minc2486	Buckinghamshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1929
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 26th, 27th August 1929 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Buckinghamshire 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	GA Fuller, W Reeves
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 125/2 (Wilkie 47*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+WB Franklin	lbw b Barnes	4
RHJ Brooke	b Ellerker	2
AG Skinner	c Yates b Boon	16
AJS James	c Homer b Barnes	34
H Pitchford	b Barnes	7
EW Hazelton	b Boon	56
OG Battcock	c Cross b Ellerker	38
LG Baker	b Ellerker	46
AU Payne	c Smith b Woodhouse	29
RH Rutter	not out	31
F Edwards	c Boon b Woodhouse	0
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-?, 4-40, 5-72, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-280 (85 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	17	7	37	3	-	-
Ellerker	22	7	72	3	-	-
Lockett	23	5	69	0	-	3
Boon	17	2	75	2	-	-
Woodhouse	6	2	10	2	1	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HWF Homer	c James b Edwards	15
PO Yates	c Payne b Hazelton	27
F Woodhouse	b Edwards	35
AD Wilkie	st Franklin b Edwards	53
A Smith	c Rutter b Edwards	13
*JS Heath	c Rutter b Edwards	16
A Lockett	c Rutter b Hazelton	12
SF Barnes	c Franklin b Payne	28
WH Ellerker	not out	52
+EP Cross	c James b Rutter	4
W Boon	c Skinner b Edwards	9
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 102.3 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-175, 8-?, 9-263, 10-276 (102.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hazelton	28	5	84	2	-	-
Rutter	14	2	30	1	-	-
Edwards	40.3	12	93	6	-	-
Battcock	4	0	17	0	-	-
Pitchford	9	3	17	0	-	-
Payne	7	0	23	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+WB Franklin	c Woodhouse b Ellerker	6
RHJ Brooke	c Wilkie b Heath	32
AG Skinner	not out	55
AJS James	not out	5
H Pitchford	did not bat
EW Hazelton	did not bat
OG Battcock	did not bat
LG Baker	did not bat
AU Payne	did not bat
RH Rutter	did not bat
F Edwards	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(2 wickets, 35 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ellerker	6	3	8	1	-	-
Lockett	12	1	23	0	-	-
Boon	7	2	22	0	-	-
Woodhouse	5	0	13	0	-	-
Heath	5	0	32	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AD Wilkie (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Ellerker (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes reached 1200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> F Edwards reached 650 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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Sources: Bucks Free Press 30 August
Hazelton 7 x 4; Wilkie 2 x 6, 3 x 4; Ellerker 6 x 4.
As Staffordshires wanted to get home that night stumps were drawn at 4.15, causing much adverse comment.

 

 

 

 

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