Minor Counties Championship 1895

47 MATCH NUMBER 34 : BERKSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Reading School Ground, Erleigh Road, Reading on Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 August 1895 Result: Berkshire won by an innings and 95 runs Points: Hertfordshire -1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: J Relf and W T Westell Debutants: Berkshire 6 (W B L Barrington, Maj C M Edwards, E Field, Capt C E M Y Nepean, A E Relf, C E Slocock); Hertfordshire 2 (A M Bury, Rev E D Shaw) First day score: Hertfordshire 117; Berkshire 218-8 wickets (A C M Croome 73*, F E Chapman 0*) Hertfordshire A Butcher st F E Chapman b Croome 3 (2) run out 1 Titchmarsh, V A c E Field b Croome 17 (1) c and b Relf 9 Rev E D Shaw c Finch b Relf 3 (3) c Slocock b Croome 8 * H Pigg run out 17 (5) c E Field b Relf 4 H J Hill b C E Chapman 23 (4) c Finch b Croome 29 A M Bury c E Field b Relf 2 (7) c E Field b Relf 1 Field, F lbw b C E Chapman 11 (8) c Relf b Croome 1 + G E B Pritchett c and b Relf 0 (9) c Slocock b Croome 1 Hearn, W not out 22 (6) c Croome b Relf 12 W H Nicholls b C E Chapman 0 (10) not out 0 H W Pank c E Field b Relf 14 (11) c C E Chapman b Croome 0 Extras b 2, lb 3 5 b 5 5 Total 117 71 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 25 25 65 68 68 79 86 90 117 Second innings 5 18 18 40 68 68 70 71 71 71 Relf 26.3 12 48 4 - - (1) 14 5 36 4 - - Croome 19 7 35 2 - - (2) 13.3 3 26 5 - - Finch 3 1 5 0 - - C E Chapman 10 2 24 3 - - (3) 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 58.3 22 117 10 0 0 28.3 8 71 10 0 0 Berkshire L G A Collins b Pank 41 W B L Barrington c and b Shaw 0 E Field c and b Titchmarsh 2 C E Slocock b Shaw 13 Capt C E M Y Nepean c Shaw b Bury 28 Relf, A E b Bury 3 * A C M Croome b Bury 111 F W Finch b Bury 43 Maj C M Edwards c Pank b Hill 1 + F E Chapman st Pritchett b Pank 21 Rev C E Chapman not out 7 Extras b 6, lb 4, w 3 13 Total 283 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 25 48 84 88 90 199 204 265 283 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Titchmarsh 27 6 68 1 - - Shaw 25 5 79 2 - - Pank 10 2 34 2 - - Bury 16 3 52 4 - - Nicholls 8 2 24 0 - - Hill 3 0 13 1 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - Total 89 18 283 10 3 0 Notes: Berkshire won this return match by an innings and 95 runs early in the afternoon of the second day. The game between the two sides at Watford earlier in the month had been drawn. According to newspaper reports, the pitch cut up badly on the second day and favoured the bowlers. Croome’s 111 for Berkshire contained 9 fours, 9 threes and 18 twos. In the Berkshire innings Croome and Finch put on 109 runs for the seventh wicket, and Croome and F E Chapman 61 for the ninth. Edwards had been struck on the ankle while fielding in the Hertfordshire first innings, and batted with a runner. [Missing: In Berkshire inns duration of Croome’s 111, and who bowled 3 wides; time completed.] Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Berkshire Chronicle 24 August; Reading Mercury 24 August; Reading Standard 23 August; Herts Advertiser 24 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 24 August; Watford Observer 24 August; West Herts Post 23 August; Sporting Life 21,22 August; The Sportsman 21,22 August.