The Fleming Trophy

The Fleming Trophy was donated in 1932 by RHS Stevenson to mark the achievements of RM Fleming, joint Hon Secretary of the Union, who was instrumental not only in founding the Buckinghamshire Association but also in bringing Wiltshire and the East Anglian counties into the SCCU competitions. The Trophy is for annual competition between Beds (then a member of the SCCU) and Bucks. Mr Fleming himself played for Bucks in the inaugural match, and presented the trophy to his own victorious match captain. Apart from the war years, and an apparent interruption from 1947 to 1957, the series has continued to the present day despite Bedfordshire's migration to East Anglia in 1983.
Tie-breaks were applied in 1939 and 1990, but the 1965 match was declared drawn on the casting vote of the Executive chairman. You'd think there'd be some rules. The other two drawn matches, as far as we have discovered, are simply recorded as draws. The 1972 match was cancelled "because of a power strike".
The fixture has just been revived after two years (1999-2000) in abeyance.
The last match was held on Sat 21st September 2002 and resulted in a conclusive victory for Bedfordshire, despite giving away a small grading difference on almost every board.
The Buckinghamshire captain was unable to raise a team in 2003, so Bedfordshire retain the trophy.

1931-32	Bucks	1965-66	Bucks	1984-85	Beds
1932-33	Beds	1966-67	Bucks	1985-86	Bucks
1933-34	Bucks	1967-68	Bucks	1986-87	Beds
1934-35	Bucks	1968-69	(drawn)	1987-88	Bucks
1935-36	Bucks	1969-70	Bucks	1988-89	Beds
1936-37	Beds	1970-71	Bucks	1989-90	Beds
1337-38	Beds	1971-72	-	1990-91	Beds
1938-39	Bucks	1972-73	Beds	1991-92	Beds
		1973-74	Bucks	1992-93	Beds
1945-46	Bucks	1974-75	Beds	1993-94	Bucks
1946-47	Beds	1975-76	(drawn)	1994-95	Bucks
		1976-77	Bucks	1995-96	Bucks
1957-58	Bucks	1977-78	Bucks	1996-97	Beds
1959-60	Bucks	1978-79	Bucks	1997-98	-
1960-61	Bucks	1979-80	Bucks	1998-99	-
1961-62	Bucks	1980-81	Bucks	1999-00	Bucks
1962-63	Bucks	1981-82	Bucks	2000-01	Bucks
1963-64	Bucks	1982-83	Beds	2001-02	Beds
1964-65	(shared)	1983-84	Bucks	2002-03	Beds W/O