minc5027	Berkshire v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Huntley and Palmer Ground, Reading on 17th, 18th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 2; Devon 2
Umpires	TS Jennings, DS Richards
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Mence	st Bonner b Fairclough	48
CMS Crombie	c Wensley b Pring	21
AA Hillary	lbw b Fairclough	43
RM James	c Parker b Pring	2
JGC Surridge	c Bonner b Pring	11
DE Young	b Fairclough	1
CEW Brooks	c Cole b Fairclough	0
MN Morgan	b Cole	7
GR Langdale	b Cole	49
+T Ingram	not out	3
AJ Sly	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 73.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-93, 3-100, 4-124, 5-130, 6-130, 7-130, 8-189, 9-192

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Atkinson	9	0	30	0	-	-
Cole	12	6	20	2	-	1
Fairclough	29.5	6	65	4	-	1
Pring	23	3	70	3	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Cole	c Mence b Brooks	7
HD Fairclough	b Morgan	51
CE Wensley	lbw b Young	16
NCF Bloy	not out	19
NF Borrett	not out	9
DF Pring	did not bat
JG Turner	did not bat
HBC Gardner	did not bat
GW Parker	did not bat
P Atkinson	did not bat
JA Bonner	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 56 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-72, 3-80

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	12	7	17	1	-	-
James	2	0	13	0	-	-
Brooks	8	3	26	1	-	-
Langdale	16	6	18	0	-	1
Young	14	4	26	1	-	-
Sly	4	3	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Sly made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEW Brooks reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Devon first innings

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