minc104	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 4th, 5th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 63 runs
Points	Berkshire 1; Wiltshire -1
Umpires	W Haggard, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 140/8 (Snell 23*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	run out	34
A Daffen	b Miller	12
FM Ingram	c Smart b Miller	0
RA Williams	b Miller	1
FE Chapman	b Miller	0
LP Collins	c Chivers b Miller	6
CEMY Nepean	c Goudge b Overton	29
HFM Morres	b Smart	51
*ACM Croome	run out	42
+MJ Dauglish	b Eldridge	0
W Barker	not out	3
Extras		26
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-22, 3-22, 4-32, 5-91, 6-97, 7-108, 8-178, 9-198, 10-204 (54.3 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	22	3	82	5	-	-
Overton	12	5	31	1	-	-
Eldridge	10	4	21	1	-	-
Awdry	5	0	23	0	-	-
Smart	5.3	1	21	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AEJ Chivers	c Morres b Croome	0
CE Ashfield	c and b Croome	7
JE Stevens	c Dauglish b Croome	9
OG Radcliffe	c Barker b Daffen	63
CS Awdry	c Dauglish b Barker	2
WH Goudge	c Croome b Barker	21
*AM Miller	b LGA Collins	1
HS Snell	b Barker	23
W Overton	c LGA Collins b Daffen	7
+T Smart	c Nepean b Croome	7
AG Eldridge	not out	3
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-25, 4-28, 5-70, 6-81, 7-125, 8-140, 9-142, 10-150 (62 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	27	15	26	3	-	-
Croome	19	3	58	4	-	-
Williams	5	0	23	0	-	-
LGA Collins	3	2	10	1	-	-
Morres	4	0	12	0	-	-
Daffen	4	1	14	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	lbw b Eldridge	24
A Daffen	b Eldridge	5
FM Ingram	lbw b Eldridge	15
HFM Morres	c Awdry b Eldridge	18
FE Chapman	b Eldridge	5
LP Collins	b Eldridge	18
CEMY Nepean	c Goudge b Miller	10
RA Williams	lbw b Eldridge	4
*ACM Croome	c Goudge b Miller	12
+MJ Dauglish	b Miller	11
W Barker	not out	2
Extras		20
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-45, 3-48, 4-54, 5-88, 6-110, 7-114, 8-114, 9-137, 10-144 (42.4 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	11.4	2	37	3	-	-
Eldridge	21	5	58	7	-	-
Overton	6	0	14	0	-	-
Smart	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AM Miller	c Croome b Barker	30
OG Radcliffe	c Ingram b Croome	0
+T Smart	c Dauglish b Barker	15
JE Stevens	st Dauglish b LGA Collins	13
CE Ashfield	c Williams b Barker	5
AEJ Chivers	b LGA Collins	1
WH Goudge	not out	30
CS Awdry	b Daffen	21
HS Snell	c Morres b Daffen	8
W Overton	b Daffen	0
AG Eldridge	lbw b Daffen	2
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 43.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-38, 3-?, 4-63, 5-68, 6-75, 7-109, 8-125, 9-125, 10-135 (43.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	19	7	52	3	-	-
Croome	10	2	47	1	-	-
LGA Collins	9	4	17	2	-	-
Daffen	5.2	2	9	4	-	-

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Notes
--> AEJ Chivers made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HFM Morres (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OG Radcliffe (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 48
--> LP Collins (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CS Awdry (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Williams made his debut for Berkshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ACM Croome reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Wiltshire first innings
--> AG Eldridge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 5-61)
--> A Daffen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 3-14)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire completed their victory at 4.30 pm on the second day. For the winners, Morres top-scored with 51. In the Berkshire first innings Morres and Croome put on 70 runs for the eighth wicket. For Wiltshire, Radcliffe's 63 included 9 fours. Miller kept wicket for Wiltshire when Smart bowled. R A Williams was making his debut for Berkshire in this match. It was his third Championship team in three years. He had previously played for Buckinghamshire in 1895 and Oxfordshire in 1896.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Berkshire 1st inns boundaries in Morres's 51; in Wiltshire 2nd inns fall of third wicket.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 7 August; Reading Observer 7 August; Reading Standard 6 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 12 August; Wiltshire Times 7 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August.

 

 

 

 

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