minc929	Buckinghamshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	Osborne Street, Wolverton on 23rd, 24th July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Berkshire won by 3 runs
Points	Buckinghamshire 0; Berkshire 5
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 115/5 (Mackey 55*, Lowndes 15*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	c Brocklehurst b Golding	30
H Brougham	b Vickerstaff	1
HW Shoosmith	b Johnson	53
EA Watts	b Johnson	10
RJ Collins	c Orton b Wright	44
GE Williams	b Johnson	6
WFE Newberry	b Wright	8
*CEMY Nepean	b Johnson	0
+EF Rowe	b Wright	10
W Cave	b Johnson	4
C Spencer	not out	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-179

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	?	?	?	3	-	-
Vickerstaff	?	?	?	1	-	-
Golding	?	?	?	1	-	-
Johnson	?	?	?	5	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DLL Mackey	c Shoosmith b Williams	69
HG Hogarth	run out	13
RW Orton	b Strange	14
MW Wright	b Spencer	8
ET Brocklehurst	c Rowe b Cave	14
H Page	b Cave	6
*WFL Lowndes	b Cave	36
+JG Montague	c Nepean b Shoosmith	8
AW Johnson	b Shoosmith	1
SWWE Golding	not out	5
SJA Vickerstaff	c Williams b Shoosmith	5
Extras		9
Total	(all out)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-188

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	36	9	60	3	-	-
Shoosmith	22	11	40	3	-	-
Williams	?	?	38	1	-	-
Spencer	6	2	20	1	-	-
Strange	?	?	24	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	b Wright	57
H Brougham	c Page b Johnson	6
HW Shoosmith	b Johnson	7
EA Watts	c Page b Johnson	24
RJ Collins	b Wright	23
GE Williams	b Wright	14
WFE Newberry	b Wright	5
*CEMY Nepean	b Golding	8
+EF Rowe	c Montague b Wright	11
W Cave	b Wright	2
C Spencer	not out	15
Extras		6
Total	(all out)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-178

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	?	?	?	6	-	-
Vickerstaff	?	?	?	0	-	-
Golding	?	?	?	1	-	-
Johnson	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DLL Mackey	c and b Cave	4
HG Hogarth	b Cave	17
RW Orton	b Newberry	63
MW Wright	c Rowe b Shoosmith	16
ET Brocklehurst	b Cave	0
H Page	lbw b Cave	0
*WFL Lowndes	b Cave	13
+JG Montague	not out	1
AW Johnson	st Rowe b Cave	8
SWWE Golding	b Cave	26
SJA Vickerstaff	c Nepean b Shoosmith	7
Extras		11
Total	(all out)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-166

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	36.5	8	40	7	-	-
Shoosmith	22.4	9	37	2	-	-
Williams	?	?	?	0	-	-
Spencer	5	1	20	0	-	-
Strange	?	?	10	0	-	-
Newberry	13	2	36	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Buckinghamshire first innings adds 3 runs over
--> Bowling in the Buckinghamshire second innings adds 12 runs under
--> RJ Collins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Williams made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WFE Newberry made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Hogarth made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Shoosmith (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> WFL Lowndes (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Orton (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 36
--> SWWE Golding (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Berkshire won this close match by three runs on the second day amid reported scenes of great excitement. For the winners, Cave took 10 wickets in the match for 100 runs including 7 for 4-0 in the second innings, Strange scored 57 and Shoosmith 53. For the losers, Mackey scored 69 and Orton 63. The Match bowling for Buckinghamshire reconstructed from the averages (adds 1 over) was Wright 32.3-10-78-9, Vickerstaff 16-1-62-1, Golding 18-2-70-2, Johnson 31-1-129-8. Shoosmith's second innings analysis has been reconstructed from the end of season averages.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; bowling analyses for all innings; in Berkshire first inningss boundaries in Shoosmith's 53; in Berkshire second inninngs boundaries in Strange's 57, and batting order;
in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Mackey's 69; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Orton's 63, and batting order; time completed; Spencer's initials.]
Sources: Bucks Advertiser 1 August; South Bucks Free Press 31 July; South Bucks Standard 31 July; Cricket 27 August, p375; Wisden.

 

 

 

 

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