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| Venue | The Recreation Ground, Dorchester on 24th, 25th August 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Dorset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Berkshire won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Dorset 0; Berkshire 10 |
| Umpires | F Berry, SA Hipple |
| Scorer | J Hinton (Berkshire) |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MN Harbottle | lbw b Robinson | 10 | |||||
| ATW Oxford | b Langdale | 16 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | b Langdale | 37 | |||||
| CF Deacon | c Morgan b Flatman | 42 | |||||
| +EC Honey | b Langdale | 3 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | b Flatman | 2 | |||||
| F King | st Stokes b Flatman | 1 | |||||
| DJW Bridge | c Robinson b Flatman | 15 | |||||
| WJ Pinney | c Robinson b Langdale | 14 | |||||
| WH Ives | b Flatman | 0 | |||||
| EF Swann | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b, 2 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.4 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-52, 3-94, 4-114, 5-119, 6-128, 7-143, 8-143, 9-143, 10-161 (59.4 ov) | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robinson | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morbey | 8 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 19.4 | 5 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Flatman | 16 | 6 | 39 | 5 | - | - | |
| Berkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Mence | c Harbottle b Swann | 14 | |||||
| CMS Crombie | c Honey b Swann | 4 | |||||
| JWH May | b King | 29 | |||||
| DE Young | lbw b Jowett | 46 | |||||
| RD Morbey | c Courtenay b Bridge | 30 | |||||
| GR Langdale | c Honey b Jowett | 9 | |||||
| +DW Stokes | not out | 42 | |||||
| TJ Easby | c Deacon b Swann | 13 | |||||
| MN Morgan | run out | 1 | |||||
| AG Robinson | c Ives b Swann | 4 | |||||
| AW Flatman | b Pinney | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 1 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 77.5 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-20, 3-67, 4-117, 5-136, 6-141, 7-184, 8-185, 9-192, 10-216 (77.5 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Swann | 31 | 6 | 70 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Ives | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 18 | 4 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pinney | 7.5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| King | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dorset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MN Harbottle | b Langdale | 21 | |||||
| ATW Oxford | lbw b Robinson | 5 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | st Stokes b Langdale | 11 | |||||
| CF Deacon | st Stokes b Langdale | 17 | |||||
| +EC Honey | b Langdale | 1 | |||||
| F King | c Stokes b Morbey | 24 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | c Morbey b Langdale | 1 | |||||
| DJW Bridge | c Easby b Langdale | 53 | |||||
| WJ Pinney | c Morbey b Langdale | 6 | |||||
| WH Ives | b Morbey | 0 | |||||
| EF Swann | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (31 b, 4 lb) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.1 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-38, 3-63, 4-78, 5-79, 6-83, 7-142, 8-174, 9-174, 10-174 (63.1 ov) | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robinson | 8 | 4 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morbey | 12.1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 22 | 5 | 64 | 7 | - | - | |
| Young | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Flatman | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Berkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Mence | c and b Swann | 9 | |||||
| +DW Stokes | c Ives b King | 15 | |||||
| JWH May | not out | 41 | |||||
| DE Young | b King | 3 | |||||
| RD Morbey | st Honey b King | 12 | |||||
| GR Langdale | not out | 34 | |||||
| CMS Crombie | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Easby | did not bat | ||||||
| MN Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Robinson | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Flatman | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-34, 3-39, 4-51 | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Swann | ? | ? | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ives | ? | ? | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jowett | ? | ? | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pinney | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 11 | 6 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Deacon | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GWL Courtenay (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
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