minc1053	Berkshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (East Division)
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 4th, 5th August 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Dorset won by an innings and 139 runs
Points	Berkshire 0; Dorset 5
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 61/4 (Strange 10*)

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PFC Williams	c Wells b Simpson	15
WH Arundell	c [unknown] b Simpson	26
AM Harrison	c Nepean b Garnett	21
FAS Sewell	b Simpson	76
HCB Cummins	b Shoosmith	20
CP Goodden	b Simpson	1
GM Gordon	st EF Rowe b Garnett	102
HF Hodges	run out	32
W Harrison	c [unknown] b Garnett	5
+GE Davis	c Shoosmith b Williams	32
CF Stacey	not out	49
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-392 (107 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Simpson	29	3	108	4	-	-
Shoosmith	35	9	101	1	-	-
Garnett	19	3	73	3	-	-
Page-Roberts	7	1	23	0	-	-
Wells	12	1	49	0	-	-
Metcalfe	1	0	5	0	-	-
Williams	4	1	20	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Garnett	c Hodges b Sewell	7
FE Rowe	c AM Harrison b W Harrison	16
HD Wells	c Williams b Sewell	16
AP Strange	c Goodden b Cummins	46
FW Metcalfe	b Stacey	0
GE Williams	b Cummins	22
*CEMY Nepean	c Gordon b Sewell	0
HW Shoosmith	b Gordon	9
+EF Rowe	c Hodges b Cummins	7
FW Page-Roberts	not out	7
W Simpson	c Hodges b Cummins	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-145 (54.3 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
W Harrison	11	3	25	1	2	-
Sewell	24	5	54	3	-	-
Stacey	7	1	20	1	-	-
Gordon	3	1	9	1	-	-
Cummins	9.3	2	22	4	-	1

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Garnett	b Stacey	4
FE Rowe	c Goodden b Stacey	14
HD Wells	c Hodges b Sewell	5
AP Strange	st Davis b Sewell	33
FW Metcalfe	c W Harrison b Stacey	7
GE Williams	b Stacey	15
*CEMY Nepean	b Stacey	12
HW Shoosmith	not out	8
+EF Rowe	b Sewell	0
FW Page-Roberts	b Stacey	0
W Simpson	b Sewell	1
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-108 (37.4 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stacey	19	5	33	6	-	-
Sewell	17.4	0	64	4	-	-
Cummins	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GE Davis made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Page-Roberts made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CF Stacey (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
Dorset won this return match on the second day after Berkshire followed on 247 runs behind on first innings. The match between the two sides at Dorchester the previous week had also been won by Dorset. For the winners, Gordon scores 102 and Sewell 76. In the Berkshire second innings Stacey took
6 wickets for 33 runs. For the losers, Strange top-scored in both innings with 46 and 33.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Dorset innings breakdown and duration of Gordon's 102, boundaries in Sewell's 76, and which Rowe held the two catches; in Berkshire second innings batting order; Simpson's initials; time completed.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 7 August; Reading Observer 7 August; Sporting Life 5,6 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August Cricket 19 August, p 347.
It is not known which Rowe caught WH Arundell or W Harrison

 

 

 

 

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