Captain: ACM Croome

Home Grounds used:
County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading

Away Grounds visited:
Oxford County School Ground, Thame; County Ground, Trowbridge; Wendover Road, Aylesbury; Park Avenue, Watford

Minor Counties Championship playing record:
P 8     W 1     D 5     L 2

Click on these links for the season's Minor Counties Championship scorecards and results
or Minor Counties Championship batting averages or Minor Counties Championship bowling averages

23 players appeared in Minor Counties Championship matches for Berkshire in 1896:
H Barber; W Barker; RES Barrington; WBL Barrington; LA Burgess; FE Chapman; CFC Clarke; LGA Collins; ACM Croome; A Daffen; RP Daft; MJ Dauglish; JH Dowell; FW Finch; WG Heasman; EF Hill; FM Ingram; SH Maurice; CEMY Nepean; HV Plum; FJ Portman; E Watts; HD Wells.

16 players made their debut for Berkshire in these matches in 1896:
H Barber; RES Barrington; LA Burgess; CFC Clarke; A Daffen; RP Daft; MJ Dauglish; JH Dowell; WG Heasman; EF Hill; FM Ingram; SH Maurice; HV Plum; FJ Portman; E Watts; HD Wells.