The MInor Counties Championship 1900

84 MATCH NUMBER 65 : BERKSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 August 1900 Result: Berkshire won by ten wickets Points: Berkshire 1, Wiltshire -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 118; Berkshire 179-5 wickets (F M Ingram 67*) Wiltshire * A M Miller c Brown b Cave 4 ( ) b Brown 6 J E Stevens b Cave 41 (1) c and b Barker 22 C H Ransome c and b Barker 0 (2) c Chapman b Barker 35 H S Snell b Barker 0 ( ) c Barker b Brown 45 O G Radcliffe b Barker 0 ( ) c Cave b Brown 20 H Taunton c Watts b Cave 16 ( ) c Rowe b Barker 3 R W Awdry b Cave 6 ( ) c and b Brown 0 E Fawcett b Cave 15 ( ) b Barker 1 + Smart, T b Cave 6 (9) not out 10 Smith, W R R not out 13 (10) b Brown 15 Overton, W c Watts b Barker 9 (11) c Ingram b Barker 6 Extras 8 7 Total 118 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 13 13 13 63 118 Second innings 47 127 153 170 Barker 25 9 49 4 - - (1) 29 10 77 5 - - Cave 23 11 49 6 - - (2) 23 7 41 0 - - Brown 8 5 12 0 - - (4) 13 4 31 5 - - Croome (3) 6 2 14 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 56 25 118 10 - - 71 23 170 10 - - Berkshire F E Rowe b Miller 6 (1) not out 13 * A C M Croome c Snell b Fawcett 51 F M Ingram c Overton b Smith 81 F E Chapman c and b Smith 4 (2) not out 3 J A Gibb b Fawcett 22 + A Henderson b Overton 16 Watts, E c and b Overton 33 Brown, C E b Smart 15 A P Strange st Smart b Smith 0 Barker, W not out 10 Cave, W c Fawcett b Miller 15 Extras 21 0 Total 274 (no wicket) 16 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 227 227 227 253 274 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Miller 21.2 3 55 2 - - (1) 2.4 0 14 0 - - Smith 29 10 51 3 - - Overton 18 4 36 2 - - Fawcett 15 4 38 2 - - (2) 2 1 2 0 - - Smart 22 4 73 1 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 105.2 25 274 10 - - 4.4 1 16 0 0 0 Notes: Berkshire won this return match by ten wickets on the second day, Wiltshire having been victorious in the first encounter between the two teams earlier in the month. For Berkshire, Ingram scored 81 and Croome 51. Cave received talent money for taking 6 wickets in the Wiltshire first innings. Barker took 9 wickets in the match for 126 runs. Cave injured his left hand during the Wiltshire first innings and batted one-handed in the Berkshire first innings. When Smart had scored 8 in the Wiltshire second innings, he reached his one thousand runs in championship matches. Most sources mistakenly indicate that Berkshire batted first in this match and enforced the follow-on. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Berkshire 1 st inns boundaries in Ingramís 81 and Croomeís 51; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns batting order; time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 1 September; Reading Mercury 1 September; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 6 September; Wiltshire Times 1 September; Sporting Life 31 August; The Sportsman 31 August.