minc58	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 7th, 8th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 0; Berkshire 0
Umpires	[unknown], J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 133/7 (Barrington 7*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Metcalfe b Miller	0
CEMY Nepean	c Goudge b Miller	13
EF Hill	b Miller	11
A Daffen	c Overton b Smart	13
*ACM Croome	b Miller	21
+FE Chapman	b Humphrys	35
RES Barrington	b Smart	6
FW Finch	b Overton	5
FJ Portman	b Humphrys	2
W Barker	c Metcalfe b Humphrys	4
EA Watts	not out	9
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-33, 4-51, 5-62, 6-71, 7-111, 8-114, 9-117, 10-130 (48.4 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	19	5	57	4	-	-
Overton	14	6	30	1	-	-
Smart	9	3	22	2	-	-
Humphrys	6.4	2	10	3	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GBT Metcalfe	c and b Barker	1
WH Goudge	b Daffen	5
JE Stevens	c Croome b Daffen	8
OG Radcliffe	c Collins b Daffen	6
+FW Stancomb	c Croome b Barker	8
JF Beaven	b Barker	5
*AM Miller	c Watts b Barker	0
FH Humphrys	b Barker	14
CS Awdry	b Barker	13
T Smart	st Chapman b Barker	0
W Overton	not out	1
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-24, 4-25, 5-34, 6-34, 7-43, 8-68, 9-69, 10-70 (35.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daffen	18	9	26	3	-	-
Barker	17.4	5	35	7	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	c Radcliffe b Miller	21
LGA Collins	b Overton	10
A Daffen	b Smart	41
EF Hill	b Smart	30
*ACM Croome	b Miller	6
+FE Chapman	st Stancomb b Smart	5
RES Barrington	b Overton	30
FW Finch	b Smart	4
FJ Portman	b Smart	12
W Barker	not out	6
EA Watts	c Awdry b Overton	7
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 3 w)	20
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-35, 3-110, 4-115, 5-122, 6-127, 7-133, 8-158, 9-180, 10-192 (66.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	23	9	61	2	2	-
Humphrys	9	4	22	0	-	-
Overton	9.1	3	28	3	-	-
Radcliffe	4	0	12	0	-	-
Awdry	3	0	14	0	1	-
Smart	18	9	35	5	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OG Radcliffe	c Watts b Barker	34
WH Goudge	c Daffen b Barker	9
GBT Metcalfe	b Croome	3
JE Stevens	c Chapman b Barker	25
+FW Stancomb	c Finch b Barker	3
JF Beaven	c Barker b Croome	0
*AM Miller	not out	25
FH Humphrys	not out	15
CS Awdry	did not bat
T Smart	did not bat
W Overton	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 76.3 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-43, 3-48, 4-55, 5-56, 6-84

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daffen	16.3	5	32	0	-	-
Barker	26	11	38	4	-	-
Finch	16	7	22	0	-	-
Croome	17	6	22	2	-	1
Collins	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RES Barrington made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FJ Portman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Chapman (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Daffen (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Barker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> W Barker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings
--> W Overton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 3-36)
--> T Smart achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 2-22)
--> T Smart achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This rain-affected match was drawn. A heavy thunderstorm on the afternoon of the second day prevented play for an hour and an half. For Berkshire, Barker took 11 wickets in the match for 73 runs, including 7 for 35 in the Wiltshire first innings.
[Missing: Second umpire; extras breakdown.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 13 August; Salisbury Journal 15 August; Swinden Advertiser 15 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 15 August; Wiltshire Times 15 August; Berkshire Chronicle 15 August; Reading Observer 15,22 August; Reading Standard 14 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.

 

 

 

 

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