minc4544	Devon v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 31st July, 1st August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Devon won by 8 wickets
Points	Devon 10; Berkshire 0
Umpires	WD Cory, WH Stephens
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Parker	c Drew b Langdale	25
NH Humphries	c Langdale b Morbey	68
E Cooper	c Brooks b Morgan	92
NF Borrett	b Morgan	12
AF Irish	lbw b Morgan	1
KC Kinnersley	b Young	7
CE Wensley	c Young b Langdale	37
DH Cole	not out	5
P Atkinson	c and b Morbey	10
AH Holladay	b Morgan	0
DL Haines	b Morgan	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 89.5 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-98, 3-133, 4-145, 5-249, 6-258, 7-258, 8-271, 9-271, 10-271 (89.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	15.5	5	30	5	-	-
Morbey	14	0	49	2	2	-
Drew	12	2	33	0	-	-
Langdale	30	7	73	2	-	-
Young	12	1	40	1	-	-
Brooks	1	0	4	0	-	-
Flatman	5	0	28	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Mence	c Kinnersley b Haines	21
CEW Brooks	b Cole	0
JWH May	c Humphries b Atkinson	7
DE Young	c Holladay b Atkinson	6
AT Davis	c Humphries b Atkinson	48
GR Langdale	lbw b Parker	14
DW Stokes	b Parker	33
RD Morbey	b Atkinson	2
RG Drew	c and b Atkinson	18
MN Morgan	c and b Cole	10
AW Flatman	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-17, 3-35, 4-52, 5-80, 6-111, 7-113, 8-137, 9-159, 10-163 (65 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cole	19	7	32	2	-	-
Atkinson	22	7	72	5	-	-
Parker	16	9	22	2	-	-
Haines	5	0	19	1	-	-
Kinnersley	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Mence	c Holladay b Atkinson	23
CEW Brooks	b Cole	10
JWH May	b Cole	12
DE Young	lbw b Kinnersley	12
AT Davis	c Borrett b Cole	52
GR Langdale	lbw b Parker	5
DW Stokes	c Parker b Borrett	21
RD Morbey	c Irish b Borrett	0
RG Drew	c Wensley b Cole	8
MN Morgan	lbw b Cole	0
AW Flatman	not out	8
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-47, 3-55, 4-71, 5-89, 6-135, 7-135, 8-148, 9-148, 10-169 (66.5 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cole	20.5	4	30	5	-	-
Atkinson	14	2	40	1	-	1
Parker	7	1	19	1	-	-
Kinnersley	11	2	23	1	1	-
Borrett	9	3	27	2	-	-
Haines	4	1	10	0	-	-
Wensley	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Parker	c Mence b Drew	2
NH Humphries	not out	31
E Cooper	c Mence b Drew	4
NF Borrett	not out	25
AF Irish	did not bat
KC Kinnersley	did not bat
CE Wensley	did not bat
DH Cole	did not bat
P Atkinson	did not bat
AH Holladay	did not bat
DL Haines	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(2 wickets, 17.3 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-30

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	9	1	39	0	-	-
Drew	8	1	19	2	-	-
Davis	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AF Irish made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Holladay made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Cooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NF Borrett (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> AT Davis (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Mence (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> AT Davis (2) passed his previous highest score of 48 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Cooper made his debut for Devon in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MN Morgan reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Devon first innings
--> MN Morgan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 5-62)
--> P Atkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 4-26)
--> P Atkinson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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