 0 23 0 - - Greenhill 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 19 1 - - Total 61.3 7 302 10 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 8 runs on the second day. For the winners there were 1 six and 19 fours in Shaw’s 117. D A D Sewell took 6 wickets for 44 runs in the Dorset first innings and Hazelton took 5 wickets for 42 in the second. For Dorset Freeman top-scored with an unbeaten 42. H W F B Farrer took 2 catches and made 2 stumpings. Hazelton’s overs and maidens are constructed from Wisden averages. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; breakdown of extras; in Buckinghamshire’s innings duration of Shaw’s 117; precise time completed.] Sources: Bucks Herald 1 August; Bucks Advertiser 1 August; Dorset County Chronicle; East Dorset Herald; Poole Herald 6 August; Sporting Life; The Sportsman 31 July, 1 August; Cricket 6 August, p 413. 81