minc5997	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1963
Venue	Hale's Meadow, Abingdon on 23rd, 24th August 1963 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Wiltshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Berkshire 3; Wiltshire 10
Umpires	F Berry, CE Dunn
Scorers	D Brand, AE Woodford
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 112/3

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEF Cheesman	c Marshall b Merryweather	40
AT Davis	lbw b Hough	13
GRJ Roope	not out	107
PA Baker	run out	0
JA Mence	run out	3
CEW Brooks	run out	15
D Johnston	not out	73
AC Denness	did not bat
HEM Murphy	did not bat
FC Baines	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-66, 3-67, 4-81, 5-126

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Savin	13	2	42	0	1	-
Marshall	18	1	57	0	-	-
Merryweather	18	4	50	1	-	-
Barker	21	5	70	0	-	-
Hough	13	2	32	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Green	run out	19
DD Gardner	b Denness	34
DE Essenhigh	run out	13
P Hough	c Roope b Denness	14
AB Chivers	not out	84
DM Richards	c Brooks b Roope	17
DW Simpkins	c Johnston b Simpkins	0
AH Barker	not out	4
JH Merryweather	did not bat
AG Marshall	did not bat
JR Savin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-66, 3-66, 4-119, 5-151, 6-158

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Denness	28	8	61	2	-	-
Baines	7	0	28	0	-	-
Cheesman	7	4	17	0	-	-
Roope	6	3	22	1	-	-
Simpkins	26	12	42	1	-	-
Brooks	5	0	15	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEF Cheesman	run out	3
AT Davis	c Savin b Merryweather	18
GRJ Roope	c Merryweather b Marshall	6
PA Baker	b Merryweather	1
JA Mence	lbw b Marshall	31
CEW Brooks	b Marshall	0
D Johnston	c Green b Merryweather	5
AC Denness	c Barker b Merryweather	0
FC Baines	not out	6
HEM Murphy	b Marshall	0
PA Simpkins	b Marshall	8
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 36.5 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-12, 3-17, 4-48, 5-49, 6-66, 7-66, 8-67, 9-67, 10-83 (36.5 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Savin	2	0	5	0	-	-
Marshall	17.5	7	32	5	-	-
Merryweather	17	6	41	4	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Green	c Roope b Denness	4
DD Gardner	c Murphy b Denness	7
DE Essenhigh	c Baines b Denness	12
P Hough	not out	60
AB Chivers	c Murphy b Denness	47
DM Richards	lbw b Denness	2
DW Simpkins	c Davis b Simpkins	6
AH Barker	not out	13
JH Merryweather	did not bat
AG Marshall	did not bat
JR Savin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 52.2 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-17, 3-26, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Denness	15.2	2	38	5	-	-
Baines	11	2	35	0	-	-
Simpkins	17	2	55	1	-	-
Cheesman	9	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GRJ Roope (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GRJ Roope (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Johnston (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Chivers (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Denness reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Wiltshire first innings
--> AG Marshall reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Berkshire second innings

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