minc846	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1907 (Midlands Division)
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 26th, 27th July 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Wiltshire 5; Berkshire 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 15/1 (Collins 6*, Shoosmith 6*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	c Taunton b Smart	22
LP Collins	c Taunton b Smart	18
HW Shoosmith	c Miller b Smart	7
EA Watts	c Grant b Smart	1
GGM Bennett	c Luce b Smart	30
W Barker	st Luce b Smart	0
HCB Gibson	lbw b Grant	0
*CEMY Nepean	c Taunton b Smart	5
+EF Rowe	b Smith	12
TMC Hunt	lbw b Smith	6
C Spencer	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 62.5 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-48, 4-48, 5-?, 6-66, 7-67, 8-?, 9-?, 10-102 (62.5 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21.5	4	44	2	-	-
Grant	23	13	23	1	-	-
Smart	18	5	35	7	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Stevens	c Rowe b Barker	20
WRR Smith	c Rowe b Barker	18
SJH Taunton	c Hunt b Shoosmith	6
TTN Perkins	b Shoosmith	8
AW Newman	b Shoosmith	2
WRC Laverton	b Shoosmith	9
CS Awdry	c Bennett b Spencer	31
T Smart	b Shoosmith	10
*AM Miller	not out	37
E Grant	c Nepean b Barker	21
+TS Luce	lbw b Shoosmith	4
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 3 nb, 0 w)	4
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-34, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-116, 9-165, 10-170 (65.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	21	6	70	3	-	3
Shoosmith	27.4	12	34	6	-	-
Hunt	12	3	25	0	-	-
Spencer	3	0	17	1	-	-
Gibson	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	lbw b Smart	1
LP Collins	c Taunton b Smith	13
HW Shoosmith	c Smith b Smart	19
EA Watts	b Smart	10
GGM Bennett	c and b Smith	17
W Barker	c Miller b Smith	6
HCB Gibson	b Smith	0
*CEMY Nepean	not out	34
+EF Rowe	b Smith	7
TMC Hunt	b Smart	0
C Spencer	b Smart	1
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-32, 3-40, 4-45, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-111 (43.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	3	0	7	0	-	-
Smart	21.1	5	57	5	-	-
Smith	19	4	44	5	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TTN Perkins	c Hunt b Shoosmith	14
WRR Smith	b Shoosmith	13
SJH Taunton	not out	15
CS Awdry	not out	1
JE Stevens	did not bat
AW Newman	did not bat
WRC Laverton	did not bat
T Smart	did not bat
*AM Miller	did not bat
E Grant	did not bat
+TS Luce	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 22.5 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shoosmith	11.5	3	22	2	-	-
Barker	10	1	13	0	1	-
Hunt	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HCB Gibson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HCB Gibson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Shoosmith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 2-26)
--> HW Shoosmith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire 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.
Wiltshire won by 8 wickets on the second day. For the winners, Smart took 12 wickets in the match for 92 runs, including 7 for 35 in the Berkshire first innings. J E Stevens played for Wiltshire under the pseudonym I Missem.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; precise
time completed; Spencer's initials.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 1 August; North Wilts Herald 2 August; Wiltshire Times 27 July, 3 August; Berkshire Chronicle 3 August; Reading Mercury 3 August; Reading Observer 3 August; Cricketer and Hockey Player 1 August; Sporting Life 27,29 July; The Sportsman 27,29 July.

 

 

 

 

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