minc161	Worcestershire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 8th, 9th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 20 runs
Points	Worcestershire 1; Buckinghamshire -1
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 79/5 (Wright 40*, Cobb 18*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	b Allcock	28
GE Bromley-Martin	b Allcock	13
WL Foster	c de Paravicini b Nash	18
RE Foster	b Allcock	3
GF Wheldon	lbw b Boddy	50
EP Jobson	c Cobb b Boddy	34
EG Bromley-Martin	b Nash	8
A Bird	c Gresson b Wright	4
GA Wilson	c de Paravicini b Boddy	0
RD Burrows	c Cavendish b Nash	54
+T Straw	not out	1
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-41, 3-47, 4-90, 5-142, 6-155, 7-?, 8-?, 9-201, 10-221 (100.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	34.2	10	93	3	-	-
Wright	37	7	45	1	-	-
Allcock	16	6	47	3	-	-
Maul	1	0	7	0	-	-
Boddy	12	5	21	3	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b Bird	0
CW Cavendish	b Wilson	0
J Saunders	b Bird	4
SD Maul	b Wilson	2
MW Wright	b Bird	42
*PJ de Paravicini	b Bird	9
+CE Cobb	b Bird	18
ES Boddy	b Wilson	3
CH Allcock	not out	0
GAMCW Powell	b Bird	0
G Nash	b Wilson	3
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-8, 4-11, 5-31, 6-81, 7-86, 8-86, 9-86, 10-89 (55.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	23	10	33	6	-	-
Wilson	23.4	11	32	4	-	-
Burrows	5	2	9	0	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	4	0	7	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Cavendish	b Bird	2
CRH Gresson	c Straw b Burrows	36
J Saunders	c Straw b EG Bromley-Martin	37
MW Wright	c Straw b Burrows	1
SD Maul	b Bird	2
*PJ de Paravicini	b Bird	0
+CE Cobb	not out	11
ES Boddy	b Burrows	0
CH Allcock	lbw b Burrows	7
GAMCW Powell	b Burrows	4
G Nash	b Bird	4
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-57, 3-63, 4-75, 5-75, 6-91, 7-91, 8-101, 9-105, 10-112 (62.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	21.1	6	45	4	-	-
Wilson	8	2	9	0	-	-
Burrows	23	13	26	5	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	10	2	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GAMCW Powell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GAMCW Powell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Bromley-Martin (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> RD Burrows (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won at 3.15 pm on the second day by an innings, after Buckinghamshire followed on 132 runs behind. For the winners, Bird took 10 wickets in the match for 78 runs. There were 7 fours in Burrows's 54 and 6 fours in Wheldon's 50.
Burrows reached his fifty in 30 minutes. In the Buckinghamshire first innings all the ten players dismissed were bowled.
[Missing: Umpires; in Worcestershire inns fall of 7th and 8th wickets.]
Sources: Aylesbury Reporter 13 August; Bucks Herald 13 August; Bucks Advertiser 13 August; South Bucks Free Press 12 August; Worcester Herald 13 August; The Sportsman 9,10 August.

 

 

 

 

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