minc5537	Berkshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	Reading School Ground, Erleigh Road, Reading on 17th, 18th August 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Berkshire 10; Dorset 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 164/3

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Venables b Langdale	138
JT Davies	b James	10
M Hardwicke	b Simpkins	4
MM Walford	c and b James	27
DCPR Jowett	b James	43
DJW Bridge	c Dyment b Simpkins	10
HG Hunt	b James	2
MJ Wells	not out	1
RR Dovey	not out	14
JJM Barron	did not bat
CN McCarthy	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	25	4	49	4	-	-
Ford	22	4	58	0	-	-
Simpkins	14	4	46	2	-	-
Langdale	13	2	65	1	-	-
Young	5	0	31	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	b McCarthy	8
JA Mence	c McCarthy b Bridge	22
JDK Barnes	lbw b McCarthy	46
FW Neate	c Gimblett b Bridge	75
RM James	c Walford b Barron	84
GR Langdale	b Barron	21
DE Young	not out	7
MH Venables	c Davies b McCarthy	0
JR Ford	did not bat
REA Dyment	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
Extras		15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 92.1 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-278 (92.1 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	23.1	6	58	3	-	-
Barron	20	3	68	2	-	-
Bridge	27	9	68	2	-	-
Dovey	16	6	49	0	-	-
Hardwicke	6	0	20	0	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c James b Simpkins	22
JT Davies	c Simpkins b James	93
M Hardwicke	b Simpkins	37
MM Walford	not out	19
DJW Bridge	b James	34
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
HG Hunt	did not bat
MJ Wells	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
JJM Barron	did not bat
CN McCarthy	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 56.4 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-211 (56.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	15.4	1	75	2	-	-
Ford	15	0	42	0	-	-
Simpkins	15	4	47	2	-	-
Langdale	6	0	20	0	-	-
Young	5	1	21	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	not out	93
JA Mence	run out	3
FW Neate	c Gimblett b Barron	8
RM James	b Dovey	55
DE Young	not out	15
JDK Barnes	did not bat
GR Langdale	did not bat
MH Venables	did not bat
JR Ford	did not bat
REA Dyment	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
Extras		12
Total	(3 wickets, 31.3 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCarthy	13	1	61	0	-	-
Barron	12	0	48	1	-	-
Bridge	3	0	22	0	-	-
Dovey	3.3	0	43	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CN McCarthy made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MH Venables made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Gimblett (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Gimblett (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JDK Barnes (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JT Davies (2) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM James (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 14
--> CN McCarthy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 2-29)

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