minc4580	Berkshire v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	St Bartholomew's Grammar School Ground, Newbury on 14th, 15th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Berkshire 10; Devon 3
Umpires	AE Bradford, HJ Tozer
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Parker	c Stokes b Robinson	3
HD Fairclough	lbw b Drew	17
NCF Bloy	c Young b Morgan	41
DH Cole	lbw b Langdale	16
NF Borrett	c and b Langdale	71
RD Hawkes	b Morgan	0
CE Wensley	lbw b Young	5
CS Taylor	c Fox b Young	53
P Atkinson	lbw b Young	0
DJ Rippon	not out	9
LJ Coldwell	b Langdale	3
Extras	(22 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 73.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-45, 3-76, 4-86, 5-90, 6-104, 7-224, 8-224, 9-228, 10-242 (73.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	9	2	22	1	-	-
Morgan	13	1	40	2	-	-
Drew	14	3	53	1	-	-
Langdale	27.5	8	74	3	1	-
Young	10	4	29	3	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Fox	lbw b Coldwell	4
JA Mence	lbw b Borrett	59
JWH May	b Atkinson	4
MA Salmon	run out	1
DE Young	c Atkinson b Cole	25
GR Langdale	b Fairclough	16
AT Davis	b Fairclough	7
DW Stokes	lbw b Fairclough	2
RG Drew	b Borrett	21
MN Morgan	b Fairclough	2
AG Robinson	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-24, 4-76, 5-109, 6-129, 7-135, 8-135, 9-159, 10-159 (47 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	9	2	25	1	-	-
Atkinson	10	2	24	1	-	1
Cole	9	0	37	1	-	-
Parker	6	1	16	0	-	-
Fairclough	7	1	11	4	-	-
Borrett	6	0	28	2	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Parker	b Morgan	8
HD Fairclough	c Drew b Langdale	16
NCF Bloy	c Young b Robinson	6
DH Cole	lbw b Langdale	6
NF Borrett	lbw b Robinson	15
RD Hawkes	lbw b Langdale	1
CE Wensley	not out	20
CS Taylor	b Robinson	0
P Atkinson	b Robinson	13
DJ Rippon	b Langdale	5
LJ Coldwell	b Langdale	4
Extras	(6 b, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-19, 3-42, 4-53, 5-59, 6-59, 7-59, 8-79, 9-98, 10-102 (36 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	18	3	50	4	-	-
Morgan	6	3	7	1	-	-
Langdale	12	0	37	5	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Fox	c Taylor b Cole	10
JA Mence	b Atkinson	9
JWH May	b Cole	2
MA Salmon	b Fairclough	25
DE Young	c Taylor b Atkinson	20
GR Langdale	c Fairclough b Atkinson	3
DW Stokes	b Fairclough	37
AT Davis	b Fairclough	6
RG Drew	not out	47
MN Morgan	not out	11
AG Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, 51.3 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-22, 3-23, 4-73, 5-77, 6-77, 7-103, 8-138

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	8	3	14	0	-	-
Atkinson	14	3	38	3	-	-
Cole	12	2	52	2	-	-
Fairclough	17.3	4	66	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Drew (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HD Fairclough reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Berkshire first innings

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