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| Venue | Reading School Ground, Erleigh Road, Reading on 21st, 22nd August 1957 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Dorset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Dorset won by 52 runs |
| Points | Berkshire 3; Dorset 10 |
| Umpires | WE Brown, WF Simpson |
| Scorer | J Hinton (Berkshire) |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | c Pickett b James | 103 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | st Ingram b James | 9 | |||||
| GGL Hebden | c Pickett b James | 47 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | c Davis b James | 68 | |||||
| M Hardwicke | not out | 31 | |||||
| DA Bulfield | lbw b Langdale | 0 | |||||
| DJW Bridge | not out | 11 | |||||
| ME Doggrell | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| APF Alexander | did not bat | ||||||
| +JL Aiken | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 91 overs) | 274 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-154, 3-162, 4-259, 5-259 | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pickett | 12 | 0 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilkins | 13 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| James | 25 | 3 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sharp | 18 | 0 | 64 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 23 | 3 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Berkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AA Hillary | c and b Doggrell | 2 | |||||
| MA Salmon | b Doggrell | 6 | |||||
| CMS Crombie | b Alexander | 56 | |||||
| RM James | not out | 173 | |||||
| AT Davis | c Aiken b Alexander | 29 | |||||
| JJ Carless | not out | 4 | |||||
| FC Pickett | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Langdale | did not bat | ||||||
| EF Wilkins | did not bat | ||||||
| R Sharp | did not bat | ||||||
| +T Ingram | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 70.2 overs) | 278 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-8, 3-220, 4-273 | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doggrell | 22.2 | 1 | 96 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alexander | 19 | 2 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 16 | 5 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dorset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | c Sharp b Pickett | 8 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | c Hillary b Langdale | 35 | |||||
| GGL Hebden | lbw b Langdale | 60 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | c Crombie b Langdale | 0 | |||||
| DA Bulfield | c James b Pickett | 0 | |||||
| DJW Bridge | b Langdale | 48 | |||||
| M Hardwicke | c James b Sharp | 12 | |||||
| ME Doggrell | c Sharp b Langdale | 2 | |||||
| RR Dovey | run out | 18 | |||||
| APF Alexander | c Salmon b Sharp | 2 | |||||
| +JL Aiken | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.2 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-77, 3-77, 4-78, 5-128, 6-167, 7-173, 8-174, 9-194, 10-195 (69.2 ov) | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkins | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| James | 18 | 1 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pickett | 12 | 2 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 25 | 7 | 62 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sharp | 6.2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Berkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AA Hillary | lbw b Dovey | 54 | |||||
| MA Salmon | b Dovey | 22 | |||||
| RM James | lbw b Bulfield | 18 | |||||
| FC Pickett | st Aiken b Dovey | 1 | |||||
| JJ Carless | lbw b Dovey | 0 | |||||
| GR Langdale | b Dovey | 15 | |||||
| AT Davis | b Bridge | 4 | |||||
| CMS Crombie | c Alexander b Bridge | 3 | |||||
| +T Ingram | b Bridge | 3 | |||||
| EF Wilkins | lbw b Dovey | 0 | |||||
| R Sharp | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.3 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-86, 3-91, 4-91, 5-112, 6-131, 7-135, 8-137, 9-137, 10-139 (46.3 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doggrell | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Alexander | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 20 | 8 | 40 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bulfield | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 9.3 | 4 | 16 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JJ Carless made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Sharp made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CMS Crombie (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM James (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM James (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
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