minc112	Berkshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 9th, 10th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by an innings and 132 runs
Points	Berkshire 1; Hertfordshire -1
Umpires	J Relf, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 86/1 (White 62*, Butcher 0*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	lbw b White	34
CEMY Nepean	c Small b White	75
ER Morres	b Hoyer Millar	11
+FE Chapman	b Hoyer Millar	94
EK Willett	c Coleman b Hoyer Millar	12
AH Delmé-Radcliffe	b Coleman	7
A Daffen	b Hoyer Millar	4
H Barrett	c and b Dunn	21
*ACM Croome	b Hoyer Millar	41
MJ Dauglish	b Coleman	52
W Barker	not out	0
Extras	(35 b, 5 lb)	40
Total	(all out, 111.2 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-106, 3-166, 4-194, 5-211, 6-230, 7-291, 8-309, 9-391, 10-391 (111.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	17	5	56	2	-	-
Hoyer Millar	38.2	17	82	5	-	-
White	28	6	82	2	-	-
Goodyear	8	0	34	0	-	-
Dunn	15	2	52	1	-	-
Field	2	0	11	0	-	-
Butcher	1	0	12	0	-	-
Small	2	0	22	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	b Croome	62
GH Small	b Barrett	16
*A Butcher	b Croome	20
F Field	c Daffen b Barrett	1
+AB Reynolds	c and b Croome	0
RG Wright	c Dauglish b Collins	24
WE Coleman	st Chapman b Croome	11
G Dunn	c Barrett b Croome	0
FL Sutton	not out	12
EN Goodyear	c Willett b Croome	3
CC Hoyer Millar	run out	0
Extras	(13 b)	13
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-91, 3-106, 4-106, 5-115, 6-137, 7-145, 8-159, 9-162, 10-162 (74.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	7	1	22	0	-	-
Barrett	27	13	49	2	-	-
Croome	28	11	52	6	-	-
Morres	2	0	11	0	-	-
Collins	10.4	6	15	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	b Croome	1
GH Small	b Barker	4
*A Butcher	b Barrett	46
F Field	c Willett b Croome	9
+AB Reynolds	c and b Croome	2
RG Wright	b Barker	10
FL Sutton	c Croome b Barker	0
WE Coleman	b Barker	4
G Dunn	b Barker	5
EN Goodyear	lbw b Croome	1
CC Hoyer Millar	not out	4
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-20, 4-32, 5-49, 6-49, 7-57, 8-69, 9-74, 10-97 (53.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	25	11	50	5	-	-
Croome	25	10	33	4	-	-
Collins	2	0	2	0	-	-
Barrett	1.1	0	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> ER Morres made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Barrett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEMY Nepean (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEMY Nepean (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 34
--> CC Hoyer Millar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 3-32)
--> CC Hoyer Millar achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire won by an innings and 132 runs at 4.00 pm on the second day, after Hertfordshire followed on 229 runs behind. For the victors there were 13 fours in Chapman's 94, scored in 150 minutes, 6 fours in Nepean's 75, scored in 105 minutes, and 8 fours in Dauglish's 52 scored in 35 minutes. Croome took 10 wickets in the match for 85 runs. In the Berkshire innings, Chapman and Barrett added 61 runs for the seventh wicket and Croome and Dauglish 82 runs for the ninth wicket. White's 62 for Hertfordshire included 9 fours.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Berkshire Chronicle 14 August; Reading Mercury 14 August; Reading Observer 14 August; Reading Standard 13 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 14 August; Watford Observer 14 August; The Sportsman 11 August.

 

 

 

 

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