minc6542	Wiltshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1968
Venue	British Rail Ground, Swindon on 29th, 30th July 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wiltshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Wiltshire 10; Berkshire 0
Umpires	CE Dunn, P Hough
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	c Hughes b Livermore	4
WE Perkins	c and b Merryweather	13
JC Rudd	b Livermore	0
RCG Fortin	c Lomax b Livermore	39
PA Baker	b Merryweather	6
JA Scholfield	c Smith b Merryweather	4
PW Neate	c Hughes b Flay	0
JE Flower	lbw b Livermore	14
DW Cryer	b Marshall	13
GEJ Child	lbw b Marshall	7
PA Simpkins	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-40, 4-52, 5-67, 6-68, 7-81, 8-90, 9-114, 10-115 (50 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Livermore	13	2	37	4	-	-
Marshall	15	7	20	2	-	-
Merryweather	13	5	24	3	-	-
Flay	9	4	20	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRA Townsend	c Child b Neate	14
MP Scott	c Rudd b Flower	0
IR Lomax	b Flower	1
AM Smith	run out	2
RJ Gulliver	b Simpkins	48
DE Essenhigh	b Neate	73
+DG Hughes	c Perkins b Flower	0
JB Livermore	c Davis b Simpkins	6
PJG Flay	b Simpkins	3
AG Marshall	b Simpkins	3
JH Merryweather	not out	19
Extras	(4 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-16, 3-16, 4-32, 5-121, 6-126, 7-140, 8-148, 9-154, 10-180 (59.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flower	20	3	74	3	-	-
Neate	5.4	2	10	2	-	-
Simpkins	23	10	37	4	-	-
Cryer	11	0	48	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	st Hughes b Merryweather	22
WE Perkins	c Smith b Merryweather	55
PA Simpkins	b Livermore	0
JC Rudd	b Merryweather	0
RCG Fortin	c Gulliver b Merryweather	0
PA Baker	c Scott b Merryweather	0
JA Scholfield	b Merryweather	22
PW Neate	c Lomax b Merryweather	7
JE Flower	c Gulliver b Merryweather	5
DW Cryer	not out	1
GEJ Child	c and b Merryweather	3
Extras	(9 b, 12 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-41, 3-41, 4-49, 5-49, 6-118, 7-118, 8-131, 9-132, 10-136 (65.3 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Livermore	8	3	22	1	-	-
Marshall	16	10	11	0	-	-
Flay	11	3	28	0	-	-
Merryweather	21.3	11	29	9	-	-
Gulliver	3	1	8	0	-	-
Smith	6	1	17	0	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRA Townsend	c Neate b Simpkins	18
MP Scott	c Child b Neate	2
DE Essenhigh	b Flower	10
AM Smith	b Simpkins	0
IR Lomax	c Flower b Simpkins	20
RJ Gulliver	not out	6
+DG Hughes	not out	5
JB Livermore	did not bat
PJG Flay	did not bat
AG Marshall	did not bat
JH Merryweather	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 32.1 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-39, 3-40, 4-62, 5-62

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flower	14	4	35	1	-	4
Neate	7	3	11	1	-	2
Simpkins	11.1	5	15	3	-	1

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Notes
--> PJG Flay made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JC Rudd made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Perkins (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 13
--> DE Essenhigh (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 29
--> JB Livermore made his debut for Wiltshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Merryweather achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 9-72)

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