minc523	Berkshire v Monmouthshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 26th, 27th August 1903 (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 (1) 124/9 (Strange 4*, Relf 0*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ES Phillips	b Relf	7
AJ Silverlock	c Cave b Hunter	29
JA Gould	b Relf	0
AL Tatham	c Nepean b Relf	12
NC Phillips	c Watts b Hunter	31
FG Phillips	c Relf b Hunter	2
GL Lloyd	c Watts b Bennett	22
SH Williams	st Watts b Relf	30
*LF Stedman	c Relf b Bennett	6
WEC Hudden	c and b Relf	5
R Steeples	not out	7
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-29, 3-42, 4-66, 5-70, 6-86, 7-140, 8-150, 9-151, 10-165 (66.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	26	16	29	0	-	-
Hunter	12	2	50	3	-	2
Relf	21.5	7	47	5	-	-
Bennett	7	0	29	2	1	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Tatham b Stedman	32
+EA Watts	c Williams b Silverlock	5
JH Dowell	c Tatham b Silverlock	4
W Cave	run out	36
H Barrett	c Williams b FG Phillips	14
*CEMY Nepean	b Steeples	14
JC Hunter	c FG Phillips b Stedman	0
AB Croom	run out	1
FG Strange	not out	4
J Simonds	b Steeples	6
RR Relf	c Stedman b Silverlock	3
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-30, 3-?, 4-75, 5-107, 6-?, 7-?, 8-115, 9-124, 10-127 (50 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	17	6	38	2	-	-
Silverlock	13	3	40	3	-	-
Stedman	12	3	26	2	-	-
FG Phillips	8	3	15	1	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WEC Hudden	b Relf	20
AJ Silverlock	c Hunter b Barrett	74
ES Phillips	c Croom b Barrett	26
AL Tatham	c and b Nepean	14
NC Phillips	b Relf	18
SH Williams	c Barrett b Hunter	6
GL Lloyd	not out	42
*LF Stedman	not out	12
JA Gould	did not bat
FG Phillips	did not bat
R Steeples	did not bat
Extras		19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-130, 3-134, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Relf	30	6	70	2	-	-
Hunter	10	1	49	1	-	-
Bennett	10	3	38	0	-	-
Croom	3	1	4	0	-	-
Barrett	10	1	31	2	-	-
Nepean	5	0	22	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c ES Phillips b Steeples	8
+EA Watts	c Tatham b Stedman	48
FG Strange	not out	14
W Cave	c Hudden b Stedman	2
JH Dowell	b Silverlock	3
H Barrett	not out	0
*CEMY Nepean	did not bat
JC Hunter	did not bat
AB Croom	did not bat
J Simonds	did not bat
RR Relf	did not bat
Extras		18
Total	(4 wickets, 38 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-24, 3-73, 4-92

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	12	2	25	1	-	-
Silverlock	12	4	29	1	-	-
FG Phillips	7	4	13	0	-	-
Stedman	7	4	8	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Monmouthshire first innings adds 4 runs over
--> Bowling in the Monmouthshire second innings adds 2 runs over
--> J Simonds made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JC Hunter made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Simonds made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SH Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ES Phillips (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> GL Lloyd (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> EA Watts (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 39

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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 rain-interrupted return match was drawn, after the Monmouthshire declaration set Berkshire a victory target of 270 runs in three hours. Monmouthshire had won the match at Newport in July. On the first day bad light ended play early at 6.00 pm. On the second day rain halted play briefly just before 5.00 pm and then at again at 5.10 pm when a heavy rainstorm led to the match being abandoned at 5.45 pm. For the visitors, Silverlock's 74 included ? fours. In the Monmouthshire first innings, Lloyd and Williams added 54 runs for the seventh wicket. Cave injured a leg while batting in the Berkshire first innings and could not bowl in the Monmouthshire second innings.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; Monmouthshire wicket-keeper; in Monmouthshire first innings runs conceded bowling 4 in excess; in Monmouthshire second innings boundaries in Silverlock's 74 and runs conceded bowling 2 in excess.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 29 August; Reading Mercury 29 August; Reading Observer 29 August; Reading Standard 29 August; South Wales Argus 26,27 August; South Wales Daily News 27,28 August; Western Mail 27,28 August; The Sportsman 27,29 August.

 

 

 

 

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