minc115	Berkshire v Worcestershire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 11th, 12th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	J Edge, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 53/0 (Collins 26*, Ingram 26*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b Arnold	31
FM Ingram	lbw b Arnold	1
HFM Morres	c and b Burrows	9
FE Chapman	c Straw b Burrows	2
AH Delmé-Radcliffe	b Burrows	0
ER Morres	c and b Arnold	15
A Daffen	c Millward b Arnold	0
H Barrett	b Burrows	15
*ACM Croome	b Burrows	27
+MJ Dauglish	b Arnold	0
W Barker	not out	11
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	7
Total	(all out, 58.1 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-41, 3-43, 4-47, 5-47, 6-58, 7-68, 8-90, 9-95, 10-118 (58.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	29	11	69	5	-	1
Bird	12	7	18	0	-	-
Burrows	17.1	9	24	5	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	run out	5
EP Jobson	c Ingram b Barrett	24
GE Bromley-Martin	c Collins b Barker	0
GF Wheldon	c Collins b Barker	0
FL Bowley	c Dauglish b Barrett	60
EG Arnold	c HFM Morres b Barrett	6
EG Bromley-Martin	c Delmé-Radcliffe b Barker	4
A Millward	not out	4
RD Burrows	c Daffen b Barrett	8
A Bird	b Barker	1
+T Straw	c Daffen b Barrett	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-94, 5-99, 6-104, 7-104, 8-116, 9-117, 10-120 (42.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	19	5	51	4	-	-
Barrett	18.4	7	31	5	-	-
Croome	2	0	13	0	-	-
Daffen	3	0	17	0	1	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Burrows b Arnold	53
FM Ingram	c Foster b Bird	44
HFM Morres	b Bird	31
AH Delmé-Radcliffe	c Straw b Bird	10
FE Chapman	b Arnold	0
A Daffen	c Straw b Burrows	2
ER Morres	c Bowley b Burrows	19
H Barrett	run out	11
*ACM Croome	b Bird	34
+MJ Dauglish	c EG Bromley-Martin b Burrows	26
W Barker	not out	5
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-107, 3-107, 4-142, 5-148, 6-151, 7-180, 8-196, 9-234, 10-254 (94 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burrows	31	9	91	3	1	1
Arnold	24	7	54	2	-	-
Millward	3	1	7	0	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	4	0	20	0	-	-
Bird	32	11	63	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Daffen b Barker	25
EP Jobson	c Dauglish b Barrett	5
GE Bromley-Martin	run out	34
GF Wheldon	b Croome	8
FL Bowley	c Barker b Collins	38
EG Arnold	not out	37
A Millward	not out	13
EG Bromley-Martin	did not bat
RD Burrows	did not bat
A Bird	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 71 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-37, 3-55, 4-101, 5-125

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	27	10	55	1	-	1
Barrett	18	6	48	1	-	-
Croome	16	2	33	1	3	-
Daffen	3	1	9	0	-	-
Collins	6	2	15	1	1	-
Dauglish	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ER Morres (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ER Morres (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ACM Croome (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> H Barrett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-49)
--> H Barrett achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> A Bird reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Berkshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
In this drawn return match, Worcestershire were set 253 to win in under three hours and ended 81 short with five wickets remaining. Worcestershire had won when the two teams met at Worcester in July. For the home team, Collins's 53 included 7 fours, while Bowley's 60 for the visitors contained 11 fours. A press report suggests that the wicket had been watered shortly before the match began and gave considerable encouragement to the bowlers on the first day. This draw ended a run of six consecutive wins for Worcestershire. Nevertheless, it was this result that effectively ensured they would retain the Championship from their closest rivals Glamorgan.
[Missing: Extras breakdown.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 14 August; Reading Mercury 14 August; Reading Observer 14 August; Reading Standard 13 August; Berrow's Worcester Journal 14 August; Worcestershire Echo 12,13 August; The Sportsman 12,13 August.

 

 

 

 

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