minc1339	Berkshire v Cornwall
	Minor Counties Championship 1912
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 7th, 8th August 1912 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 3; Cornwall 1
Close of play day 1	Cornwall (1) 87/7 (Trevarthen 52*, Escott 11*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Brougham	c Symons b Port	15
HW Shoosmith	c Vibart b Port	0
GGM Bennett	b Whiting	46
G Belcher	b Whiting	12
CT Wynyard	b Whiting	19
JED Denning	c Tresawna b Whiting	74
JH Bruce-Lockhart	c Holman b Whiting	0
*CEMY Nepean	b Whiting	1
+AF Todd	b Whiting	0
WY Woodburn	not out	8
GM Hawksworth	b Whiting	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-?, 3-93, 4-107, 5-160, 6-?, 7-?, 8-180, 9-?, 10-183 (44 ov)

Cornwall bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hawken	5	0	28	0	-	-
Port	11	0	64	2	-	-
Trevarthen	12	4	29	0	-	-
Whiting	14	8	44	8	-	-
Holman	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Cornwall first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Tresawna	c Todd b Belcher	5
FC Barnes	b Belcher	0
RJ Holman	b Belcher	0
+RF Vibart	c Hawksworth b Belcher	0
AS Whitworth	run out	3
C Trevarthen	not out	71
EF Hawken	st Todd b Bruce-Lockhart	5
P Symons	c Nepean b Wynyard	4
GH Escott	b Hawksworth	25
F Whiting	b Bruce-Lockhart	0
FGR Port	run out	2
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 5 nb, 0 w)	12
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-7, 5-18, 6-55, 7-64, 8-?, 9-?, 10-127 (55 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Belcher	17	7	29	4	-	-
Hawksworth	19	10	23	1	-	-
Wynyard	4	0	20	1	-	2
Bruce-Lockhart	11	1	36	2	-	-
Brougham	4	1	7	0	-	3

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Notes
--> P Symons made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CT Wynyard (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JED Denning (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Whiting achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 7-20)
--> G Belcher completed a hat-trick in the Cornwall first innings (Barnes, Holman, Vibart)

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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.
On the first day rain stopped play shortly after 5.00 pm. Rain also affected the second day and there was no play after lunch, the match being abandoned at 3.30 pm. Berkshire won this match on the first innings just 12 days after Cornwall had won the earlier match by 10 wickets. For Berkshire there were 11 fours in Denning's 74, scored in 1½ hours. For Cornwall there were 10 fours in Trevarthen's 71 not out, scored in 2 hours. Whiting took 8 wickets for 44 runs, all the wickets taken in his last 4 overs including a spell of 5 wickets for 1 run.
[Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; extras breakdown.]
Sources: Reading Chronicle 9 August; Wokingham Chronicle 9 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 15 August; Western Daily Mercury 8,9 August; Cricket 17 August, p 431.

 

 

 

 

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