minc124	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	The County Ground, Swindon on 20th, 21st August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 0; Berkshire 0
Umpires	W Haggard, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 93/0 (LGA Collins 27*, Nepean 57*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b Overton	55
CEMY Nepean	b Overton	68
+MJ Dauglish	b Overton	0
FM Ingram	b Overton	3
LP Collins	st Miller b Smart	5
FE Chapman	lbw b Atfield	55
AH Delmé-Radcliffe	c and b Overton	1
*ACM Croome	c Smart b Overton	33
H Barrett	c Eldridge b Overton	5
W Barker	b Overton	12
FW Finch	not out	0
Extras		14
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-104, 3-118, 4-129, 5-161, 6-163, 7-219, 8-229, 9-?, 10-251 (92.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eldridge	24	5	73	0	-	-
Overton	38.1	17	72	8	-	-
Humphrys	11	2	37	0	-	-
Smart	16	4	39	1	-	-
Miller	1	0	3	0	-	-
Atfield	2	0	13	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Stevens	b Finch	10
OG Radcliffe	b Barrett	0
CS Awdry	c Finch b Barrett	2
AJ Atfield	c Finch b Barrett	2
WH Goudge	st Dauglish b Finch	0
FH Humphrys	b Finch	1
HS Snell	c LGA Collins b Barrett	5
T Smart	c LGA Collins b Barrett	11
W Overton	c LGA Collins b Barrett	0
AG Eldridge	not out	11
*+AM Miller	absent
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 21.2 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12, 3-12, 4-12, 5-16, 6-16, 7-28, 8-30, 9-43 (21.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Finch	11	4	21	3	-	-
Barrett	10.2	6	21	6	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OG Radcliffe	c Chapman b Finch	0
JE Stevens	c Nepean b Croome	40
CS Awdry	st Dauglish b Finch	14
AJ Atfield	lbw b Finch	16
WH Goudge	c Dauglish b Barrett	7
FH Humphrys	b Barrett	0
HS Snell	lbw b Barrett	0
T Smart	not out	7
W Overton	st Dauglish b Finch	0
AG Eldridge	not out	4
*+AM Miller	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(8 wickets, 44 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31, 3-61, 4-78, 5-80, 6-80, 7-88, 8-90

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Finch	19	7	36	4	-	-
Barrett	17	8	37	3	-	-
Croome	5	0	14	1	-	-
Barker	1	0	1	0	-	-
LGA Collins	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AH Delmé-Radcliffe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 32
--> W Overton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 6-24)
--> H Barrett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 5-19)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire just failed to win this drawn return match, after Wiltshire followed on 208 runs behind. The game between the two sides earlier in the month at Reading had been won by Berkshire. Rain delayed play on the first day until 2.00 pm, when only around two hours of cricket were possible, before a further downpour at about 4.00 pm halted cricket for the day. Overnight the two Captains agreed to play to 6.30 pm to try to achieve a result. On the second day, rain prevented play after the lunch interval until 3.35 pm when Wiltshire began their first innings which lasted less than an hour. Following-on, and with Miller having left the ground believing the game safe, the home team lost their eighth wicket with 5 minutes of play still remaining, but Eldridge joined Smart to play out time. For the visitors, there were 8 fours in Nepean's 68, 7 fours in Chapman's 55 and 2 fours in L G A Collins's 55. In the Berkshire innings, L G A Collins and Nepean put on 104 runs for the first wicket, and Chapman and Croome 56 runs for the seventh. For Wiltshire Overton took 8 wickets for 72 runs in the Berkshire innings. Miller and Smart shared the wicket-keeping duties for the home team. The Wiltshire first innings score of 43 was the second lowest of the season for a completed innings.
[Missing: Part extras breakdown; in Berkshire inns fall of 9th wicket.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 26 August; North Wiltshire Herald 27 August; Salisbury Journal 28 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 28 August; Berkshire Chronicle 28 August; Reading Observer 28 August; Sporting Life 21,23 August; The Sportsman 21,23 August.

 

 

 

 

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