minc374	Berkshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 28th, 29th August 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	F Gladwin, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 57/2 (Henderson 5*, Davis 4*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CE Cobb	b Croome	41
HE Bull	b Croome	11
MW Wright	c Rowe b Croome	0
AE Scott-Murray	st Henderson b Finch	0
*PJ de Paravicini	c Barrett b Croome	30
ES Boddy	c and b Finch	29
FN Bird	not out	91
T Stacey	c Relf b Croome	23
H Page	b Davis	38
E Houchin	c Croom b Croome	4
G Nash	b Relf	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-59, 3-59, 4-59, 5-101, 6-120, 7-193, 8-284, 9-?, 10-289 (92.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croome	40	9	102	6	1	1
Brown	8	0	28	0	-	-
Finch	28	5	79	2	-	-
Relf	7.1	3	12	1	-	-
Barrett	2	0	14	0	-	-
Carter	3	0	8	0	-	-
Gibb	2	0	10	0	-	-
Davis	2	0	14	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Gibb	b Page	30
FE Rowe	c Houchin b Page	17
+A Henderson	c and b Wright	14
ETW Davis	c and b Wright	6
H Barrett	b Houchin	23
ACM Croome	b Wright	9
CE Brown	c Houchin b Wright	94
FW Finch	c Houchin b Wright	4
NH Carter	c Page b Wright	15
AB Croom	c Bull b Wright	16
RR Relf	not out	21
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 132.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-49, 3-?, 4-78, 5-93, 6-116, 7-?, 8-145, 9-189, 10-259 (132.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	60.2	27	91	7	-	-
Houchin	34	13	72	1	-	-
Nash	23	10	40	0	-	-
Page	15	2	46	2	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Bull	c Barrett b Croome	5
ES Boddy	not out	5
T Stacey	b Finch	8
H Page	not out	9
E Houchin	c Barrett b Croome	20
G Nash	c Finch b Croome	16
+CE Cobb	did not bat
MW Wright	did not bat
AE Scott-Murray	did not bat
*PJ de Paravicini	did not bat
FN Bird	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(4 wickets, 16 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croome	8	2	35	3	-	-
Finch	2	0	6	1	-	-
Relf	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ETW Davis made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NH Carter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Finch made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Scott-Murray made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FN Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CE Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RR Relf (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Houchin (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match was drawn.
The game between the two sides earlier in the month at Aylesbury had been won by Buckinghamshire.
For Buckinghamshire, there were 17 fours in Bird's 91 not out.
In the visitors' first innings, Bird and Stacey added 73 runs for the seventh wicket, and Bird and Page put on 91 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season.
Wright's 60.2 overs and 27 maidens in the Berkshire innings were both the most bowled during the season.
For the home team Brown's scored 94, in an innings of 2 hours and 50 minutes.
Brown and Relf put on 70 runs for the tenth wicket and saved the follow-on.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order; in Berkshire inns boundaries in Brown's 94.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 31 August; Bucks Advertiser 31 August; Bucks Herald 31 August; South Bucks Free Press 30 August; The Sportsman 29,30 August.

 

 

 

 

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