minc887	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1907 (Midlands Division)
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 19th, 20th August 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 3; Wiltshire 0
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 104/5 (Medlicott 6*, Dibsdall 0*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	b Grant	19
LP Collins	b Grant	16
FE Rowe	c Olivier b Grant	0
H Brougham	c and b Smith	42
HW Shoosmith	lbw b Smart	22
EA Watts	c Newman b Smart	74
GV Goodliffe	run out	30
+EF Rowe	c Awdry b Newman	10
*CEMY Nepean	not out	49
W Cave	c and b Grant	10
W Barker	c Grant b Smith	2
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-296 (91.4 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	29	13	67	4	-	1
Dibsdall	10	0	15	0	-	-
Smart	23	1	81	2	-	-
Smith	14.4	2	50	2	-	1
Newman	10	2	29	1	-	-
Miller	5	0	32	0	1	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Snell	c Shoosmith b Cave	24
E Fawcett	c Shoosmith b Barker	17
WRR Smith	c Nepean b Barker	9
RW Awdry	c FE Rowe b Goodliffe	14
AW Newman	b Goodliffe	22
WS Medlicott	c Shoosmith b Cave	7
AG Dibsdall	c EF Rowe b Goodliffe	14
*AM Miller	c Collins b Cave	31
E Grant	lbw b Barker	50
+RH Olivier	c EF Rowe b Barker	7
T Smart	not out	8
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 5 nb, 0 w)	17
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-220 (69.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	26.5	4	70	4	-	5
Cave	24	5	75	3	-	-
Shoosmith	10	2	29	0	-	-
Goodliffe	9	2	25	3	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Smart b Smith	28
LP Collins	c and b Newman	40
FE Rowe	b Newman	29
H Brougham	c Snell b Newman	6
HW Shoosmith	not out	41
EA Watts	c Snell b Miller	14
GV Goodliffe	c Awdry b Newman	7
+EF Rowe	not out	25
*CEMY Nepean	did not bat
W Cave	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	9	2	17	0	-	-
Smart	7	0	35	0	-	-
Miller	14	4	42	1	-	-
Smith	9	2	32	1	-	-
Newman	21	7	64	4	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Snell	c FE Rowe b Barker	13
E Fawcett	b Cave	5
WRR Smith	c Shoosmith b Barker	0
RW Awdry	c FE Rowe b Cave	8
AW Newman	c Cave b Barker	0
WS Medlicott	c Collins b Cave	4
AG Dibsdall	c EF Rowe b Cave	0
*AM Miller	not out	17
E Grant	not out	10
+RH Olivier	did not bat
T Smart	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 5 nb, 0 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 37 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	17	9	21	3	-	5
Cave	11	3	26	4	-	-
Goodliffe	4	2	5	0	-	-
Bennett	1	0	2	0	-	-
Shoosmith	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CEB Nepean and W Cave added 62 runs for the 9th wicket in the Berkshire first innings
--> Bowling in the Wiltshire first innings adds 4 runs under
--> GV Goodliffe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Medlicott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Olivier made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GV Goodliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Grant (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> HW Shoosmith (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Smart reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season 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.
Drawn return match with Berkshire winning on first innings. The Berkshire declaration left Wiltshire a victory target of 267 runs in 90 minutes. The match between the two teams at Trowbridge in July had been won by Wiltshire. In the Berkshire first innings, Watts scored 74 and Nepean and Cave added 62 runs in 20 minutes for the ninth wicket. In the Wiltshire first innings Grant scored 50. Rain caused two short breaks in play on the first day. Watts scored 74 for Bekrshire.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Watts's 74; in Berkshire second innings batting order; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Grant's 50 and runs bowling 4 short in all sources listed; in Wiltshire second innings batting order.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 24 August; Reading Mercury 24 August; Reading Observer 24 August; Reading Standard 24 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 22 August; North Wilts Herald 23 August; Cricketer and Hockey Player 29 August; Sporting Life 20,21 August; The Sportsman 20,21 August.

 

 

 

 

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