minc62	Hertfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 12th, 13th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hertfordshire 0; Berkshire 0
Umpires	J Relf, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 118/5 (Butcher 29*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b Woods	16
CEMY Nepean	c White b Woods	37
WBL Barrington	c and b White	0
A Daffen	b White	3
RP Daft	c Poland b Woods	26
FM Ingram	c Poland b Bulwer-Lytton	8
*ACM Croome	c Woods b White	38
CFC Clarke	lbw b Woods	9
+MJ Dauglish	b Woods	0
FW Finch	b White	0
W Barker	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-54, 3-54, 4-72, 5-88, 6-112, 7-140, 8-144, 9-148, 10-149 (65.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Titchmarsh	9	5	19	0	-	-
White	30.3	10	61	4	-	-
Woods	22	4	49	5	-	-
Bulwer-Lytton	2	1	3	1	-	-
Hoyer Millar	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FW Poland	c Nepean b Daffen	22
HJ Sharpe	c and b Finch	9
A Butcher	b Croome	32
VA Titchmarsh	c Ingram b Barker	33
F Field	c Dauglish b Barker	6
NS Bulwer-Lytton	c Daffen b Barrington	3
*H Pigg	not out	22
HE White	c Collins b Barker	1
J Woods	c Daffen b Croome	3
BM Humble	c Collins b Barker	4
CC Hoyer Millar	run out	2
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-33, 3-98, 4-108, 5-118, 6-132, 7-133, 8-136, 9-148, 10-154 (110 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	30	20	30	4	-	-
Daffen	25	10	39	1	-	-
Finch	25	12	30	1	-	-
Barrington	10	5	16	1	1	2
Croome	20	10	22	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WBL Barrington	c and b Bulwer-Lytton	33
A Daffen	c Bulwer-Lytton b Hoyer Millar	22
LGA Collins	not out	60
CEMY Nepean	b Bulwer-Lytton	0
RP Daft	c White b Bulwer-Lytton	3
FM Ingram	not out	89
*ACM Croome	did not bat
CFC Clarke	did not bat
+MJ Dauglish	did not bat
FW Finch	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-74, 3-74, 4-82

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Field	7	2	15	0	1	-
White	11	1	47	0	-	-
Pigg	5	1	14	0	-	-
Woods	12	3	30	0	-	-
Titchmarsh	19	12	16	0	-	-
Bulwer-Lytton	12	4	21	3	-	1
Hoyer Millar	14	2	56	1	-	-
Humble	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	c Dauglish b Finch	8
HJ Sharpe	b Barker	0
A Butcher	c Clarke b Croome	12
+FW Poland	c Barker b Croome	26
VA Titchmarsh	not out	16
F Field	not out	38
NS Bulwer-Lytton	did not bat
*H Pigg	did not bat
J Woods	did not bat
BM Humble	did not bat
CC Hoyer Millar	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, 57 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	12	6	16	1	-	-
Collins	2	1	5	0	-	1
Finch	15	6	23	1	-	-
Daffen	8	1	24	0	-	-
Croome	11	4	12	2	-	-
Barrington	4	1	8	0	-	-
Nepean	5	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FM Ingram made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NS Bulwer-Lytton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BM Humble made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RP Daft (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WBL Barrington (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Woods achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 4-62)
--> J Woods achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
The match was drawn, after Hertfordshire had been set a target of 221 runs to win in two and a quarter hours. In the Berkshire second innings, Collins and Ingram put on an undefeated 143 runs for the fifth wicket. It was the highest fifth wicket partnership of the season, and a new record for the competition. Debutant Ingram top-scored for Berkshire with 89 not out, and Collins scored 60 not out.
[Missing: In Berkshire 2nd inns boundaries in Collins and Ingram 50s; in Hertfordshire 2nd inns fall of 1st to 4th wickets.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Hertfordshire Standard 14 August; Watford Observer 15 August; Berkshire Chronicle 15 August; Reading Observer 15 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August.

 

 

 

 

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