minc98	Worcestershire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 28th, 29th July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 24 runs
Points	Worcestershire 1; Berkshire -1
Umpires	[unknown], J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 92/9 (Barker 13*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EP Jobson	c Croome b Relf	0
*HK Foster	b Relf	26
EG Arnold	run out	53
GE Bromley-Martin	c Christopherson b Croome	13
RE Foster	c Collins b Croome	26
GF Wheldon	c Relf b Croome	29
EG Bromley-Martin	c Croome b Morres	48
A Millward	lbw b Barker	21
RD Burrows	c Daffen b Morres	9
A Bird	c Delmé-Radcliffe b Relf	23
+T Straw	not out	4
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-46, 3-74, 4-124, 5-128, 6-203, 7-?, 8-232, 9-242, 10-270 (81.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Relf	17.3	2	80	3	-	-
Barker	22	4	50	1	-	-
Croome	27	5	76	3	4	-
Daffen	6	2	21	0	-	-
Morres	9	2	25	2	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	b Arnold	0
LGA Collins	b Arnold	11
A Daffen	c Straw b Bird	1
HFM Morres	b Burrows	7
AH Delmé-Radcliffe	c EG Bromley-Martin b Arnold	4
AE Relf	b Arnold	25
*ACM Croome	b Arnold	6
P Christopherson	c HK Foster b EG Bromley-Martin	13
OT Cooke	run out	0
W Barker	c Millward b Bird	18
JWS Wheble	not out	10
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-21, 4-23, 5-35, 6-47, 7-63, 8-63, 9-92, 10-104 (63.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	31	13	47	5	-	-
Bird	12.4	4	17	2	-	-
Burrows	12	4	13	1	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	8	1	18	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	b Bird	1
LGA Collins	b Arnold	1
A Daffen	b Bird	0
HFM Morres	b Burrows	35
AH Delmé-Radcliffe	c EG Bromley-Martin b Arnold	3
AE Relf	c Straw b Bird	2
*ACM Croome	b Bird	0
P Christopherson	st Straw b EG Bromley-Martin	52
W Barker	lbw b Burrows	3
OT Cooke	not out	12
JWS Wheble	run out	23
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-11, 5-19, 6-19, 7-98, 8-98, 9-102, 10-142 (58.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	19.3	8	32	2	-	1
Bird	14	6	33	4	-	-
Burrows	15	8	32	2	-	-
EG Bromley-Martin	10	2	35	1	1	-

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Notes
--> HFM Morres made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Delmé-Radcliffe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Christopherson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OT Cooke made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JWS Wheble made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OT Cooke made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This was the inaugural Championship match at the new County Ground at Worcester. Worcestershire won at 3.30 pm on the second day by an innings and 24 runs, after Berkshire followed on 166 runs behind. For Worcestershire, Arnold top-scored with 53, whilst Christopherson's 52 for Berkshire contained 5 fours. In the Berkshire second innings, Morres and Christopherson added 79 run for the seventh wicket.
[Missing: One umpire; extras breakdown; Berkshire wicket-keeper; in Worcestershire inns boundaries in Arnold's 53, and fall of 7th wicket.]
Sources: Berrow's Worcester Journal 31 July; Worcestershire Echo 28,29 July; Berkshire Chronicle 31 July; Reading Mercury 31 July; Reading Observer 31 July; Reading Standard 30 July; The Sportsman 29,30 July.

 

 

 

 

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