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| Venue | Reading School Ground, Erleigh Road, Reading on 10th, 11th August 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cornwall won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Berkshire won by an innings and 4 runs |
| Points | Berkshire 10; Cornwall 0 |
| Umpires | TS Jennings, TM McMurray |
| Scorer | J Hinton (Berkshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Berkshire (1) 191/5 |
| Cornwall first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| REF Hosking | c and b Sly | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| CM Casley | c Crombie b Morbey | 0 | |||||
| JW Murphy | c Morbey b Langdale | 19 | |||||
| *WN Dorning | b Sly | 42 | |||||
| RH Whitehouse | b Langdale | 9 | 1 | - | |||
| J Vincent | c Langdale b Young | 5 | |||||
| JA Wright | c and b Young | 2 | |||||
| GE Green | c Salmon b Sly | 16 | 1 | - | |||
| +TB Bax | st Fox b Sly | 4 | |||||
| WJ Perham | not out | 7 | 1 | - | |||
| DC Triniman | c Davis b Langdale | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 180 minutes, 63.3 overs) | 118 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-? (90.5 ov), 10-118 (63.3 ov) | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morbey | 9 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sly | 13 | 6 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Young | 14 | 4 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 25.3 | 11 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Flatman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Berkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Mence | c Wright b Murphy | 68 | 7 | - | |||
| +R Fox | c Bax b Triniman | 2 | |||||
| MA Salmon | c and b Hosking | 45 | 4 | - | |||
| JWH May | c Wright b Hosking | 7 | 1 | - | |||
| AT Davis | c Wright b Casley | 20 | 1 | 1 | |||
| GR Langdale | c Wright b Hosking | 50 | 6 | - | |||
| DE Young | c Wright b Green | 37 | 3 | - | |||
| RD Morbey | b Hosking | 23 | 3 | - | |||
| CMS Crombie | not out | 8 | - | - | |||
| AJ Sly | st Bax b Hosking | 8 | - | - | |||
| AW Flatman | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 90.5 overs) | 283 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-121, 3-123, 4-132, 5-165, 6-233, 7-266, 8-267, 9-283 (90.5 ov) | |||||||
| Cornwall bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Green | 19 | 1 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Triniman | 27 | 3 | 91 | 1 | - | - | |
| Murphy | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Casley | 13 | 2 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Whitehouse | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Perham | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hosking | 9.5 | 0 | 35 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cornwall second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| REF Hosking | c and b Langdale | 53 | 5 | 1 | |||
| CM Casley | c Flatman b Morbey | 1 | |||||
| JW Murphy | c Morbey b Langdale | 10 | 2 | - | |||
| *WN Dorning | c Morbey b Langdale | 28 | 4 | - | |||
| GE Green | lbw b Sly | 5 | - | - | |||
| J Vincent | not out | 31 | 3 | - | |||
| JA Wright | c Salmon b Langdale | 1 | |||||
| RH Whitehouse | c Mence b Langdale | 23 | 5 | - | |||
| +TB Bax | st Fox b Langdale | 0 | |||||
| WJ Perham | b Young | 1 | |||||
| DC Triniman | b Young | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 76.5 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-22, 3-88, 4-101, 5-101, 6-108, 7-158, 8-158, 9-161, 10-161 (76.5 ov) | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morbey | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sly | 16 | 4 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 32 | 17 | 49 | 6 | - | - | |
| Young | 15.5 | 4 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| May | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Flatman | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> WJ Perham made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> REF Hosking (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 52
--> AJ Sly reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cornwall first innings
--> REF Hosking achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 1-2)
--> REF Hosking achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings
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