minc94	Hertfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 23rd, 24th July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Buckinghamshire 0
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 1/1 (H Pigg 0*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b Woods	30
JT Weatherby	b Titchmarsh	49
J Saunders	c Morgan b Ward	35
MW Wright	c Coleman b Ward	10
CM Woodbridge	c White b Titchmarsh	15
SD Maul	c Woods b Field	27
FT Higgins-Bernard	c Butcher b Field	53
*PJ de Paravicini	b Coleman	120
JH Weatherby	b Field	40
+CE Cobb	not out	38
G Nash	run out	6
Extras	(27 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	36
Total	(all out, 126.3 overs)	459
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-105, 3-105, 4-136, 5-181, 6-195, 7-367, 8-389, 9-447, 10-459 (126.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	17	0	62	0	-	-
Woods	22	3	71	1	-	-
Titchmarsh	29	11	67	2	-	-
Coleman	12	1	60	1	-	-
Ward	19	6	35	2	1	-
Morgan	8	0	30	0	-	-
Field	17	0	77	3	-	-
C Pigg	2.3	0	21	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Butcher	b Wright	1
H Pigg	b Wright	20
HE White	c Woodbridge b Nash	18
C Pigg	not out	45
F Field	b Nash	0
CL Morgan	b Woodbridge	38
VA Titchmarsh	b Wright	39
AS Ward	c JH Weatherby b Nash	1
+GEB Pritchett	c Cobb b Nash	0
J Woods	c JT Weatherby b Wright	3
WE Coleman	c JH Weatherby b Nash	41
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-32, 3-44, 4-45, 5-95, 6-147, 7-148, 8-148, 9-150, 10-220 (100.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	44.2	13	89	5	-	-
Wright	48	21	94	4	-	-
Woodbridge	6	2	18	1	-	-
de Paravicini	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Coleman	st Cobb b Nash	0
C Pigg	c Cobb b Nash	12
*A Butcher	c Wright b Saunders	11
HE White	c Gresson b Woodbridge	39
CL Morgan	c Gresson b Wright	37
H Pigg	not out	13
VA Titchmarsh	not out	15
F Field	did not bat
AS Ward	did not bat
+GEB Pritchett	did not bat
J Woods	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 65 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-60, 4-85, 5-110

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	25	12	48	2	-	-
Wright	19	12	25	1	-	-
de Paravicini	6	3	11	0	-	-
JH Weatherby	3	0	12	0	-	-
Woodbridge	9	3	17	1	-	1
Saunders	3	1	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SD Maul made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CL Morgan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JT Weatherby (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FT Higgins-Bernard (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ de Paravicini (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Cobb (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pigg (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Coleman (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HE White (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 27
--> F Field achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 1-19)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This match was drawn after Hertfordshire followed on 239 runs behind. Buckinghamshire's innings of 459 having lasted six hours and under the rules of cricket in operation at the time, declarations could not be made on the first day. At the beginning of the visitors' innings, Gresson retired with an injured thumb, and he returned to bat after the fall of the second wicket. For Buckinghamshire, there were 15 fours, 6 threes and 10 twos in de Paravicini's 120, scored in 105 minutes. Higgins-Bernard's 53 contained 3 fours. In the Buckinghamshire innings, Higgins-Bernard and de Paravicini put on 172 runs for the seventh wicket, which was a new record for the competition, exceeding the 109 added in the Berkshire first innings by A C M Croome and F W Finch v Hertfordshire at Reading in 1895. J H Weatherby and Cobb put on 58 runs for the ninth wicket. In the Hertfordshire first innings, C Pigg and Coleman put on 70 runs for the last wicket. When it became clear a draw was inevitable, the match ended early to ensure the visitors caught their train. The Buckinghamshire innings of 459 was the second highest of the season and a new record for the Championship until surpassed later in the season by Berkshire against Hertfordshire at St Albans in August. The match aggregate of 814 runs was the second highest of the season.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Watford Observer 31 July; Bucks Advertiser 31 July; Bucks Herald 31 July; South Bucks Free Press 30 July.

 

 

 

 

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