minc179	Berkshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 22nd, 23rd August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	R Barber, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 72/1 (Gresson 34*, Saunders 23*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b Wright	77
+MJ Dauglish	b Wright	19
CEMY Nepean	b Wright	0
LP Collins	lbw b Boddy	17
FM Ingram	c and b Wright	55
*ACM Croome	b Boddy	14
FE Chapman	st Cobb b Wright	11
SV Shea-Simmons	b Wright	1
E Peake	b Wright	13
H Barrett	b Wright	4
W Barker	not out	1
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 116.4 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-55, 4-157, 5-194, 6-194, 7-198, 8-211, 9-220, 10-225 (116.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	51.4	34	47	8	-	-
Stratton	17	1	64	0	-	-
Boddy	37	12	66	2	-	-
Ford	5	0	18	0	1	-
Allcock	6	2	17	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b Barrett	35
+CE Cobb	c Dauglish b Barrett	5
J Saunders	c Nepean b Barker	30
FN Bird	c Croome b Barrett	7
SD Maul	c Chapman b Barrett	27
*PJ de Paravicini	b Barker	5
LGBJ Ford	b Barker	40
MW Wright	b Peake	5
ES Boddy	c Shea-Simmons b Peake	13
JW Stratton	not out	18
CH Allcock	c Chapman b Peake	1
Extras		14
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-79, 3-84, 4-105, 5-114, 6-126, 7-153, 8-169, 9-198, 10-200 (75.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	27	6	63	3	-	-
Barrett	27	8	67	4	-	-
Peake	15.4	4	44	3	-	-
Croome	6	1	12	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c and b Wright	79
CEMY Nepean	b Wright	8
+MJ Dauglish	b Boddy	17
LP Collins	c Saunders b Wright	5
FM Ingram	b Wright	17
*ACM Croome	b Wright	19
FE Chapman	st Cobb b Wright	18
SV Shea-Simmons	b Boddy	8
E Peake	b Boddy	0
H Barrett	not out	1
W Barker	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 73.4 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-49, 3-54, 4-98, 5-151, 6-170, 7-182, 8-183, 9-184 (73.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	37	14	69	6	-	-
Boddy	25.4	5	80	3	-	2
Ford	1	0	1	0	-	-
Allcock	10	3	22	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CE Cobb	c Nepean b Barker	0
LGBJ Ford	b LGA Collins	59
SD Maul	c Shea-Simmons b Barker	4
FN Bird	not out	73
CRH Gresson	not out	12
J Saunders	did not bat
*PJ de Paravicini	did not bat
MW Wright	did not bat
ES Boddy	did not bat
JW Stratton	did not bat
CH Allcock	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 43 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-114

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	14	4	51	2	-	2
Peake	15	3	54	0	-	-
Croome	7	1	29	0	-	-
LGA Collins	7	3	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> E Peake made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CH Allcock made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Saunders (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26
--> LGBJ Ford (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> FN Bird (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGBJ Ford (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MW Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 6-23)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match was drawn after the Berkshire declaration set Buckinghamshire a victory target of 210 runs in 95 minutes.
The visitors had scored 100 after 60 minutes, but with the dismissal of Ford for 59, scored in an hour, and Maul, they gave up the run-chase. For Buckinghamshire, Ford's 59 included 1 six and 11 fours and Bird's 73 not out contained 12 fours. In the home side's second innings Ford and Bird put on 100 runs for the third wicket. Wright took 14 wickets in the match for 116 runs, which was statistically the best bowling performance of the season. His 88.4 overs and 48 maidens in the game were also season highest totals. For Berkshire, L G A Collins played two innings of 77 and 79, the latter including 1 five and 10 fours.
There were 7 fours in Ingram's 55. In the Berkshire first innings, L G A Collins and Ingram added 102 runs for the fourth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Berkshire were deprived of the services of Barrett in the visitors' second innings due to injury. The initial match between the two teams earlier in the month at Aylesbury had also been drawn.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Berkshire 1st inns boundaries in L G A Collins's 77.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 27 August; Reading Mercury 27 August; Reading Standard 26 August; Aylesbury Reporter 27 August; Bucks Herald 27 August; Bucks Advertise 27 August; South Bucks Free Press 26 August; The Sportsman 23,24 August.

 

 

 

 

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