minc647	Monmouthshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Rodney Parade, Newport on 17th, 18th July 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Monmouthshire won by an innings and 22 runs
Points	Monmouthshire 3; Berkshire 0
Close of play day 1	Monmouthshire (1) 320/3 (Silverlock 140*, PC Phillips 29*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c ES Phillips b Steeples	35
Brown	lbw b Steeples	2
HW Hutson	c Steeples b FG Phillips	57
+EA Watts	b Steeples	0
SV Shea-Simmons	c Diver b Steeples	3
WM Greenfield	c TB Williams b FG Phillips	5
*CEMY Nepean	c Stratton b FG Phillips	9
H Barrett	b Steeples	5
FJ Howard	c [unknown] b FG Phillips	5
W Barker	not out	4
AB Croom	c Diver b Steeples	3
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 0 w)	19
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-95, 3-96, 4-103, 5-114, 6-126, 7-133, 8-?, 9-?, 10-147 (39.3 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	15.3	6	25	6	-	-
FG Phillips	15	1	62	4	-	2
WA Williams	6	0	26	0	-	-
Silverlock	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	not out	206
JH Stratton	b Howard	12
ES Phillips	b Barker	111
+EJ Diver	b Croom	14
*PC Phillips	c Watts b Bennett	66
RB Griffiths	c Watts b Barker	2
TB Williams	run out	1
L Phillips	b Barker	1
FG Phillips	not out	3
R Steeples	did not bat
WA Williams	did not bat
Extras		18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 97.1 overs)	434
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-237, 3-256, 4-394, 5-404, 6-410, 7-411

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	36	5	145	3	-	-
Hutson	5	0	17	0	-	-
Bennett	15	2	56	1	-	-
Howard	20	4	88	1	-	-
Croom	11.1	0	64	1	-	-
Brown	3	0	14	0	-	-
Nepean	4	0	23	0	-	-
Barrett	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	b Steeples	20
Brown	b Steeples	16
SV Shea-Simmons	b Steeples	115
+EA Watts	b Steeples	6
WM Greenfield	c Diver b Silverlock	26
H Barrett	c Diver b Steeples	1
*CEMY Nepean	c Silverlock b FG Phillips	33
FJ Howard	b WA Williams	6
W Barker	b FG Phillips	11
AB Croom	not out	1
HW Hutson	absent ill
Extras		30
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-81, 3-96, 4-150, 5-162, 6-210, 7-217, 8-?, 9-265 (50 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	21	7	77	5	-	-
WA Williams	12	1	53	1	-	-
FG Phillips	10	0	67	2	-	-
Silverlock	7	2	38	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Berkshire first innings adds 1 run under
--> HW Hutson (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Silverlock (1) passed his previous highest score of 155 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Silverlock (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 125
--> SV Shea-Simmons (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SV Shea-Simmons (2) made his first century 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.
Monmouthshire won this return match by an innings and 22 runs before 5.00 pm on the second day. Monmouthshire had also won the game between the two sides at Reading in June. Monmouthshire won the toss and asked Berkshire to bat first. For the winners, there was 1 six, 32 fours and 4 threes in Silverlock's 206 not out. It was the highest score of the season and the only double century. The 206 runs were also the third highest match aggregate during the season. E S Phillips scored 111 which contained 1 five and 16 fours. P C Phillips's 66 contained 9 fours. In the Monmouthshire innings, Silverlock and E S Phillips added 197 runs for the second wicket, and Silverlock and P C Phillips 138 for the fourth. Steeples took 11 wickets in the match for 102 runs. For the losers, Shea's 115 included 1 five, 18 fours and 3 threes. Hutson scored 57. Hutson was absent ill on the second day and E S Phillips fielded as substitute and ran out T B Williams in the Monmouthshire innings.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Hutson's 57, which Williams ct Howard, fall of eighth and ninth wickets and runs bowling one short; in Berkshire second innings twos and duration of Shea's 115, fall of eighth wicket; in Monmouthshire innings twos and duration of Silverlock's 206*, threes and twos and duration of E S Phillips's 111; Brown initials; precise time completed.]
Sources: The Cambrian 21 July; South Wales Argus 17,18 July; South Wales Echo 17,18 July; Western Mail 18,19 July; Berkshire Chronicle 22 July; Reading Mercury 22 July.

 

 

 

 

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