minc5771	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	St Bartholomew's Grammar School Ground, Newbury on 25th, 26th August 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Berkshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Berkshire 10; Wiltshire 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 190/7 (JA Mence 123*, Ford 5*; 68 overs)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hurn	c Hillary b MD Mence	11
DD Gardner	c Dyment b MD Mence	10
IR Lomax	b MD Mence	0
MRJ Guest	b MD Mence	0
DM Richards	b MD Mence	15
PAP Gammon	c Simpkins b MD Mence	18
GP Gent	b MD Mence	28
AG Marshall	c Neate b MD Mence	0
JH Merryweather	b Simpkins	7
RJ Carlyon	c Davis b Ford	23
MH Martin	not out	10
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-29, 5-35, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-125 (60.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MD Mence	30	12	54	8	-	-
Ford	6.5	2	17	1	-	-
James	5	1	10	0	-	-
Langdale	8	2	25	0	-	-
Simpkins	11	5	16	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	c Merryweather b Martin	10
JA Mence	not out	123
AA Hillary	b Merryweather	2
RM James	c Carlyon b Marshall	8
FW Neate	lbw b Marshall	4
MD Mence	b Merryweather	12
RN Johnson	lbw b Merryweather	13
GR Langdale	c Richards b Marshall	7
JR Ford	not out	5
PA Simpkins	did not bat
REA Dyment	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	5	1	18	1	-	-
Marshall	34	6	101	3	-	-
Merryweather	29	13	65	3	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hurn	b Simpkins	18
DD Gardner	lbw b Simpkins	30
IR Lomax	c and b Simpkins	0
MRJ Guest	b MD Mence	1
DM Richards	b MD Mence	0
PAP Gammon	c Dyment b MD Mence	2
GP Gent	b MD Mence	1
AG Marshall	c Hillary b Simpkins	56
JH Merryweather	lbw b Langdale	7
RJ Carlyon	not out	2
MH Martin	c Langdale b Simpkins	9
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-53, 8-?, 9-?, 10-131 (67.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MD Mence	18	8	37	4	-	-
Ford	4	0	15	0	-	-
James	11	4	17	0	-	-
Langdale	10	3	16	1	-	-
Simpkins	24.4	10	41	5	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	not out	24
RN Johnson	not out	29
JA Mence	did not bat
AA Hillary	did not bat
RM James	did not bat
FW Neate	did not bat
MD Mence	did not bat
GR Langdale	did not bat
JR Ford	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
REA Dyment	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(no wicket, 20.5 overs)	67

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	3	1	10	0	-	-
Merryweather	9	3	22	0	-	-
Lomax	7	2	13	0	-	-
Hurn	1.5	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PAP Gammon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GP Gent made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> REA Dyment made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Marshall (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MD Mence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 5-32)
--> MD Mence completed a hat-trick in the Wiltshire first innings
--> JH Merryweather reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire first innings

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