minc226	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1899
Venue	The County Ground, Swindon on 16th, 17th August 1899 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Wiltshire -1; Berkshire 1
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 178/6 (Barrett 33*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WS Medlicott	c Elphick b Barrett	18
HS Snell	b Barrett	0
+CAH Ransome	c and b Williams	24
JE Stevens	b Williams	29
OG Radcliffe	lbw b Williams	22
CS Awdry	b Barrett	9
*AM Miller	run out	46
WRR Smith	c Dauglish b Barker	26
E Fawcett	b Barker	0
W Overton	b Williams	7
AG Dibsdall	not out	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-19, 3-63, 4-92, 5-121, 6-121, 7-180, 8-180, 9-195, 10-201 (77 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	26	6	66	4	-	-
Barrett	26	7	49	3	-	2
Hutson	9	3	21	0	-	-
Barker	11	3	33	2	-	2
Elphick	4	0	10	0	-	-
Croome	1	0	2	0	1	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ACM Croome	c Smith b Overton	44
LP Collins	c Miller b Radcliffe	20
FM Ingram	c Overton b Miller	41
EA Watts	b Overton	12
RA Williams	run out	13
HW Hutson	c Awdry b Overton	6
H Barrett	b Smith	36
+MJ Dauglish	b Smith	9
WM Greenfield	run out	16
CD Elphick	not out	0
W Barker	b Smith	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	14
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-?, 3-93, 4-?, 5-120, 6-178, 7-?, 8-211, 9-211, 10-211 (79 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	32	13	60	3	-	-
Smith	27	12	58	3	-	-
Fawcett	6	0	26	0	-	1
Radcliffe	8	3	17	1	-	-
Dibsdall	4	0	20	0	-	-
Miller	2	0	16	1	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	b Williams	16
WS Medlicott	c Williams b Barrett	3
JE Stevens	b Williams	23
+CAH Ransome	c and b Williams	76
OG Radcliffe	b Williams	0
HS Snell	b Williams	2
*AM Miller	b Williams	0
WRR Smith	c Croome b Barrett	8
E Fawcett	b Williams	0
W Overton	not out	8
AG Dibsdall	run out	25
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	24
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-34, 3-81, 4-81, 5-87, 6-?, 7-107, 8-145, 9-?, 10-185 (61.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	31	8	83	7	-	1
Barrett	16	4	30	2	-	-
Barker	9	1	29	0	-	1
Elphick	4	1	8	0	-	-
Croome	1.3	0	11	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ACM Croome	b Miller	51
LP Collins	c Stevens b Fawcett	56
FM Ingram	b Miller	29
EA Watts	b Miller	9
RA Williams	b Miller	0
HW Hutson	c Ransome b Miller	15
H Barrett	b Miller	0
+MJ Dauglish	not out	13
WM Greenfield	not out	0
CD Elphick	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 43.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-120, 3-130, 4-?, 5-138, 6-150, 7-171

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	3	36	0	-	-
Overton	9	1	29	0	-	-
Fawcett	8	0	38	1	-	1
Radcliffe	3	0	14	0	-	-
Miller	11.1	1	56	6	-	-

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Notes
--> E Fawcett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CAH Ransome (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Dibsdall (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Barrett reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Wiltshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Requiring 176 runs to win in 2 hours and ten minutes, Berkshire won by 3 wickets at 6.03 pm on the second day, thus reversing the result of the match at Reading in July. For the victors, Williams took 11 wickets for 149 runs. Collins scored 56 and Croome 51. For Wiltshire, Ransome top-scored with 76. In the Wiltshire first innings Miller and Smith added 59 runs for the seventh wicket. When Barrett dismissed Smith in the Wiltshire second innings, he reached the career milestone of one hundred wickets in the Championship.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 2nd inns boundaries in Ransome's 76, and part batting order; in Berkshire 2nd inns boundaries in Collins's 56 and Croome's 51.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 24 August; North Wilts Herald 18 August; Swindon Advertiser 19 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 19 August; Wiltshire Times 19 August; Berkshire Chronicle 19 August; Reading Mercury 19 August; Reading Standard 18 August; The Sportsman 17,18 August; Sporting Life 17,18 August.

 

 

 

 

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