The Minor Counties Championship 1902

94 MATCH NUMBER 71 : BERKSHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 29, Saturday 30 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – Monmouthshire won on first innings Points: Monmouthshire 1 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 199; Berkshire 64 and 88-0 wicket (H F M Morres 32*, F E Rowe 47*) Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Bennett b Relf 50 (1) c Barker b Hunter 50 A J R Butler b Barker 1 Dr A L Tatham b Relf 20 (4) not out 22 E S Phillips b Cave 5 (5) not out 8 P C Phillips b Relf 20 (3) c Lowe b Barker 6 G L Robathan b Barker 27 R B Griffiths b Cave 25 * L F Stedman not out 18 (2) b Barker 3 Steeples, R b Cave 0 + Mayes, T c Gibb b Barker 7 F Holmes c Barker b Cave 6 Extras nb 1 20 nb 1 6 Total 199 (3 wickets) 95 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 78 78 90 130 146 169 179 192 199 Second innings 12 30 71 - - - - - - - Cave 22 3 80 4 - - (1) 5 1 14 0 - - Barker 15 6 35 3 - 1 (2) 9 1 37 2 - - Relf 21 3 64 3 - - (3) 6 1 12 0 - - Morres (4) 7 1 12 0 - 1 Hunter (5) 4 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 58 12 199 10 0 1 31 4 95 3 0 1 Berkshire (Followed on) Barrett, H c P C Phillips b Stedman 20 (4) c and b Stedman 7 F E Rowe c Stedman b Silverlock 1 (2) c and b Holmes 94 * J A Gibb c Robathan b Steeples 3 (3) c Silverlock b Steeples 95 H F M Morres c Stedman b Steeples 16 (1) c Mayes b Steeples 34 Relf, R R lbw b Steeples 0 (5) run out 3 H St A Lowe b Steeples 1 (10) c Butler b Stedman 10 + Watts, E c Butler b Stedman 18 (6) not out 72 Cave, W c P C Phillips b Stedman 0 (8) b Mayes 24 G G M Bennett b Steeples 0 (7) b Steeples 0 J C Hunter b Steeples 0 (9) b Steeples 0 Barker, W not out 3 Extras w 1 2 21 Total 64 (9 wickets declared) 360 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 20 42 42 42 43 44 44 44 64 Second innings 101 193 224 254 254 254 329 329 360 - Steeples 12 4 31 6 1 - (1) 31 2 112 4 - - Silverlock 4 0 18 1 - - (4) 17 2 79 0 - - Stedman 7.2 1 13 3 - - (2) 21.5 3 70 2 - - Griffiths (3) 5 1 24 0 - - Holmes (5) 6 0 20 1 - - Robathan (6) 3 1 12 0 - - Mayes (7) 4 0 22 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 21 1 - - Total 23.2 5 64 10 1 0 87.5 9 360 9 0 0 Notes: This return match was drawn with Monmouthshire gaining a point for the lead on first innings. The Berkshire declaration left Monmouthshire a victory target of 226 in 2 hours. The game between the two teams at Newport in July had also been drawn. For Monmouthshire, Steeples took 10 wickets in the match for 143 runs. Of Silverlock’s two innings of 50, both contained 9 fours. For Berkshire, Gibb scored 95, Rowe 94 with 12 fours, and Watts 72 not out with 11 fours. In the Berkshire second innings, Morres and Rowe put on 101 for the first wicket, and Watts and Cave 75 for the seventh. When Gibb had scored 11 in the Berkshire second innings, he reached the career milestone of 1,000 runs in championship matches. By coincidence, when Watts had scored 11 in the same innings, he reached the same milestone. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Gibb’s 95.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 6 September; Reading Mercury 6 September; South Wales Argus 29,30 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 6 September; Star of Gwent 5 September; South Wales Daily News 30 August, 1 September; South Wales Daily Telegraph 29,30 August; Western Mail 30 August.]