minc5036	Berkshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Church Road, Reading on 22nd, 23rd August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 1; Dorset 3
Umpires	TM McMurray, HW Parks
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c Hillary b Hooper	125
DCPR Jowett	lbw b Young	29
GGL Hebden	b Young	33
GWL Courtenay	c Langdale b Young	34
CF Deacon	c Hillary b Morgan	8
PA Deane	b Morgan	2
DJW Bridge	not out	8
M Hardwicke	lbw b Morgan	2
JJM Barron	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
JL Aiken	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 89.5 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-116, 3-202, 4-234, 5-239, 6-240, 7-250 (89.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	21.5	3	58	3	-	-
Hooper	17	6	34	1	-	-
Langdale	13	2	46	0	-	-
James	15	2	42	0	-	-
Young	23	3	61	3	1	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CMS Crombie	b Jowett	36
AA Hillary	c Aiken b Hebden	10
AC Walton	c Deacon b Dovey	51
JWH May	c and b Dovey	5
RM James	c Bridge b Dovey	30
JGC Surridge	not out	51
DE Young	b Dovey	16
GR Langdale	not out	6
MN Morgan	did not bat
KMD Hooper	did not bat
JM Pavey	did not bat
Extras		14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 68.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-99, 3-106, 4-110, 5-168, 6-206

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deane	14	4	24	0	-	-
Barron	3	1	3	0	-	-
Hebden	7	0	25	1	-	-
Jowett	20	4	73	1	-	-
Dovey	20.3	5	62	4	-	-
Bridge	4	1	18	0	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGL Hebden	c Surridge b Morgan	2
MM Walford	c Walton b Hooper	16
GWL Courtenay	c Hillary b Hooper	14
DJW Bridge	c Hillary b Hooper	3
CF Deacon	not out	38
PA Deane	c and b Young	15
DCPR Jowett	run out	0
RR Dovey	b James	13
M Hardwicke	lbw b James	0
JJM Barron	b James	0
JL Aiken	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 31.4 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-23, 3-37, 4-43, 5-82, 6-88, 7-110, 8-110, 9-110 (31.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	11	1	33	1	-	-
Hooper	8	2	24	3	-	-
Langdale	5	0	15	0	-	-
Young	6	0	24	1	-	-
James	1.4	0	5	3	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM James	c Jowett b Deane	0
AA Hillary	c Hebden b Deane	55
AC Walton	c Aiken b Deane	17
JGC Surridge	b Deane	18
DE Young	c Walford b Hebden	10
GR Langdale	lbw b Deane	10
JWH May	not out	15
CMS Crombie	not out	2
MN Morgan	did not bat
KMD Hooper	did not bat
JM Pavey	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 28 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-37, 3-80, 4-95, 5-109, 6-114

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deane	14	1	53	5	-	-
Barron	8	0	45	0	-	-
Hebden	4	0	18	1	-	-
Dovey	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Pavey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CF Deacon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JGC Surridge (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 39
--> KMD Hooper achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings (previous best was 2-30)
--> RM James completed a hat-trick in the Dorset second innings (Dovey, Hardwicke, Barron)

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