Minor Counties Championship 1895

31 MATCH NUMBER 18 : HERTFORDSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The West Herts Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1895 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire 2 (S D Crawford, C R Humbert); Berkshire 11 (Whole team) First day score: Berkshire 93 and 18-1 wicket (C B Maxwell 11*, F E Chapman ?* ); Hertfordshire 200 Berkshire L G A Collins c Crawford b Pank 18 (4) b Pank 3 D H B H Blundell c and b White 1 (7) c White b Pank 0 F W Finch b Pank 42 (5) c Crawford b Pank 8 + F E Chapman b Pank 0 (2) b White 15 * A C M Croome c Titchmarsh b White 4 (6) not out 30 Rev C E Chapman c Humbert b Pank 15 (8) not out 10 C B Maxwell b Pank 2 (3) run out 11 W H Dixon b Pank 0 W O Nares b Pank 0 Eades, G c Humbert b Pank 0 Barker, W not out 4 (1) b White 4 Extras b 7 7 b 2, lb 2 4 Total 93 (6 wickets) 85 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 19 61 72 72 78 84 84 84 93 Second innings - - - - Titchmarsh 8 3 14 0 - - White 19 4 49 2 - - (1) 16 5 39 2 - - C Pigg 4 0 14 0 - - Pank 8 4 9 8 - - (2) 15 5 42 3 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 39 11 93 10 0 0 31 10 85 6 0 0 Hertfordshire Titchmarsh, V A c Collins b Eades 20 White, H E lbw b Finch 8 H J Hill st F E Chapman b Finch 5 Field, F b Barker 67 * C Pigg c Finch b C E Chapman 13 Hearn, W c Croome b Maxwell 36 H Pigg b Barker 5 A Butcher not out 21 S D Crawford b Maxwell 2 C R Humbert b Maxwell 5 H W Pank b Maxwell 4 Extras b 11, lb 3 14 Total 200 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 30 159 200 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Eades 8 2 24 1 - - Barker 15 6 21 2 - - Finch 18 4 41 2 - - Croome 7 4 10 0 - - C E Chapman 10 1 33 1 - - Nares 10 4 22 0 - - Maxwell 13 3 35 4 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - Total 81 24 200 10 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn. The game marked Berkshire’s debut in a Championship match, though playing only two matches they did not ‘qualify’ for the final table . Rain interrupted play on the second day and the match was abandoned at 4.45 pm. For Hertfordshire, Pank took 11 wickets in the match for 51 runs, including 8 for 9 in the visitors’ first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season. There were 6 fours in Field’s 67. [Missing: Umpires; F E Chapman’s first day not out score, possibly 3*; Hertfordshire wicket-keeper, probably Crawford; in Berkshire 2 nd inns fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire inns part fall of wickets.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Hertfordshire Advertiser 10 August; Herts Leader 6 August; Watford Observer 10 August; Watford Times 8 August; West Herts Post 9 August; Berkshire Chronicle 10 August; Sporting Life 2,4 August; The Sportsman 2,5 August.