minc759	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1906
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 6th, 7th August 1906 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Berkshire 3; Oxfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (2) 29/1 (Gmelin 7*, Long 17*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CHS Gmelin	c Nepean b Barker	0
WS Case	c JH Bennett b Cave	1
FE Long	c Watts b Barker	4
*JF Marsh	not out	108
HC Brooks	c Hutson b Cave	67
FE Hodgkins	c Watts b Cave	1
GES Young	b Cave	10
+GC Davenport	c GGM Bennett b Barker	7
GW Glanville	c and b Cave	8
A Rogers	c Hutson b Barker	3
BHE Price	b Barker	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-12, 4-164, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-232 (52.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	13.4	2	72	5	-	4
Cave	20	6	61	5	-	1
Hutson	5	0	31	0	-	-
Peake	6	2	22	0	-	-
Spencer	5	2	21	0	-	-
GGM Bennett	3	2	2	0	1	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c Brooks b Rogers	17
GGM Bennett	c and b Price	13
FE Rowe	b Brooks	33
+EA Watts	run out	49
W Barker	b Hodgkins	2
JH Bennett	b Price	0
H Barrett	c Brooks b Rogers	53
E Peake	not out	26
HW Hutson	b Rogers	11
W Cave	b Rogers	2
C Spencer	b Rogers	0
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 52.3 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-37, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-225 (52.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rogers	20.3	3	76	5	-	-
Price	18	0	72	2	-	-
Brooks	6	0	35	1	-	-
Hodgkins	8	3	23	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CHS Gmelin	c Watts b Peake	14
WS Case	c JH Bennett b Barker	4
FE Long	not out	174
*JF Marsh	c and b Rowe	50
HC Brooks	b Barker	15
FE Hodgkins	lbw b Peake	23
GES Young	c GGM Bennett b Barker	26
A Rogers	not out	19
+GC Davenport	did not bat
GW Glanville	did not bat
BHE Price	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	29	4	94	3	2	1
Cave	5	2	13	0	-	-
Spencer	7	3	19	0	-	-
Hutson	15	0	65	0	-	-
Peake	18	0	66	2	-	-
GGM Bennett	8	0	43	0	-	-
Rowe	4	1	13	1	-	-
Nepean	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c and b Brooks	44
GGM Bennett	c Davenport b Rogers	154
FE Rowe	b Brooks	0
+EA Watts	not out	98
JH Bennett	b Price	30
H Barrett	c Marsh b Rogers	20
E Peake	not out	2
W Barker	did not bat
HW Hutson	did not bat
W Cave	did not bat
C Spencer	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(5 wickets, 59.3 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-94, 3-245, 4-?, 5-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rogers	22.3	0	108	2	-	-
Price	8	1	56	1	-	-
Hodgkins	12	1	80	0	-	-
Brooks	15	1	84	2	-	-
Case	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FE Hodgkins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Davenport made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GW Glanville made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CHS Gmelin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GW Glanville made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Marsh (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 48
--> HC Brooks (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 19
--> E Peake (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Long (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Long (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GES Young (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (2) passed his previous highest score of 121 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.
Berkshire won this return match by 5 wickets at 6.05 pm on the second day with 25 minutes to spare, after the Oxfordshire declaration had set a victory target of 358 runs in around 3½ hours. The Berkshire second innings total of 359 for 5 wickets declared was a new record fourth innings score, exceeding the 275-6 wickets scored by Norfolk against Hertfordshire at Bishop's Stortford in 1899. When the teams met at Oxford the previous week, Berkshire had also been the winners. For Berkshire, there were 23 fours in G G M Bennett's 154. Watts scored 98 not out which included 15 fours and Barrett 53. In the Berkshire second innings, G G M Bennett and Watts added 151 runs for the third wicket. For Oxfordshire, Long top scored with 174. Marsh scored 108 not out and 50, and Brooks 67. In the Oxfordshire first innings, Marsh and Brooks added 152 runs for the fourth wicket. The match aggregate of 1,166 runs was the highest of the season and a new record for the Championship. It exceeded the 1,049 runs scored in the match between the same teams on the same ground the previous year. Receipts on the first day were a record £3 15s. Cave took no part in the second day of the game after injuring his leg.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire first innings breakdown and duration of Marsh's 108 not out, and boundaries in Brooks's 67; in Oxfordshire second innings breakdown and duration of Long's 174 not out, boundaries in Marsh's 50; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Barrett's 53; in Berkshire second innings duration and twos and threes in G G M Bennett's 154; Spencer's initials]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 11 August; Reading Observer 11 August; Reading Standard 11 August; Abingdon Herald 11 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 11 August; Oxford Chronicle 10 August; Oxford Times 11 August; The Sportsman 7,8 August.

 

 

 

 

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