minc5756	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	The County Ground, Swindon on 18th, 19th August 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 1; Berkshire 3
Close of play day 1

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DD Gardner	b MD Mence	26
DE Essenhigh	c Dyment b Simpkins	15
IR Lomax	b James	39
J Hurn	c Dyment b Simpkins	35
MRJ Guest	b Ford	39
DM Richards	c Dyment b MD Mence	46
PAP Gammon	c Dyment b Ford	0
MH Martin	b MD Mence	0
AG Marshall	b MD Mence	10
JH Merryweather	b MD Mence	0
RJ Carlyon	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-59, 3-120, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-222 (86.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MD Mence	18.5	6	32	5	-	-
Ford	12	5	28	2	-	-
Simpkins	27	4	90	2	-	-
James	21	7	39	1	-	-
Langdale	8	1	22	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Mence	b Marshall	25
AT Davis	c Lomax b Marshall	0
AA Hillary	c Carlyon b Martin	14
RM James	b Marshall	88
FW Neate	b Merryweather	26
MD Mence	c Richards b Merryweather	16
RN Johnson	b Marshall	5
GR Langdale	not out	33
JR Ford	not out	6
REA Dyment	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 77.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	11.4	3	34	1	-	-
Marshall	26	8	59	4	-	-
Lomax	17	1	72	0	-	-
Merryweather	23	9	48	2	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hurn	c Dyment b Simpkins	73
DE Essenhigh	c Langdale b Simpkins	75
IR Lomax	not out	29
DM Richards	not out	17
DD Gardner	did not bat
MRJ Guest	did not bat
PAP Gammon	did not bat
MH Martin	did not bat
AG Marshall	did not bat
JH Merryweather	did not bat
RJ Carlyon	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-133, 2-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MD Mence	13	4	36	0	-	-
Ford	14	4	42	0	-	-
Simpkins	12	1	65	2	-	-
James	5	1	25	0	-	-
Langdale	6	0	26	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Mence	b Merryweather	24
AT Davis	c Essenhigh b Merryweather	33
AA Hillary	b Merryweather	25
RM James	not out	17
FW Neate	not out	28
MD Mence	did not bat
RN Johnson	did not bat
GR Langdale	did not bat
JR Ford	did not bat
REA Dyment	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 33 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	6	2	13	0	-	-
Marshall	8	1	19	0	-	-
Merryweather	10	0	67	3	-	-
Essenhigh	9	0	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MRJ Guest (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Langdale (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> DE Essenhigh (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MD Mence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 5-36)

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