minc772	Berkshire v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1906
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 10th, 11th August 1906 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Devon won by 9 wickets
Points	Berkshire 0; Devon 3
Umpires	R Rogers, A Rudd
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 83/5 (JH Bennett 8*)

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Cruwys	c Watts b Hunt	38
WS Gwynn	c Spencer b Barker	80
GC Harrison	b Hunt	80
WF Sturt	c Watts b Nepean	42
*HF Brunskill	b Barker	49
JF Shelley	b Peake	1
SG Crockwell	c Spencer b Barker	10
+T Davies	not out	33
RH Clarke	c and b Hunt	17
GM Hawksworth	c and b GGM Bennett	0
WH Aston	b Hunt	14
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	25
Total	(all out, 100.1 overs)	389
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-187, 3-223, 4-292, 5-297, 6-315, 7-324, 8-359, 9-360, 10-389 (100.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	25	3	73	3	-	1
Hutson	14	0	40	0	2	-
Hunt	17.1	2	80	4	-	-
Rowe	6	0	35	0	-	-
Peake	12	2	36	1	-	-
GGM Bennett	9	0	54	1	3	-
Spencer	14	4	30	0	-	-
Nepean	3	0	16	1	1	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c and b Aston	6
GGM Bennett	c Cruwys b Hawksworth	36
+EA Watts	b Aston	20
W Barker	c Brunskill b Hawksworth	1
JH Bennett	c Gwynn b Aston	18
H Barrett	c Shelley b Aston	12
FE Rowe	run out	38
HW Hutson	c Davies b Aston	0
C Spencer	c Gwynn b Aston	37
E Peake	c Shelley b Crockwell	2
TMC Hunt	not out	6
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-57, 3-63, 4-64, 5-83, 6-94, 7-94, 8-169, 9-177, 10-179 (45.4 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aston	23	2	90	6	-	-
Clarke	6	0	42	0	-	-
Hawksworth	13	1	41	2	-	-
Crockwell	3.4	0	3	1	-	1

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c Shelley b Aston	2
GGM Bennett	b Aston	93
+EA Watts	c Hawksworth b Aston	8
W Barker	b Aston	0
FE Rowe	c Brunskill b Clarke	14
JH Bennett	b Aston	1
H Barrett	b Hawksworth	61
TMC Hunt	c and b Aston	12
E Peake	st Davies b Hawksworth	10
HW Hutson	not out	7
C Spencer	b Aston	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-19, 3-19, 4-69, 5-162, 6-163, 7-193, 8-201, 9-205, 10-218 (64.1 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aston	28.1	4	78	7	-	-
Hawksworth	20	3	70	2	-	-
Crockwell	6	0	22	0	-	1
Clarke	7	0	28	1	1	1
Sturt	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+T Davies	not out	2
WH Aston	b GGM Bennett	5
WF Sturt	not out	1
RG Cruwys	did not bat
WS Gwynn	did not bat
GC Harrison	did not bat
*HF Brunskill	did not bat
JF Shelley	did not bat
SG Crockwell	did not bat
RH Clarke	did not bat
GM Hawksworth	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 2 overs)	9
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Aston)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	1	0	2	0	-	-
GGM Bennett	1	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SG Crockwell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Hutson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SG Crockwell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Gwynn (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Clarke (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Spencer (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Barrett (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TMC Hunt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 3-8)
--> WH Aston reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire first innings

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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.
Devon won this return match by 9 wickets on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. When the two sides met at Exeter in July, Devon had also won the match. For the winners, Aston took 13 wickets in the match for 168 runs, including 7 for 78 in the Berkshire second innings. There were 10 fours in Gwynn's 80 and 12 fours in Harrison's identical score. For Berkshire, there were 10 fours in G G M Bennett's 93 and 9 fours in Barrett's 61. In the Berkshire first innings, Rowe and Spencer added 75 runs for the eighth wicket. Rain interrupted play twice during the afternoon of the first day when Devon were batting.
[Missing: Time completed; Spencer's initials.]
Sources: Devon Scorebook; Berkshire Chronicle 18 August; Reading Observer 18 August; Reading Standard 18 August; Western Daily Mercury 11,13 August; Western Morning News 11,12 August; The Sportsman 11,13 August; Cricketer and Football Player 16 August, p 10; Cricket 16 August, p 349.

 

 

 

 

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