The Minor Counties Championship 1901

99 MATCH NUMBER 76 : BERKSHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 30, Saturday 31 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Berkshire Umpires: T C Brown and J J Tuck Debutants: Berkshire none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Berkshire 213; Monmouthshire 115-4 wickets (N C Phillips 22*, B O Bircham 9*) Berkshire * J A Gibb b Steeples 30 (1) b Steeples 31 F E Rowe c P C Phillips b Steeples 18 (2) not out 26 Brown, C E c P C Phillips b Stedman 10 (4) b Holmes 9 Barrett, H c Lloyd b Stedman 32 (3) b Stedman 6 F M Ingram b Holmes 0 + A Henderson c Silverlock b Steeples 32 A C M Croome b Steeples 20 Rev L G Brown c Stedman b Steeples 26 Croom, A B run out 7 Capt N H Carter not out 16 Relf, R R c Bircham b Silverlock 9 Extras 13 6 Total 213 (3 wickets) 78 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 51 99 104 185 194 213 Second innings 78 - - - - - - - Steeples 19 5 53 5 - - (1) 9 3 30 1 - - Silverlock 16 0 73 1 - - (2) 4 0 23 0 - - Stedman 19 7 43 2 - - (3) 5 2 14 1 - - Holmes 8 0 31 1 - - (4) 1 0 5 1 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 62 12 213 10 - - 19 5 78 3 - - Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Rowe b Relf 4 E S Phillips b Relf 15 Dr A L Tatham c Croome b L G Brown 23 + G Ll Lloyd c Relf b Croome 33 N C Phillips c Henderson b Relf 34 B O Bircham c Rowe b Relf 20 P C Phillips c Barrett b Relf 16 * L F Stedman c L G Brown b Croome 3 W E C Hudden st Henderson b Relf 0 F Holmes c Croome b Relf 0 Steeples, R not out 4 Extras 10 Total 162 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 19 67 155 162 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Croome 19 7 44 2 - - Relf 26.5 6 57 7 - - L G Brown 13 3 25 1 - - Croom 3 0 10 0 - - Brown, C E 4 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 65.5 16 162 10 - - Notes: This rain-interrupted return match ended as a draw. The encounter between the two teams at Newport the previous week had been won by Monmouthshire. Rain stopped play after only three hours on the second day, and the game was abandoned at 3.30 pm. No batsman played an innings of over 34 runs. For Berkshire, Relf took 7 wickets for 57 runs in the Monmouthshire innings. Shortly after the fall of the second wicket in the Berkshire first innings, Steeples strained himself bowling and had to retire. He was strapped up and returned to bowl after lunch. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 September; South Wales Argus 30,31 August; South Wales Daily News 31 August, 2 September; South Wales Telegraph 30,31 August; South Wales Times 6 September; Western Mail 31 August, 2 September; The Sportsman 30,31 August, 2 September.