minc66	Hertfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 14th, 15th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hertfordshire won by 1 wicket
Points	Hertfordshire 1; Buckinghamshire -1
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 119/8 (Woods 3*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b Titchmarsh	0
JT Weatherby	c Fastnedge b Titchmarsh	4
J Saunders	c and b White	2
FN Bird	b Titchmarsh	44
MW Wright	b Titchmarsh	4
*PJ de Paravicini	lbw b White	19
+CE Cobb	c Pritchett b White	9
CH Allcock	c Sharpe b White	30
FT Higgins	b Titchmarsh	13
JW Stratton	not out	11
G Nash	c Butcher b White	1
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-6, 3-6, 4-16, 5-45, 6-57, 7-114, 8-118, 9-139, 10-142 (76.4 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	37	19	53	5	-	-
White	36.4	14	69	5	-	-
Woods	2	0	10	0	-	-
Nicholls	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	run out	21
A Butcher	b Stratton	21
F Field	c de Paravicini b Wright	16
+GEB Pritchett	c Saunders b Nash	8
HJ Sharpe	b Nash	0
VA Titchmarsh	b Nash	4
*H Pigg	c Saunders b Nash	0
WH Nicholls	b Allcock	39
J Woods	c Gresson b Wright	23
CD Fastnedge	not out	12
CC Hoyer Millar	b Wright	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-41, 3-52, 4-52, 5-60, 6-60, 7-115, 8-119, 9-150, 10-151 (90.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	34	15	69	4	-	-
Wright	37.2	17	56	3	-	-
Allcock	13	7	14	1	-	-
Stratton	6	4	5	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b White	8
MW Wright	b White	5
J Saunders	b Woods	50
FN Bird	b White	0
*PJ de Paravicini	c and b White	2
JT Weatherby	b White	14
+CE Cobb	c Butcher b Woods	0
CH Allcock	b Woods	12
FT Higgins	not out	28
JW Stratton	lbw b Woods	0
G Nash	c Field b White	4
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, ? nb, ? w)	14
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-30, 3-30, 4-36, 5-64, 6-65, 7-95, 8-104, 9-114, 10-137 (51.1 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	14	5	31	0	-	-
White	25.1	5	67	6	-	-
Woods	12	4	25	4	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Sharpe	b Nash	8
HE White	b Nash	29
F Field	c Saunders b Wright	0
A Butcher	b Wright	4
VA Titchmarsh	c and b Wright	23
*H Pigg	b Allcock	19
J Woods	b Allcock	4
WH Nicholls	c Saunders b Wright	3
+GEB Pritchett	b Nash	19
CD Fastnedge	not out	0
CC Hoyer Millar	not out	6
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, 56.2 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-20, 3-48, 4-52, 5-100, 6-104, 7-104, 8-107, 9-126

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	21.2	4	56	3	-	-
Wright	25	15	28	4	-	-
Allcock	8	1	21	2	-	-
Stratton	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FN Bird made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CD Fastnedge made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Woods (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FT Higgins (2) equalled his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VA Titchmarsh reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> HE White reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> MW Wright reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hertfordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This match resulted in a narrow win for Hertfordshire by one wicket on the second day, amid reported scenes of considerable excitement. Set 129 runs to win, the home side lost 8 wickets for 107 runs, and when the ninth wicket fell 3 runs were still needed for victory. Hoyer Millar hit his first ball from Nash for 2 runs. Fastnedge, the debutant, played out a maiden over from Allcock, and then Hoyer Millar, with a boundary off Nash's second ball, hit the winning run. For the victors, White took 11 wickets in the match for 136 runs. In the Hertfordshire first innings, Butcher and Nicholls put on 55 runs for the seventh wicket.
Saunders top-scored for Buckinghamshire with 50. In the Buckinghamshire first innings Bird and Allcock put on 57 runs for the seventh wicket.
[Missing: Umpires; in Buckinghamshire 2nd inns boundaries in Saunders's 50, and detail of missing extra; time completed.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Hertfordshire Standard 21 August; Watford Observer 22 August; Bucks Herald 22 August; South Bucks Free Press 21 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 17 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August.

 

 

 

 

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