minc968	Berkshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 12th, 13th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Dorset 3
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 56/2 (Udal 24*, Budge 11*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Garnett	c Hodges b Arundell	202
AP Strange	b Udal	25
HW Shoosmith	c Goodden b Stacey	30
EA Watts	c and b Hodges	88
+EF Rowe	c Greenhill b Arundell	11
*CEMY Nepean	c Sewell b Hodges	28
TMC Hunt	lbw b Arundell	4
FW Metcalfe	c MacAlpine-Leny b Hodges	5
FWL Gull	b Hodges	0
GV Tate	st MacAlpine-Leny b Arundell	22
W Barker	not out	3
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	427
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-427 (94 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stacey	27	4	110	1	1	-
Udal	9	1	28	1	-	1
Greenhill	12	1	51	0	-	-
Sewell	14	2	70	0	-	-
Gordon	8	0	48	0	-	1
Arundell	12	0	74	4	-	-
Hodges	12	1	37	4	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PFC Williams	c Shoosmith b Barker	13
NR Udal	st Rowe b Garnett	39
WH Arundell	c Shoosmith b Barker	0
WH Budge	c Rowe b Hunt	36
FAS Sewell	b Hunt	7
CP Goodden	c Strange b Metcalfe	165
GM Gordon	c Shoosmith b Hunt	129
+WH MacAlpine-Leny	c Nepean b Garnett	11
HF Hodges	c and b Metcalfe	18
CF Stacey	c Shoosmith b Metcalfe	0
HM Greenhill	not out	3
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 20 nb, 2 w)	38
Total	(all out, 113 overs)	459
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-113, 6-381, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-459 (113 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	25	4	116	2	-	19
Hunt	32	2	123	3	2	-
Shoosmith	20	5	70	0	-	-
Tate	8	1	28	0	-	1
Garnett	21	3	45	2	-	-
Nepean	3	0	18	0	-	-
Gull	2	0	11	0	-	-
Metcalfe	2	0	10	3	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Metcalfe	not out	5
GV Tate	not out	3
E Garnett	did not bat
AP Strange	did not bat
HW Shoosmith	did not bat
EA Watts	did not bat
+EF Rowe	did not bat
*CEMY Nepean	did not bat
TMC Hunt	did not bat
FWL Gull	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2 overs)	8

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	1	1	0	0	-	-
Goodden	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FW Metcalfe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FWL Gull made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GV Tate made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FWL Gull made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Garnett (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 88
--> CP Goodden (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CP Goodden (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GM Gordon (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GM Gordon (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HF Hodges achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings
--> WH Arundell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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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.
Match drawn with Dorset winning on first innings. For Berkshire, Garnett scored 202. It followed his record-breaking 282 in the previous week at Reading against Wiltshire. Watts scored 88. For the visitors, Goodden scored 165 and Gordon 129. These two batsmen put on 268 runs for the sixth wicket, the largest partnership of the season and a new record for the 6th wicket in championship matches.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire first innings breakdown and duration of Garnett's 202, boundaries in Watts's 88, in Dorset innings breakdown and duration of Goodden's 165 and Gordon's 129.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 15 August; Reading Observer 15 August; Dorset County Chronicle 20 August; East Dorset Herald 20 August; Poole Sun 12,15 August; Sporting Life 13,14 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August; Cricket 20 August, p 370.

 

 

 

 

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