minc956	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 7th, 8th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 3; Wiltshire 0
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 166/3 (Taunton 11*, RW Awdry 9*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Rowe	b Smart	25
E Garnett	c RW Awdry b Newman	282
HW Shoosmith	c Taunton b Smith	15
EA Watts	c Perkins b Smith	44
+EF Rowe	c and b Smith	5
*CEMY Nepean	st Luce b Smith	24
TMC Hunt	b Smith	16
H Barrett	c Snell b Smith	35
W Cave	b Miller	20
W Barker	not out	2
HF Willcocks	b Newman	2
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	489
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-489 (90.5 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	19	4	116	1	-	-
Smart	15	2	92	1	-	-
Perkins	7	0	33	0	-	-
Smith	35	2	150	6	1	1
Newman	9.5	1	36	2	-	-
CS Awdry	2	0	25	0	-	-
Taunton	3	1	18	0	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TTN Perkins	b Barker	12
CS Awdry	c Garnett b Shoosmith	87
AW Newman	c EF Rowe b Barker	37
SJH Taunton	b Hunt	32
RW Awdry	b Barker	122
HS Snell	b Barker	34
A Whitehead	c Shoosmith b Willcocks	13
*AM Miller	b Willcocks	21
+TS Luce	not out	38
WRR Smith	b Hunt	9
T Smart	lbw b Hunt	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 7 nb, ? w)	19
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	424
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-424 (98.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hunt	21.5	2	94	3	-	-
Barker	29	3	119	4	-	7
Cave	9	0	55	0	-	-
Willcocks	15	0	84	2	-	-
Shoosmith	19	3	48	1	-	-
Garnett	5	3	5	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Rowe	c Snell b Smith	35
E Garnett	b Taunton	59
HW Shoosmith	c +RW Awdry b Smith	15
EA Watts	b Perkins	36
+EF Rowe	c Smith b Perkins	29
*CEMY Nepean	st +RW Awdry b Smart	6
TMC Hunt	c +RW Awdry b Smith	0
H Barrett	not out	36
W Cave	not out	23
W Barker	did not bat
HF Willcocks	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, 50 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	18	6	63	3	-	1
Smart	7	1	43	1	-	-
Newman	4	0	42	0	-	-
Taunton	4	0	21	1	-	-
Perkins	7	2	24	2	-	-
Whitehead	3	1	9	0	-	-
RW Awdry	5	0	21	0	-	-
Luce	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HS Snell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Garnett (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Garnett (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TTN Perkins (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> AW Newman (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> RW Awdry (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Awdry (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 51
--> HW Shoosmith (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 13

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Drawn return match with Berkshire winning on first innings. The feature of this match was the 282 runs scored by Garnett in the Berkshire first innings that broke the record for the highest individual score held by H E Morgan of Glamorgan of 254 scored against Monmouthshire at Cardiff in 1901. The record has not been beaten since. Garnett scored 59 in the second innings. His run aggregate for the match of 341 was the highest during the season. For Wiltshire, R W Awdry scored 122 and C S Awdry 87. The 213 runs conceded by Smith were the highest for a match in the season. The match aggregate of 1,163 was the highest of the season and also a new record for the Championship. R W Awdry kept wicket for Wiltshire in the Berkshire second innings.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire first innings breakdown and duration of Garnett's 282; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Garnett's 59, batting order, in Wiltshire innings breakdown and duration of R W Awdry's 122, and boundaries in C S Awdry's 87.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 15 August; Reading Mercury; Reading Observer 15 August; North Wilts Herald 14 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August; Cricket 20 August, p 354.

 

 

 

 

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