minc1064	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (South Division)
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 6th, 7th August 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by an innings and 57 runs
Points	Wiltshire 5; Berkshire 0
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 345/5 (Perkins 73*, Miller 5*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	b Mitchell	0
FE Rowe	c Perkins b Mitchell	24
GE Williams	b Grant	0
FW Metcalfe	b Smith	14
*CEMY Nepean	c Grant b Miller	46
HW Shoosmith	c Nicholson b Mitchell	40
HV Whichelow	b Miller	0
H Barrett	c Grant b Smith	34
+P Howard	c Perkins b AW Newman	22
C Spencer	b Grant	16
W Simpson	not out	7
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-53, 5-125, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-218 (60.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	21	6	91	3	-	-
Grant	15	5	27	2	-	-
Smith	11	1	41	2	-	-
FE Newman	2	0	11	0	-	-
Miller	7	1	25	2	-	-
AW Newman	4.2	0	8	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Simpson b Williams	118
SR Nicholson	c Spencer b Williams	48
AW Newman	c Williams b Simpson	35
SJH Taunton	b Williams	1
RW Awdry	b Shoosmith	52
+TTN Perkins	b Simpson	91
*AM Miller	b Simpson	56
E Grant	c Nepean b Simpson	30
FE Newman	b Spencer	10
H Mitchell	b Simpson	9
WRR Smith	not out	9
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	13
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	472
Fall of wickets:
1-136, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-472 (94.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Simpson	24.4	2	134	5	-	-
Shoosmith	21	8	73	1	-	-
Whichelow	8	0	30	0	-	-
Barrett	6	0	27	0	-	-
Williams	21	1	96	3	-	1
Spencer	14	0	99	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Strange	c Perkins b Mitchell	5
FE Rowe	b Miller	91
GE Williams	c and b Grant	0
*CEMY Nepean	c CS Awdry b Miller	52
FW Metcalfe	b Grant	0
HW Shoosmith	b AW Newman	17
HV Whichelow	b Miller	3
H Barrett	b AW Newman	16
+P Howard	not out	3
C Spencer	b AW Newman	3
W Simpson	c Grant b AW Newman	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-9, 3-132, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-197 (63 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	15	3	45	2	-	-
Mitchell	17	3	68	1	-	-
Smith	8	2	25	0	-	-
FE Newman	2	0	5	0	-	-
Miller	15	5	35	3	-	-
AW Newman	6	1	12	4	-	-

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Notes
--> P Howard made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Spencer made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 1-20)

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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 and 57 runs on the second day. For the winners, there were 18 fours in C S Awdry's 118. Perkins's 91 included 13 fours, Miller scored 56 and R W Awdry's 52 contained 11 fours. In the Wiltshire innings, C S Awdry and Nicholson put on 136 runs for the first wicket in an hour, and R W Awdry and Perkins 111 for the fifth wicket. For Berkshire, there were 18 fours in F E Rowe's 91 and Nepean scored 52. In the Berkshire second innings Rowe and Nepean added 123 for the third wicket. The Wiltshire total of 472 was the second highest score of the season.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Nepean's 52, and batting order; in Wiltshire innings duration of C S Awdry's 118, boundaries in Miller's 56; initials of Simpson and Spencer; precise time completed.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 12 August; North Wilts Guardian 13 August; Wiltshire Times 14 August; Berkshire Chronicle 14 August; Reading Mercury 14 August; Reading Observer 14 August; The Sportsman 7,9 August; Cricket 26 August, p 359.

 

 

 

 

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