minc34	Berkshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Reading School Ground, Erleigh Road, Reading on 20th, 21st August 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by an innings and 95 runs
Points	Berkshire 1; Hertfordshire -1
Umpires	J Relf, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 218/8 (Croome 73*, FE Chapman 0*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Butcher	st FE Chapman b Croome	3
VA Titchmarsh	c Field b Croome	17
ED Shaw	c Finch b Relf	3
*H Pigg	run out	17
HJ Hill	b CE Chapman	23
AM Bury	c Field b Relf	2
F Field	lbw b CE Chapman	11
+GEB Pritchett	c and b Relf	0
W Hearn	not out	22
WH Nicholls	b CE Chapman	0
HW Pank	c Field b Relf	14
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-25, 3-25, 4-65, 5-68, 6-68, 7-79, 8-86, 9-90, 10-117 (58.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Relf	26.3	12	48	4	-	-
Croome	19	7	35	2	-	-
Finch	3	1	5	0	-	-
CE Chapman	10	2	24	3	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b Pank	41
WBL Barrington	c and b Shaw	0
E Field	c and b Titchmarsh	2
CE Slocock	b Shaw	13
CEMY Nepean	c Shaw b Bury	28
AE Relf	b Bury	3
*ACM Croome	b Bury	111
FW Finch	b Bury	43
CM Edwards	c Pank b Hill	1
+FE Chapman	st Pritchett b Pank	21
CE Chapman	not out	7
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 3 w)	13
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-25, 3-48, 4-84, 5-88, 6-90, 7-199, 8-204, 9-265, 10-283 (89 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	27	6	68	1	-	-
Shaw	25	5	79	2	-	-
Pank	10	2	34	2	-	-
Bury	16	3	52	4	-	-
Nicholls	8	2	24	0	-	-
Hill	3	0	13	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VA Titchmarsh	c and b Relf	9
A Butcher	run out	1
ED Shaw	c Slocock b Croome	8
HJ Hill	c Finch b Croome	29
*H Pigg	c Field b Relf	4
W Hearn	c Croome b Relf	12
AM Bury	c Field b Relf	1
F Field	c Relf b Croome	1
+GEB Pritchett	c Slocock b Croome	1
WH Nicholls	not out	0
HW Pank	c CE Chapman b Croome	0
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 28.3 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-18, 4-40, 5-68, 6-68, 7-70, 8-71, 9-71, 10-71 (28.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Relf	14	5	36	4	-	-
Croome	13.3	3	26	5	-	-
CE Chapman	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ED Shaw made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Bury made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WBL Barrington made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Field made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Slocock made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEMY Nepean made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Relf made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CM Edwards made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Field made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Slocock made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CM Edwards made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Chapman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Hearn made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ACM Croome (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ACM Croome (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Finch (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Chapman (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Chapman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 1-33)
--> ACM Croome achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-35)
--> ACM Croome achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire won this return match by an innings and 95 runs early in the afternoon of the second day.
The game between the two sides at Watford earlier in the month had been drawn.
According to newspaper reports, the pitch cut up badly on the second day and favoured the bowlers.
Croome's 111 for Berkshire contained 9 fours, 9 threes and 18 twos.
In the Berkshire innings Croome and Finch put on 109 runs for the seventh wicket, and Croome and F E Chapman 61 for the ninth.
Edwards had been struck on the ankle while fielding in the Hertfordshire first innings, and batted with a runner.
[Missing: In Berkshire inns duration of Croome's 111, and who bowled 3 wides; time completed.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Berkshire Chronicle 24 August; Reading Mercury 24 August; Reading Standard 23 August; Herts Advertiser 24 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 24 August; Watford Observer 24 August; West Herts Post 23 August; Sporting Life 21,22 August; The Sportsman 21,22 August.

 

 

 

 

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