minc405	Monmouthshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1902
Venue	Rodney Parade, Newport on 18th, 19th July 1902 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Monmouthshire 1; Berkshire 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 206/6 (Cave 61*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Gould	b Cave	7
AJ Silverlock	c Barrett b Brown	77
F Rees	b Relf	38
PC Phillips	c Cave b Relf	0
JR Rowlands	b Relf	0
GL Lloyd	c and b Brown	0
*LF Stedman	c Barrett b Barker	42
WEC Hudden	c Nepean b Cave	33
F Holmes	c Wickens b Cave	0
+A Williams	run out	10
R Steeples	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	22
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-131, 3-131, 4-131, 5-134, 6-136, 7-208, 8-208, 9-218, 10-235 (59 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	18	2	74	3	-	-
Barker	16	3	75	1	-	2
Relf	12	5	40	3	-	-
Brown	10	4	17	2	-	-
Barrett	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	st Williams b Silverlock	18
H Barrett	c Hudden b Steeples	7
*JA Gibb	b Steeples	26
+A Henderson	c Hudden b Stedman	26
EA Watts	c Williams b Steeples	13
CE Brown	b Steeples	33
W Cave	b Steeples	67
RR Relf	b Steeples	6
AB Croom	b Steeples	2
EJ Wickens	b Stedman	0
W Barker	not out	0
Extras		22
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-31, 3-63, 4-99, 5-102, 6-206, 7-213, 8-215, 9-220, 10-220 (61.1 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	25	4	73	7	-	-
Silverlock	11	1	42	1	-	-
Stedman	16.1	2	53	2	-	-
Hudden	3	1	7	0	-	-
Holmes	6	0	23	0	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	b Cave	0
JA Gould	lbw b Cave	17
GL Lloyd	run out	4
F Rees	c Watts b Barker	9
PC Phillips	b Cave	2
JR Rowlands	b Barker	12
*LF Stedman	c Gibb b Cave	8
WEC Hudden	c Wickens b Barker	0
R Steeples	not out	14
F Holmes	b Cave	0
+A Williams	b Barker	1
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	5
Total	(all out, 25.2 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-24, 4-30, 5-37, 6-57, 7-57, 8-59, 9-59, 10-72 (25.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	13	1	40	5	-	-
Barker	12.2	4	27	4	-	1

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	c Stedman b Steeples	10
H Barrett	not out	17
*JA Gibb	not out	6
+A Henderson	did not bat
EA Watts	did not bat
CE Brown	did not bat
W Cave	did not bat
RR Relf	did not bat
AB Croom	did not bat
EJ Wickens	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(1 wicket, 6 overs)	34
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Nepean)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	3	0	10	1	-	-
Silverlock	2	0	17	0	-	-
Stedman	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EJ Wickens made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LF Stedman (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Cave (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Rowlands (2) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
This rain-affected match ended as a draw, with Monmouthshire gaining a point for the lead on first innings. Despite being behind on first innings, Berkshire started batting after luncheon at 2.20 pm on the second day needing 88 runs to win. 34 runs had been scored for the loss of one wicket when heavy rain stopped play at 2.45 pm and the match was abandoned at 5.40 pm when it was judged that no further play would be possible. For Monmouthshire, there were 9 fours in Silverlock's 77. In the Monmouthshire first innings, Stedman and Hudden added 72 runs for the seventh wicket. For Berkshire, Cave scored 67.
In the Berkshire first innings, Brown and Cave put on 104 runs for the fifth wicket. In the Berkshire first innings when the score was 171-5 wickets, Gould took over the wicket-keeping duties from Williams "who did not appear to be in his usual form."
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire 1st inns boundaries in Cave's 67.]
Sources: South Wales Argus 18,19 July; South Wales Weekly Argus 26 July; Star of Gwent 25 July; South Wales Daily News 19,21 July; South Wales Times 25 July; Western Mail 19,21 July; Berkshire Chronicle 26 July; Reading Mercury 26 July; The Sportsman 19,21 July.

 

 

 

 

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