minc125	Worcestershire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 20th, 21st August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 1; Buckinghamshire -1
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 102 all out

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Bird b Wright	52
GE Bromley-Martin	c Woodbridge b Wright	9
EG Arnold	c Cobb b Nash	51
A Millward	b Allcock	23
GF Wheldon	c Saunders b Wright	21
JB Fereday	st Cobb b Nash	0
EG Bromley-Martin	c Gresson b Wright	28
FL Bowley	c Cobb b Wright	31
RD Burrows	not out	8
A Bird	c and b Allcock	0
+T Straw	c Saunders b Allcock	4
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-71, 3-110, 4-138, 5-140, 6-160, 7-213, 8-222, 9-222, 10-229 (82.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	30	1	116	2	-	-
Wright	31	13	55	4	1	-
Allcock	21.4	4	56	4	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	c Millward b Arnold	1
+CE Cobb	c and b EG Bromley-Martin	59
J Saunders	c Straw b Arnold	0
MW Wright	b Arnold	6
FN Bird	b Arnold	1
*PJ de Paravicini	c GE Bromley-Martin b EG Bromley-Martin	12
CM Woodbridge	b Arnold	8
FT Higgins-Bernard	c Straw b Bird	3
CH Allcock	not out	10
ENN Bartlett	b Arnold	0
G Nash	b Arnold	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-?, 3-42, 4-43, 5-78, 6-83, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-102 (54.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	22.2	10	35	7	-	-
Bird	19	8	40	1	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	8	5	5	2	-	-
Burrows	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CE Cobb	b EG Bromley-Martin	55
CRH Gresson	c GE Bromley-Martin b EG Bromley-Martin	70
J Saunders	c Wheldon b EG Bromley-Martin	7
MW Wright	c Bird b EG Bromley-Martin	1
FN Bird	c Burrows b Bird	0
*PJ de Paravicini	c Bird b EG Bromley-Martin	11
FT Higgins-Bernard	b Arnold	3
CH Allcock	c GE Bromley-Martin b EG Bromley-Martin	16
CM Woodbridge	b EG Bromley-Martin	2
ENN Bartlett	b Arnold	1
G Nash	not out	4
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-?, 3-?, 4-125, 5-147, 6-150, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-181 (103 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	26	9	47	2	-	-
Bird	29	13	42	1	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	31	11	48	7	-	-
Burrows	5	2	9	0	-	-
Millward	9	4	13	0	-	-
GE Bromley-Martin	3	0	11	0	-	1

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Cobb b Wright	8
GE Bromley-Martin	lbw b Allcock	22
EG Bromley-Martin	not out	11
GF Wheldon	not out	12
EG Arnold	did not bat
A Millward	did not bat
JB Fereday	did not bat
FL Bowley	did not bat
RD Burrows	did not bat
A Bird	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-?

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	6	0	28	1	-	-
Allcock	5	0	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Worcestershire first innings
--> HK Foster (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 50
--> FL Bowley (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> CE Cobb (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CRH Gresson (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 60
--> MW Wright reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> EG Arnold reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> EG Bromley-Martin reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> EG Arnold reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> A Bird reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Buckinghamshire second innings
--> EG Bromley-Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings (previous best was 7-65)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won this return match by 8 wickets on the second day, after Buckinghamshire followed on 127 runs behind. Worcestershire had also won the game between the two sides at Aylesbury in July. Heavy rainstorms restricted play before lunch on the second day to just half an hour. Worcestershire needed 55 runs to win in half an hour and obtained them with five minutes to spare. For the winners Arnold took 9 wickets in the match for 82 runs, including 7 for 35 in the Hertfordshire first innings, and E G Bromley-Davenport 9 for 53, including 7 for 48 in the second innings. Foster's 52 included 5 fours and when he reached 50 he became the first batsmen to score a thousand runs in th Championship. Arnold's 51 contained 3 fours. When dismissing his namesake, F N Bird, in the Buckinghamshire second innings, A Bird took his one hundredth wicket in the Championship. For Buckinghamshire, there were 2 fours in Gresson's 70 and 5 fours and 3 fours respectively in Cobb's two innings of 59 and 55. Worcestershire were already champions before this match was played.
[Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Worcestershire 1st inns the bowling analysis gives Wright and Allcock 4 wickets each yet match score gives Wright 5 and Allcock 3 - for the purpose of calculating the averages the former has been adopted; in Worcestershire 2nd inns extras breakdown.]
Sources: Berrow's Worcester Journal 28 August; Worcester Daily Times 20,21 August; Worcestershire Echo 20,21 August; Bucks Herald 21 and 28 August; Bucks Advertiser 28 August; South Bucks Free Press 27 August; The Sportsman 21,23 August.

 

 

 

 

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