minc269	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1900
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 3rd, 4th August 1900 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wiltshire won by an innings and 19 runs
Points	Wiltshire 1; Berkshire -1
Umpires	[unknown]
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 101/5 (Medlicott 30*, Taunton 2*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Williams	c Smith b Overton	0
*ACM Croome	c Overton b Smith	10
C Paice	c Overton b Smith	20
CE Brown	lbw b Overton	15
+FE Chapman	b Smith	0
HM Worsley	not out	31
HL Collmann	b Overton	0
JA Yates	c and b Smith	4
G Nicholson	c Martin b Smith	0
WO Nares	c Miller b Smith	0
W Barker	st Smart b Overton	1
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 34.2 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-42, 4-45, 5-69, 6-69, 7-80, 8-80, 9-80, 10-84 (34.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	17.2	6	45	4	-	-
Smith	17	5	36	6	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OG Radcliffe	c Paice b Williams	15
HS Snell	b Brown	27
W Overton	c Nicholson b Williams	0
WS Medlicott	c Chapman b Croome	68
JE Stevens	c Williams b Brown	0
*AM Miller	c Nicholson b Croome	10
FW Stancomb	lbw b Croome	12
SJH Taunton	b Croome	20
+T Smart	c Williams b Brown	4
WRR Smith	c Brown b Croome	11
G Martin	not out	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-27, 3-44, 4-44, 5-93, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-174 (77.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	33	11	65	3	-	-
Williams	24	6	69	2	-	1
Barker	7	3	12	0	-	-
Croome	12.2	5	21	5	1	-
Worsley	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Williams	st +Stancomb b Smart	8
*ACM Croome	c +Stancomb b Martin	30
C Paice	b Martin	3
CE Brown	b Smart	7
+FE Chapman	b Smith	4
HM Worsley	b Martin	0
HL Collmann	c Radcliffe b Smart	5
JA Yates	b Martin	1
G Nicholson	b Smart	0
WO Nares	c +Stancomb b Smart	3
W Barker	not out	1
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 29 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-37, 3-37, 4-52, 5-56, 6-62, 7-67, 8-67, 9-68, 10-71 (29 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	6	1	23	0	-	-
Smith	8	3	11	1	-	-
Smart	8	1	23	5	1	-
Martin	7	3	5	4	1	-

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Notes
--> C Paice made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Yates made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Nicholson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Martin made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Nicholson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Worsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SJH Taunton (1) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Miller retired hurt in the Wiltshire first innings having scored 8 (team had lost 4 wickets) - he returned at the fall of the 6th wicket

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Wiltshire won by an innings at 3.00 pm on the second day. The start on the first day was delayed by rain until 2.00 pm. For Wiltshire, Medlicott scored 68. During the Wiltshire innings, Miller was hurt when a ball ricocheted off his bat onto his forehead. Smart and Stancomb shared the wicket-keeping duties for Wiltshire.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire 2nd inns batting order, and fall of 1st wicket; in Wiltshire inns boundaries in Medlicott's 68, and fall of 6th to 9th wickets; initials of Martin.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 9 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 11 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 11 August; Wiltshire Times 11 August; Berkshire Chronicle 11 August; Reading Standard 11 August; Sporting Life 6 August; The Sportsman 4,6 August.

 

 

 

 

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