minc450	Berkshire v Monmouthshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1902
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 29th, 30th August 1902 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Monmouthshire 1
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 88/0 (Morres 32*, Rowe 47*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	c Bennett b Relf	50
AIR Butler	b Barker	1
AL Tatham	b Relf	20
ES Phillips	b Cave	5
PC Phillips	b Relf	20
GL Robathan	b Barker	27
RB Griffiths	b Cave	25
*LF Stedman	not out	18
R Steeples	b Cave	0
+TW Mayes	c Gibb b Barker	7
F Holmes	c Barker b Cave	6
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	20
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-78, 3-78, 4-90, 5-130, 6-146, 7-169, 8-179, 9-192, 10-199 (58 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	22	3	80	4	-	-
Barker	15	6	35	3	-	1
Relf	21	3	64	3	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Barrett	c PC Phillips b Stedman	20
FE Rowe	c Stedman b Silverlock	1
*JA Gibb	c Robathan b Steeples	3
HFM Morres	c Stedman b Steeples	16
RR Relf	lbw b Steeples	0
HS Lowe	b Steeples	1
+EA Watts	c Butler b Stedman	18
W Cave	c PC Phillips b Stedman	0
GGM Bennett	b Steeples	0
JC Hunter	b Steeples	0
W Barker	not out	3
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 23.2 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-20, 3-42, 4-42, 5-42, 6-43, 7-44, 8-44, 9-44, 10-64 (23.2 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	12	4	31	6	1	-
Silverlock	4	0	18	1	-	-
Stedman	7.2	1	13	3	-	-

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HFM Morres	c Mayes b Steeples	34
FE Rowe	c and b Holmes	94
*JA Gibb	c Silverlock b Steeples	95
H Barrett	c and b Stedman	7
RR Relf	run out	3
+EA Watts	not out	72
GGM Bennett	b Steeples	0
W Cave	b Mayes	24
JC Hunter	b Steeples	0
HS Lowe	c Butler b Stedman	10
W Barker	did not bat
Extras		21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 87.5 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-193, 3-224, 4-254, 5-254, 6-254, 7-329, 8-329, 9-360 (87.5 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	31	2	112	4	-	-
Stedman	21.5	3	70	2	-	-
Griffiths	5	1	24	0	-	-
Silverlock	17	2	79	0	-	-
Holmes	6	0	20	1	-	-
Robathan	3	1	12	0	-	-
Mayes	4	0	22	1	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	c Barker b Hunter	50
*LF Stedman	b Barker	3
PC Phillips	c Lowe b Barker	6
AL Tatham	not out	22
ES Phillips	not out	8
AIR Butler	did not bat
GL Robathan	did not bat
RB Griffiths	did not bat
R Steeples	did not bat
+TW Mayes	did not bat
F Holmes	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 31 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-30, 3-71

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	5	1	14	0	-	-
Barker	9	1	37	2	-	-
Relf	6	1	12	0	-	-
Morres	7	1	12	0	-	1
Hunter	4	0	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Gibb made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HS Lowe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Holmes made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Rowe (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Rowe (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 84
--> JA Gibb (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> EA Watts (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 11
--> AJ Silverlock (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 46

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match was drawn with Monmouthshire gaining a point for the lead on first innings. The Berkshire declaration left Monmouthshire a victory target of 226 in 2 hours. The game between the two teams at Newport in July had also been drawn. For Monmouthshire, Steeples took 10 wickets in the match for 143 runs. Of Silverlock's two innings of 50, both contained 9 fours. For Berkshire, Gibb scored 95, Rowe 94 with 12 fours, and Watts 74 not out with 11 fours. In the Berkshire second innings, Morres and Rowe put on 101 for the first wicket, and Watts and Cave 75 for the seventh.
[Missing: Umpires; Berkshire wicket-keeper; extras breakdown; in Berkshire 2nd inns boundaries in Gibb's 95.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 6 September; Reading Mercury 6 September; South Wales Argus 29,30 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 6 September; Star of Gwent 5 September; South Wales Daily News 30 August, 1 September; South Wales Daily Telegraph 29,30 August; Western Mail 30 August.]

 

 

 

 

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