minc5874	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1962
Venue	The County Ground, Swindon on 17th, 18th August 1962 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 3; Berkshire 1
Umpires	EH Bryant, C Evans
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GG Tordoff	b Martin	4
RN Johnson	c Marshall b Merryweather	18
RM James	b Marshall	0
JS Drewett	c Martin b Merryweather	34
AA Hillary	c Marshall b Merryweather	6
HEM Murphy	c and b Marshall	22
CEW Brooks	lbw b Marshall	16
AT Davis	c Sharpe b Merryweather	4
RA Finch	b Merryweather	2
AC Denness	not out	26
PA Simpkins	b Smith	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-52, 4-58, 5-73, 6-91, 7-100, 8-106, 9-106, 10-139 (56 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	11	6	20	1	-	-
Marshall	23	5	47	3	-	-
Merryweather	19	4	66	5	-	-
Smith	3	1	3	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	b Denness	0
DE Essenhigh	c Drewett b Denness	6
AJ Price	c Brooks b James	6
MRJ Guest	b James	2
AM Smith	lbw b Finch	69
DM Richards	c Hillary b James	48
DW Sharpe	b James	1
AG Marshall	c Murphy b Finch	13
JH Merryweather	not out	29
MH Martin	c Davis b Finch	0
RJ Carlyon	b Finch	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-15, 3-17, 4-23, 5-130, 6-138, 7-138, 8-172, 9-180, 10-180 (62.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Denness	14	4	39	2	-	-
James	27	9	61	4	-	-
Finch	12.2	0	35	4	-	-
Simpkins	5	0	18	0	-	1
Brooks	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	c Smith b Martin	1
RN Johnson	b Marshall	25
GG Tordoff	c Carlyon b Merryweather	16
RM James	c Carlyon b Martin	92
JS Drewett	b Merryweather	0
AA Hillary	lbw b Marshall	2
HEM Murphy	b Marshall	0
CEW Brooks	lbw b Sharpe	45
AC Denness	not out	9
RA Finch	not out	20
PA Simpkins	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	26
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-48, 3-48, 4-48, 5-55, 6-55, 7-187, 8-215

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	13	4	35	2	-	-
Marshall	30	15	50	3	-	-
Merryweather	26	7	75	2	-	-
Smith	14	4	45	0	-	-
Sharpe	3	2	5	1	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	c Brooks b Simpkins	40
DE Essenhigh	c Tordoff b Simpkins	32
AJ Price	lbw b Denness	2
AM Smith	run out	12
DW Sharpe	c Davis b Simpkins	13
MRJ Guest	run out	0
DM Richards	not out	42
AG Marshall	b James	12
MH Martin	c Drewett b Simpkins	3
JH Merryweather	not out	9
RJ Carlyon	run out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 53 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-78, 3-84, 4-90, 5-98, 6-107, 7-123, 8-136, 9-136

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Denness	12	1	36	1	-	2
Finch	4	2	5	0	-	-
Simpkins	21	3	85	4	-	-
James	11	3	21	1	-	-
Brooks	5	2	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AA Hillary made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Finch made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DW Sharpe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Denness (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Merryweather (1) equalled his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM James (2) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 71
--> RA Finch (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Finch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 0-6)

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