minc672	Berkshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 9th, 10th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Buckinghamshire 2
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 74/4 (Bennett 43*, Rowe 3*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b Cave	0
JJ Astor	c Dowell b Sansum	61
MW Wright	b Cave	34
FH Mitchell	c Croome b Cave	4
FN Bird	b Hutson	6
*PJ de Paravicini	c Bennett b Hutson	6
F Langley	c Watts b Cave	9
+F Symes-Thompson	c Croome b Bennett	31
ASB Perry	c Watts b Hutson	16
T Gibbs	not out	32
SJA Vickerstaff	c Nepean b Cave	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-50, 3-64, 4-70, 5-?, 6-115, 7-135, 8-164, 9-189, 10-202 (60.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	30.5	7	79	5	-	-
Hutson	18	1	81	3	-	-
Sansum	8	4	22	1	-	-
Bennett	4	0	17	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c de Paravicini b Wright	15
H Brougham	b Vickerstaff	3
GGM Bennett	b Wright	78
JH Dowell	c Astor b Wright	0
+EA Watts	c Vickerstaff b Wright	10
FE Rowe	c Bird b Wright	3
WM Greenfield	b Vickerstaff	0
HW Hutson	b Vickerstaff	32
ACM Croome	not out	28
W Cave	run out	4
A Sansum	b Vickerstaff	1
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-24, 3-24, 4-64, 5-76, 6-76, 7-138, 8-144, 9-160, 10-178 (63.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	32	7	76	5	-	-
Vickerstaff	31.3	6	98	4	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Astor	run out	27
F Langley	not out	77
CRH Gresson	run out	32
FH Mitchell	c Dowell b Croome	0
FN Bird	not out	39
MW Wright	did not bat
*PJ de Paravicini	did not bat
+F Symes-Thompson	did not bat
ASB Perry	did not bat
T Gibbs	did not bat
SJA Vickerstaff	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-?, 3-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	11	3	20	0	-	-
Hutson	12	3	23	0	-	-
Sansum	9	1	28	0	2	-
Rowe	3	0	12	0	-	-
Croome	15	3	45	1	-	-
Bennett	8	0	47	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c Astor b Vickerstaff	4
H Brougham	c Perry b Vickerstaff	8
JH Dowell	not out	22
WM Greenfield	c Bird b Wright	14
+EA Watts	c Symes-Thompson b Vickerstaff	2
FE Rowe	not out	5
GGM Bennett	did not bat
HW Hutson	did not bat
ACM Croome	did not bat
W Cave	did not bat
A Sansum	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(4 wickets, 19 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23, 3-?, 4-?

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	9	5	23	1	-	-
Vickerstaff	9	2	28	3	-	-
Mitchell	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Brougham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FH Mitchell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Dowell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JJ Astor (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Symes-Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Gibbs (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CRH Gresson (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> F Langley (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Cave reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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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.
This match was drawn with Buckinghamshire winning on first innings. The Buckinghamshire second innings declaration left Berkshire 211 runs in arrears and 50 minutes to bat. Rain on the first day stopped play between 12.40 and 3.05 pm, and on the second day delayed the restart after lunch until 2.45 pm. For the home side, Bennett made the highest score with 78. In the Berkshire first innings Bennett and Hutson added 62 for the seventh wicket. For the visitors, Langley scored 77 not out and Astor 61.
[Missing: Umpires; part extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire first innings boundaries in Astor's 61; in Buckinghamshire second innings boundaries in Langley's 77 not out; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Bennett's 78; date of Slough Observer.]
Source: Berkshire Chronicle 12 August; Reading Mercury 12 August; Reading Observer 12 August; Reading Standard 12 August;
Bucks Advertiser 12 August; Bucks Herald 12 August; South Bucks Free Press 18 August; Sporting Life 10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August.

 

 

 

 

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