minc18	Hertfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 2nd, 3rd August 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Berkshire 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 18/1 (Maxwell 11*, FE Chapman ?*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Crawford b Pank	18
DHBH Blundell	c and b White	1
FW Finch	b Pank	42
+FE Chapman	b Pank	0
*ACM Croome	c Titchmarsh b White	4
CE Chapman	c Humbert b Pank	15
CB Maxwell	b Pank	2
WH Dixon	b Pank	0
WO Nares	b Pank	0
G Eades	c Humbert b Pank	0
W Barker	not out	4
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 39 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-19, 3-61, 4-72, 5-72, 6-78, 7-84, 8-84, 9-84, 10-93 (39 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	8	3	14	0	-	-
White	19	4	49	2	-	-
C Pigg	4	0	14	0	-	-
Pank	8	4	9	8	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VA Titchmarsh	c Collins b Eades	20
HE White	lbw b Finch	8
HJ Hill	st FE Chapman b Finch	5
F Field	b Barker	67
*C Pigg	c Finch b CE Chapman	13
W Hearn	c Croome b Maxwell	36
H Pigg	b Barker	5
A Butcher	not out	21
SD Crawford	b Maxwell	2
CR Humbert	b Maxwell	5
HW Pank	b Maxwell	4
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-30, 3-?, 4-?, 5-159, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-200 (81 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eades	8	2	24	1	-	-
Barker	15	6	21	2	-	-
Finch	18	4	41	2	-	-
Croome	7	4	10	0	-	-
CE Chapman	10	1	33	1	-	-
Nares	10	4	22	0	-	-
Maxwell	13	3	35	4	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Barker	b White	4
+FE Chapman	b White	15
CB Maxwell	run out	11
LGA Collins	b Pank	3
FW Finch	c Crawford b Pank	8
*ACM Croome	not out	30
DHBH Blundell	c White b Pank	0
CE Chapman	not out	10
WH Dixon	did not bat
WO Nares	did not bat
G Eades	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, 31 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	16	5	39	2	-	-
Pank	15	5	42	3	-	-

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Notes
--> LGA Collins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DHBH Blundell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Finch made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Chapman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ACM Croome made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Chapman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CB Maxwell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Dixon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WO Nares made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Eades made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Barker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SD Crawford made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CR Humbert made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CR Humbert made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CB Maxwell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Dixon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Eades made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Field (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Hearn (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Pank achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 1-14)
--> HW Pank achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This match was drawn.
The game marked Berkshire's debut in a Championship match, though playing only two matches they did not 'qualify' for the final table .
Rain interrupted play on the second day and the match was abandoned at 4.45 pm.
For Hertfordshire, Pank took 11 wickets in the match for 51 runs, including 8 for 9 in the visitors' first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season.
There were 6 fours in Field's 67.
[Missing: Umpires; F E Chapman's first day not out score, possibly 3*; Hertfordshire wicket-keeper, probably Crawford; in Berkshire 2nd inns fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire inns part fall of wickets.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Hertfordshire Advertiser 10 August; Herts Leader 6 August; Watford Observer 10 August; Watford Times 8 August; West Herts Post 9 August; Berkshire Chronicle 10 August; Sporting Life 2,4 August; The Sportsman 2,5 August.

 

 

 

 

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