minc68	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 17th, 18th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 101 runs
Points	Berkshire -1; Wiltshire 1
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (2) 112/6 (Stevens 44*, Beaven 5*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Wyndham	b Barker	0
WH Goudge	b Daffen	13
OG Radcliffe	c Dauglish b Daffen	42
*AM Miller	c Daffen b Barker	2
JE Stevens	b Barker	5
FW Stancomb	c Dauglish b Daffen	5
PH Morres	c Nepean b Croome	29
JF Beaven	c Croome b Barker	0
+T Smart	c RES Barrington b Croome	25
FH Humphrys	b Barker	6
W Overton	not out	8
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-57, 3-60, 4-74, 5-80, 6-80, 7-80, 8-130, 9-135, 10-148 (38.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	14.3	5	38	5	-	-
Croome	8	2	32	2	1	-
Daffen	12	3	49	3	-	-
Finch	1	0	7	0	-	-
WBL Barrington	3	2	9	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	c Stevens b Overton	25
WBL Barrington	c Smart b Miller	0
A Daffen	c Smart b Miller	0
FM Ingram	c Smart b Miller	0
EF Hill	b Miller	0
RES Barrington	c and b Miller	16
H Barber	lbw b Radcliffe	17
*ACM Croome	b Miller	10
+MJ Dauglish	c Morres b Miller	54
FW Finch	b Miller	4
W Barker	not out	7
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-12, 4-18, 5-34, 6-47, 7-88, 8-129, 9-129, 10-140 (45.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	20.2	1	65	8	-	-
Overton	13	6	33	1	-	-
Radcliffe	9	2	26	1	-	-
Humphrys	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Goudge	c Ingram b Daffen	15
PH Morres	c and b Barker	11
OG Radcliffe	b Barker	0
JR Wyndham	c Croome b Daffen	1
JE Stevens	b Barker	76
FW Stancomb	b Daffen	17
*AM Miller	c Hill b WBL Barrington	6
JF Beaven	run out	8
+T Smart	c Nepean b Croome	0
FH Humphrys	b Barker	3
W Overton	not out	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-20, 4-40, 5-75, 6-101, 7-130, 8-135, 9-148, 10-153 (62.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	25.1	9	55	4	-	4
Daffen	19	8	32	3	-	-
Croome	10	4	32	1	1	-
Finch	4	1	14	0	-	-
WBL Barrington	4	3	4	1	1	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	b Overton	3
WBL Barrington	c Smart b Miller	10
A Daffen	b Overton	3
FM Ingram	c Smart b Miller	0
EF Hill	b Overton	0
RES Barrington	c Radcliffe b Miller	3
*ACM Croome	run out	0
+MJ Dauglish	b Overton	8
H Barber	b Overton	2
FW Finch	b Overton	15
W Barker	not out	4
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 18.2 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-25, 3-27, 4-27, 5-29, 6-30, 7-39, 8-39, 9-43, 10-60 (18.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	9.2	1	24	6	-	-
Miller	9	2	24	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Berkshire full substitute: H Barber for LGA Collins
--> JR Wyndham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Barber made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PH Morres made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Barber made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PH Morres (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Smart (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Dauglish (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Miller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 6-60)
--> W Overton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 5-36)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match was won by Wiltshire at 5.30 pm on the second day, the game earlier in the month at Trowbridge having been drawn. Heavy overnight rain prevented play before 3.30 pm on the second day. Requiring 162 runs to win, Berkshire were dismissed in under an hour for 60 runs. For the winners, Miller took 11 wickets in the match for 89 runs, including 8 for 65 in the first innings, which was statistically the equal second-best innings bowling performance of the season. There were 15 fours in Stevens's 76. In the Wiltshire first innings Morres and Smart put on 50 runs for the eighth wicket. The 5 catches held by Smart in the match equalled the record for the competition set by C E Cobb of Buckinghamshire v Berkshire at Aylesbury the week before. For Berkshire, Dauglish's 54 included 9 fours. The Wiltshire Captain permitted H Barber of Newbury to replace L G A Collins in the Berkshire team after the latter split a finger in attempting to catch Radcliffe early in the Wiltshire first innings. The score at the time was 67-3 wickets.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 22 August; Reading Observer 22 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 20 August; Salisbury Journal 22 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 22 August; Wiltshire Times 22 August; The Sportsman 18,19 August.

 

 

 

 

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