minc212	Berkshire v Northamptonshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1899
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 7th, 8th August 1899 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Berkshire -1; Northamptonshire 1
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 215 all out

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Brown b Thompson	0
LP Collins	hit wkt b Driffield	12
HFM Morres	c Colson b East	25
HW Hutson	b Driffield	0
ER Morres	b Thompson	83
EA Watts	c Thompson b East	0
*ACM Croome	c East b Thompson	3
+MJ Dauglish	b Thompson	16
FE Chapman	b Thompson	11
H Barrett	b Thompson	11
W Barker	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-22, 3-22, 4-57, 5-61, 6-85, 7-110, 8-126, 9-166, 10-169 (50.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	25.1	7	62	6	-	2
Driffield	5	1	13	2	-	-
East	9	2	45	2	-	-
HE Kingston	7	0	33	0	-	-
Brown	4	0	10	0	1	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	b Barker	58
HE Kingston	c Croome b Barrett	6
WH Kingston	b Barker	45
LT Driffield	b Barrett	12
GJ Thompson	c Croome b Barker	0
W East	c Dauglish b Barker	0
TA Brown	st Dauglish b Hutson	27
CJT Pool	c LGA Collins b Barrett	17
GH Colson	not out	32
FO Warren	c Watts b LGA Collins	8
+BC Smith	c Dauglish b Barrett	9
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-101, 3-122, 4-122, 5-122, 6-123, 7-164, 8-170, 9-187, 10-215 (77.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barrett	29.4	11	67	4	-	-
Barker	29	7	81	4	-	-
Croome	4	0	19	0	-	-
ER Morres	6	1	21	0	-	-
Hutson	4	0	13	1	-	-
LGA Collins	4	0	12	1	-	-
HFM Morres	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b HE Kingston	12
LP Collins	c Horton b HE Kingston	21
HFM Morres	c Thompson b East	62
HW Hutson	b Thompson	0
ER Morres	c WH Kingston b Thompson	68
EA Watts	b Horton	6
*ACM Croome	c Horton b East	8
+MJ Dauglish	c Colson b Brown	22
FE Chapman	b Brown	14
H Barrett	b Thompson	4
W Barker	not out	1
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-34, 3-35, 4-146, 5-163, 6-188, 7-213, 8-219, 9-224, 10-226 (76 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	20	3	60	3	-	-
Driffield	11	6	14	0	-	-
HE Kingston	13	0	50	2	-	-
East	18	4	36	2	-	3
Brown	10	0	43	2	-	-
Horton	4	1	15	1	1	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*T Horton	not out	81
HE Kingston	b Barker	0
WH Kingston	c Croome b Barker	2
GH Colson	c HFM Morres b LGA Collins	11
GJ Thompson	b ER Morres	13
TA Brown	c and b Hutson	33
W East	not out	27
LT Driffield	did not bat
CJT Pool	did not bat
FO Warren	did not bat
+BC Smith	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 72.3 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-34, 4-67, 5-126

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barrett	19	4	41	0	-	-
Barker	23	10	39	2	-	2
LGA Collins	12	2	24	1	-	-
Croome	4	0	21	0	-	-
ER Morres	11.3	5	25	1	-	-
Hutson	3	0	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HW Hutson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ER Morres (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HFM Morres (2) passed his previous highest score of 57 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W East (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets at 5.45 pm on the second day, having needed in their second innings 181 runs to win in three hours and a quarter. For the winners, Horton scored 58 and 81 not out. The latter score was the highest by a batsman in the fourth innings of a match during the season. For Berkshire, there were 13 fours and 11 fours respectively in E R Morres's two innings of 83 and 68. H F M Morres scored 62. In the Berkshire second innings, the brothers Morres put on 111 runs for the fourth wicket. Published newspaper accounts of this match have several variations in the fall of wickets, especially for the Berkshire first innings, and the version adopted is largely based on the Northampton Daily Chronicle.
[Missing: Umpires; in Berkshire 2nd inns boundaries in H F M Morres 62; in Northamptonshire 1st inns boundaries in Horton's 58; in the Northamptonshire 2nd inns boundaries in Horton's 81 not out.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 12 August; Reading Mercury 12 August; Reading Standard 11 August; Northampton Daily Chronicle 8,9 August; Northampton Daily Reporter 8,9 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August.

 

 

 

 

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