The Minor Counties Championship 1901

89 MATCH NUMBER 66 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 August 1901 Result: Monmouthshire won by an innings and 11 runs Points: Monmouthshire +1, Berkshire -1 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire none; Berkshire none First day score: Berkshire 215; Monmouthshire 111-2 wickets (G Ll Lloyd 36*, E S Phillips 12*) Berkshire L G A Collins b Steeples 5 (1) b Silverlock 4 D Mercer b Silverlock 0 (2) c Rees b Silverlock 35 F M Ingram c and b Steeples 44 absent hurt - * J A Gibb c Silverlock b Steeples 13 (4) b Silverlock 20 A Henderson b Steeples 60 (3) c and b Silverlock 0 Brown, C E b Steeples 31 (5) c Steeples b Silverlock 3 + C H Frith b Hudden 12 (6) b Steeples 19 Watts, E b Steeples 15 (7) c Stedman b Steeples 25 Croom, A B b Steeples 0 (8) c substitute(F E Rowe) b Steeples 11 G V Goodliffe not out 5 (9) b Steeples 1 Relf, R R lbw b Steeples 0 (10) not out 15 Extras 30 14 Total 215 147 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 6 35 130 149 168 202 202 209 215 Second innings 12 12 63 66 77 107 118 123 147 - Steeples 33.5 6 68 8 - - (1) 17.2 4 51 4 - - Silverlock 28 4 65 1 - - (2) 21 3 58 5 - - Stedman 6 1 26 0 - - (4) 2 1 8 0 - - Hudden 12 5 26 1 - - (3) 2 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 79.5 16 215 10 - - 42.2 8 147 9 - - Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J b Relf 35 F Rees c Goodliffe b Collins 27 + G Ll Lloyd c Relf b Collins 38 E S Phillips st Frith b Croom 42 Dr A L Tatham b Brown 33 P C Phillips b Goodliffe 51 N C Phillips c Henderson b Relf 56 B O Bircham run out 21 * L F Stedman c Mercer b Collins 6 W E C Hudden not out 28 Steeples, R b Relf 15 Extras w 2 21 Total 373 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 62 62 113 186 221 253 318 327 342 373 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Collins 26 8 92 3 - - Relf 26.5 4 89 3 1 - Brown 21 2 58 1 - - Goodliffe 13 3 44 1 - - Croom 9 2 42 1 - - Mercer 5 0 19 0 - - Gibb 2 0 8 0 1 - Extras - - 21 1 - - Total 102.5 19 373 10 2 0 Notes: This game provided Monmouthshire with their only win of the season, by an innings and 11 runs achieved at 5.15 pm on the second day. For the winners, Steeples took 12 wickets in the match for 119 runs, including 8 for 68 in the Berkshire first innings. N C Phillips scored 56 and P C Phillips 51. In the Monmouthshire innings, N C Phillips and B O Bircham put on 65 runs for the seventh wicket. Henderson’s 60 for Berkshire included 5 fours. Ingram damaged his hand on the opening day and did not bat in the Berkshire second innings. In the Berkshire second innings, Croom retired hurt after being hit by Steeples and came in again at the fall of the eighth wicket. F E Rowe acted as the substitute fielder and caught Croom in the Berkshire second innings. Tatham played in this match for Monmouthshire under the pseudonym of ‘C Kirkby’. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Monmouthshire inns boundaries in N C Phillips’s 56 and P C Phillips’s 51.] Sources: South Wales Argus 21,22 August; South Wales Daily News 22,23 August; South Wales Telegraph 21,22 August; South Wales Times 23 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 24 August; Western Mail 22,23 August; Berkshire Chronicle 24 August; Reading Observer 24 August; The Sportsman 21,22,23 August.