minc852	Berkshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1907 (Midlands Division)
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 2nd, 3rd August 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 3; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	W Armstrong, TH Holton
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 187/7 (Nepean 30*, Cave 8*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH de Montmorency	c Watts b Barker	47
E Weaver-Adams	b Cave	6
FN Bird	st EF Rowe b Cave	30
E Southall	lbw b Hunt	80
MW Wright	c EF Rowe b Hunt	17
GA Wilson	c Cave b Hunt	17
+F Symes-Thompson	c Nepean b Hunt	4
T Gibbs	b Cave	2
AGP Baines	b Cave	16
WE Ford	b Cave	0
SJA Vickerstaff	not out	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	16
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-209, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-235 (78.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	19	2	70	1	-	-
Cave	22	2	70	5	-	-
Hunt	18.4	3	38	4	-	-
Shoosmith	14	4	29	0	-	1
Garnett	3	1	12	0	-	-
Bennett	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	lbw b Wright	13
LP Collins	c Weaver-Adams b Wilson	4
E Garnett	run out	47
HW Shoosmith	b Ford	4
FE Rowe	b Vickerstaff	44
EA Watts	run out	1
+EF Rowe	b Vickerstaff	24
*CEMY Nepean	c Vickerstaff b Ford	41
W Cave	c and b Vickerstaff	13
TMC Hunt	not out	31
W Barker	c Wilson b Ford	5
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 5 nb, 0 w)	16
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-28, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-208, 10-243 (76 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	27	10	41	1	-	-
Wilson	16	5	54	1	-	-
Ford	16	5	37	3	-	-
Vickerstaff	14	4	69	3	-	5
de Montmorency	3	0	26	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH de Montmorency	c EF Rowe b Barker	33
E Weaver-Adams	run out	6
FN Bird	c FE Rowe b Hunt	46
E Southall	not out	58
MW Wright	c EF Rowe b Barker	24
GA Wilson	c Collins b Cave	12
+F Symes-Thompson	c Garnett b Barker	0
T Gibbs	st EF Rowe b Barker	0
AGP Baines	b Barker	0
WE Ford	c Nepean b Shoosmith	7
SJA Vickerstaff	st EF Rowe b Shoosmith	0
Extras	(5 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-191 (54 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	15	1	50	1	-	-
Garnett	4	1	22	0	-	-
Barker	18	3	52	5	-	5
Hunt	6	0	31	1	-	-
Shoosmith	11	2	31	2	-	2

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Wilson b Ford	3
LP Collins	c Bird b Wright	20
E Garnett	c Vickerstaff b Wright	7
HW Shoosmith	c Vickerstaff b Wright	8
FE Rowe	c Ford b Wilson	68
EA Watts	lbw b Wright	14
+EF Rowe	c Ford b Wright	5
*CEMY Nepean	not out	12
W Cave	not out	4
TMC Hunt	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 0 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 50 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ford	11	2	31	1	-	-
Wright	25	10	41	5	-	-
Vickerstaff	6	0	38	0	-	2
Wilson	8	1	31	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AGP Baines made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Garnett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH de Montmorency (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LP Collins (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 14
--> TMC Hunt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-80)
--> MW Wright reached 600 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire second innings

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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.
Match drawn with Berkshire winning on first innings. Berkshire required 184 runs to win in their second innings with two hours to bat. Berkshire gained first innings lead through a last wicket partnership of 35 runs between Hunt and Barker. When Barker came to the crease, 28 runs were needed. For Buckinghamshire Southall scored 80 and 58 not out. For Berkshire F E Rowe scored 68.
[Missing: Buckinghamshire Captin; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; for Buckinghamshire boundaries in Southall's innings of 80 and 58 not out; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in F E Rowe's 68.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 10 August; Reading Observer 10 August;
Reading Standard 10 August; Bucks Advertiser 10 August; Bucks Herald 10 August; South Bucks Free Press 9 August; South Bucks Standard 9 August; Sporting Chronicle 5 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August.

 

 

 

 

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