minc1626	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1921
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 3rd, 4th August 1921 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Bedfordshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 5; Buckinghamshire 0
Close of play day 1

---

Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+P Burke	c Le Gros b Aubrey-Fletcher	48
W Bovell-Jones	c Pitchford b Hazelton	4
HO Sutherland	b Edwards	4
H Maxey	st Outram b Powell	26
FAS Sewell	lbw b Aubrey-Fletcher	26
SV Graham	c Newberry b Aubrey-Fletcher	22
WE King	b Thorpe	67
RH King	c Outram b Edwards	23
ED Dynes	b Aubrey-Fletcher	3
JS Carter	b Edwards	28
*H Grierson	not out	32
Extras		45
Total	(all out, 82.5 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-328 (82.5 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hazelton	32	10	71	1	-	-
Edwards	25	5	80	3	-	-
Aubrey-Fletcher	16.5	1	65	4	-	-
Powell	6	0	52	1	-	-
Thorpe	3	1	15	1	-	-

---

Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JI Outram	c RH King b Graham	4
WJ Newberry	st Burke b Grierson	0
H Pitchford	c RH King b Grierson	1
*PW Le Gros	b WE King	21
HL Aubrey-Fletcher	c Sewell b Graham	36
F Edwards	c RH King b WE King	3
EW Hazelton	st Burke b Sewell	0
H Thorpe	c Carter b Grierson	27
CF Powell	lbw b WE King	3
SL Trevor	not out	7
DAD Sewell	b Graham	4
Extras		24
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-130 (42.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	20.2	7	25	3	-	-
WE King	3	0	21	3	-	-
Grierson	12	5	26	3	-	-
Sewell	3	0	19	1	-	-
RH King	4	0	15	0	-	-

---

Buckinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JI Outram	lbw b Grierson	26
WJ Newberry	b Grierson	8
H Pitchford	c Grierson b Graham	6
*PW Le Gros	run out	95
HL Aubrey-Fletcher	run out	16
F Edwards	c Sewell b Graham	30
EW Hazelton	b WE King	11
H Thorpe	run out	8
CF Powell	c Burke b Graham	6
SL Trevor	run out	7
DAD Sewell	not out	4
Extras		32
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-249 (60.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	11	0	55	2	-	-
WE King	13	4	45	1	-	-
Grierson	24.3	5	53	3	-	-
Sewell	5	0	21	0	-	-
RH King	5	1	31	0	-	-
Carter	2	0	12	0	-	-

---

Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HO Sutherland	c Hazelton b Edwards	11
W Bovell-Jones	not out	16
RH King	b Edwards	2
WE King	not out	19
+P Burke	did not bat
H Maxey	did not bat
FAS Sewell	did not bat
SV Graham	did not bat
ED Dynes	did not bat
JS Carter	did not bat
*H Grierson	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(2 wickets, 13.3 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hazelton	7	0	28	0	-	-
Edwards	6.3	1	20	2	-	-

---

Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Buckinghamshire second innings
--> WJ Newberry made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Burke (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> HL Aubrey-Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JI Outram (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Le Gros (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 82
--> F Edwards reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Bedfordshire second innings

---

Sources: Bucks Free Press 12 August and Bucks Handbook. Cricketer 20 August
Bucks handbook report says Beds batted first and Bucks followed on.
Batting order taken from Cricketer with Edwards below Aubrey-Fletcher.
Cricketer has Bucks at 245 with 28 extras, only possible if a six was hit with scores level to win the match.
Cricketer has Outram 26 and Edwards 30, where Free Press has vice versa. Averages suggest both scored 26.
Trevor had strained a musclce in rhe previous match and could not bowl at all.

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles