minc543	Berkshire v Monmouthshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 4th, 5th July 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Monmouthshire won by an innings and 63 runs
Points	Berkshire 0; Monmouthshire 3
Close of play day 1	Monmouthshire (1) 346/9 (Stedman 7*, Mayes 5*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	c Stedman b Steeples	22
FG Strange	c Silverlock b Steeples	8
GGM Bennett	b Steeples	8
+EA Watts	b WA Williams	41
ED Matthews	b Stedman	54
H Barrett	b Steeples	17
SV Shea-Simmons	b Stedman	4
*CEMY Nepean	c Tatham b Stedman	13
W Cave	b Steeples	11
ETW Davis	not out	4
AW Bartholomew	b Steeples	5
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-41, 3-54, 4-137, 5-162, 6-167, 7-179, 8-188, 9-199, 10-205 (57.5 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	23.5	3	71	6	-	-
Silverlock	8	1	21	0	-	-
Stedman	14	3	43	3	-	-
Griffiths	3	0	20	0	-	-
WA Williams	9	1	33	1	-	-

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PC Phillips	c AP Strange b Bennett	47
AJ Silverlock	c and b Nepean	154
GP Williams	b AP Strange	12
*AL Tatham	c Shea-Simmons b Bartholomew	22
RB Griffiths	c Bennett b Bartholomew	2
WEC Hudden	lbw b Bartholomew	1
R Steeples	c Nepean b Davis	54
ET Theophilus	b Bennett	9
LF Stedman	not out	10
WA Williams	b Bennett	0
+TW Mayes	b Bartholomew	6
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 5 w)	33
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-113, 3-160, 4-175, 5-187, 6-300, 7-325, 8-334, 9-?, 10-350 (81.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	19	3	61	0	-	-
Bartholomew	21.4	2	100	4	4	-
Bennett	15	5	41	3	1	-
Barrett	6	0	22	0	-	-
AP Strange	8	0	33	1	-	-
Nepean	6	0	39	1	-	-
Matthews	2	0	17	0	-	-
Davis	4	2	9	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	c and b Stedman	0
GGM Bennett	c Phillips b Steeples	2
FG Strange	b WA Williams	17
+EA Watts	c Phillips b Steeples	7
ED Matthews	c Mayes b Stedman	0
H Barrett	c WA Williams b Steeples	30
SV Shea-Simmons	c Silverlock b WA Williams	10
*CEMY Nepean	c WA Williams b Steeples	1
W Cave	c Tatham b WA Williams	4
ETW Davis	c Stedman b WA Williams	7
AW Bartholomew	not out	1
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 29.3 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-10, 4-16, 5-55, 6-68, 7-69, 8-74, 9-75, 10-82 (29.3 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	15	6	29	4	-	-
Stedman	7	1	33	2	-	-
WA Williams	7.3	2	17	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Berkshire first innings adds 1 run over
--> Bowling in the Monmouthshire first innings adds 5 runs over
--> ED Matthews made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ET Theophilus made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TW Mayes made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ETW Davis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AW Bartholomew made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AP Strange (1) equalled his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Silverlock (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Steeples (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FG Strange (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Barrett (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 24
--> AW Bartholomew achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Monmouthshire first innings (previous best was 0-13)
--> GGM Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Monmouthshire first innings (previous best was 2-29)
--> WA Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 4-66)

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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.
Monmouthshire won this match by an innings at 12.20 pm on the second day.
For the winners, Silverlock's 154, scored in under 3 hours, included 24 fours.
Steeples scored 54.
In the Monmouthshire innings, Silverlock and Steeples added 113 for the sixth wicket.
Steeples also took 10 wickets in the match for 100 runs.
For Berkshire, Matthews's 54 contained 8 fours.
On the first day, 551 runs were scored, the most during the season [check].
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire first innings runs conceded bowling 1 in excess; in Berkshire second innings which Williams held 2 catches, and fall of first and second wickets; in Monmouthshire innings fall of ninth wicket, runs conceded bowling 5 in excess, precise duration and twos and threes in Silverlock's 154, and boundaries in Steeples's 54.]
Sources: Reading Mercury 9 July; Reading Standard 9 July; Cardiff Evening Express 4,5 July; South Wales Argus 4,5 July; South Wales Echo 4,5 July; Western Mail 5,6 July; Sporting Life 6 July; The Sportsman 5,6 July.

 

 

 

 

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