minc175	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 19th, 20th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Berkshire 1; Wiltshire -1
Umpires	W Haggard, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 149/6 (Williams 8*, Dauglish 10*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c and b Barker	40
JE Stevens	c Croome b Williams	17
WS Medlicott	c Ingram b Barrett	35
CAH Ransome	c and b Barrett	32
AJ Atfield	c Nepean b Barrett	31
HS Snell	c Chapman b Barrett	3
*AM Miller	c Nepean b Williams	2
FH Humphrys	b Williams	13
FW Newman	c Barrett b Barker	13
+T Smart	not out	17
W Overton	b Barrett	1
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-62, 3-115, 4-130, 5-153, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-208 (72.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	15	3	41	2	-	-
Barrett	30.3	9	76	5	-	-
Williams	19	4	67	3	-	-
Croome	8	2	20	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Smart b Humphrys	7
*ACM Croome	c Awdry b Humphrys	34
CEMY Nepean	c Smart b Ransome	29
LP Collins	c Medlicott b Smart	32
EF Hill	c Smart b Humphrys	21
FM Ingram	c Smart b Humphrys	8
RA Williams	lbw b Miller	45
+MJ Dauglish	c Newman b Overton	55
FE Chapman	c Ransome b Overton	8
H Barrett	not out	9
W Barker	c Medlicott b Humphrys	4
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-256 (104 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	23	6	52	2	-	-
Humphrys	40	10	104	5	-	-
Newman	17	8	23	0	-	-
Ransome	7	2	14	1	-	-
Smart	12	4	36	1	-	-
Miller	5	1	23	1	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Ingram b Williams	16
JE Stevens	c Nepean b Williams	11
WS Medlicott	c and b Barrett	1
CAH Ransome	c and b Williams	30
AJ Atfield	c Croome b Williams	0
HS Snell	c Barker b Williams	8
*AM Miller	b Williams	0
FH Humphrys	b Williams	0
FW Newman	c Nepean b Williams	10
+T Smart	b Williams	0
W Overton	not out	13
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-26, 3-28, 4-28, 5-48, 6-48, 7-48, 8-71, 9-77, 10-94 (38 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barrett	17	3	40	1	-	-
Williams	19	5	42	9	-	-
Croome	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b Humphrys	4
*ACM Croome	c and b Humphrys	5
CEMY Nepean	not out	13
LP Collins	not out	20
EF Hill	did not bat
FM Ingram	did not bat
RA Williams	did not bat
+MJ Dauglish	did not bat
FE Chapman	did not bat
H Barrett	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(2 wickets, 14.3 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	7.3	?	13	0	-	-
Humphrys	7	2	29	2	-	-

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Notes
--> EF Hill made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Medlicott (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ACM Croome (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> RA Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Dauglish (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> RA Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 4-59)
--> RA Williams achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings
--> RA Williams completed a hat-trick in the Wiltshire second innings (Snell, Miller, Humphrys)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
By winning this return match at 3.35 pm on the second day, Berkshire completed the double over Wiltshire, having won the match at Trowbridge when the two teams met the previous week. For the second game running against Wiltshire, a Berkshire bowler took nine second-innings wickets, this time it being Williams with 9 for 42 runs. This analysis was statistically the joint second best innings bowling performance of the season, equalling his colleague Barrett's analysis at Trowbridge the week before. In the match Williams took 12 wickets for 109 runs, and he also scored 45, including 5 fours, in the Berkshire first innings. Dauglish's 55 for the winners included 9 fours. When he had scored 8 in the Berkshire first innings, Croome reached his thousand runs in championship matches. For the losers, Awdry top-scored with 40. The 4 catches held by Smart in the Berkshire first innings equalled the Championship record held by F Arnold for Oxfordshire v Wiltshire at Trowbridge in 1896. None of the sources listed includes the bowling analysis for the Berkshire second innings which has been deduced from the averages.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Berkshire 2nd inns details of the Wiltshire bowling analysis which are not given in any of the sources listed.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 27 August; Reading Mercury 20,27 August; Reading Standard 27 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 25 August; North Wilts Herald 26 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 27 August; Sporting Life 20,22 August; The Sportsman 20,22 August.

 

 

 

 

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