minc807	Worcestershire Second XI v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1907 (Midlands Division)
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 13th, 14th June 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 41 runs
Points	Worcestershire Second XI 0; Berkshire 5
Umpires	W Armstrong, TH Holton
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 46/3 (Collins 33*, Shoosmith 6*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LP Collins	b Hunt	30
JCG Matthews	lbw b Hunt	18
E Watts	b Days	39
W Barker	c Chaytor b Days	1
HW Shoosmith	c Foley b Solly	11
AP Strange	b Hunt	3
+EF Rowe	c Solly b Hunt	0
*CEMY Nepean	b Solly	36
H Barrett	st Straw b Solly	4
KJ Seth-Smith	not out	3
W Cave	c Straw b Hunt	0
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-76, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-156 (48 ov)

Worcestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hunt	24	4	77	5	-	-
Wheldon	5	0	24	0	-	-
Days	13	5	36	2	-	-
Solly	6	2	8	3	-	-

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Worcestershire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Crowe	c Watts b Shoosmith	24
JE Days	c Nepean b Barker	31
GF Wheldon	b Shoosmith	2
TC Hiatt	c Barker b Barrett	20
WC Millward	b Barker	29
F Hunt	c Collins b Barrett	2
TH Hayes	b Cave	3
AK Chaytor	b Barker	8
EW Solly	c Matthews b Cave	10
+T Straw	c Barrett b Cave	6
*PH Foley	not out	4
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 0 w)	5
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-108, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-144 (55 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	23	3	61	3	-	-
Barker	15	3	41	3	-	2
Shoosmith	12	4	26	2	-	-
Barrett	5	1	11	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JCG Matthews	b Solly	0
LP Collins	c Chaytor b Days	38
E Watts	b Solly	0
W Barker	lbw b Solly	3
HW Shoosmith	b Days	16
+EF Rowe	c Foley b Hunt	0
*CEMY Nepean	c Wheldon b Solly	31
AP Strange	c Millward b Hunt	72
H Barrett	c Millward b Hunt	2
KJ Seth-Smith	st Straw b Hunt	29
W Cave	not out	1
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-199 (67 ov)

Worcestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Solly	25	8	72	4	-	-
Days	21	6	64	2	-	-
Hunt	21	6	56	4	-	-

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Worcestershire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Crowe	c Collins b Barrett	48
JE Days	b Cave	32
GF Wheldon	c Nepean b Barker	19
WC Millward	b Barker	14
TC Hiatt	not out	27
F Hunt	b Barker	5
TH Hayes	b Barker	0
AK Chaytor	b Barker	0
EW Solly	st Rowe b Cave	0
+T Straw	lbw b Cave	0
*PH Foley	b Cave	15
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 3 nb, 0 w)	10
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-?, 3-119, 4-120, 5-?, 6-157, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-170 (68.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	25.1	5	49	4	-	-
Shoosmith	12	1	33	0	-	-
Nepean	9	2	20	0	-	-
Barker	16	3	29	5	-	3
Barrett	6	2	29	1	-	-

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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.
Berkshire won by 41 runs on the second day. The match was the inaugural match for Worcestershire 2nd XI in the Championship. The Worcestershire first eleven had participated for four seasons in the competition between its commencement in 1895 and 1898 when they were promoted to the First-Class County Championship for 1899. Worcestershire 2nd XI needed 212 runs to win in their second innings. For the winners, there were 9 fours in Strange's 72. For the losers, Crowe top-scored with 48.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; precise time completed; check Hayes initials as TH in Berks sources, TC in Worcs ones; date of Reading Observer.]
Sources: Berrow's Worcester Journal 15 June; Worcester Daily Times 13,14 June; Birmingham Daily Post 14,15 June; Berkshire Chronicle 22 June; Reading Mercury 22 June; Reading Observer 15 June; The Sportsman 14,15 June.

 

 

 

 

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