The Minor Counties Championship 1905

32 MATCH NUMBER 6 : BERKSHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 June 1905 Result: Monmouthshire won by ten wickets Points: Monmouthshire 3 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 2 (Rev F J Howard, J E Mason); Monmouthshire none First day score: Berkshire 95 and 71-6 wickets (- Brown 21*, W Barker 5*); Monmouthshire 185 Berkshire Capt H W Hutson b Steeples 0 (4) b Steeples 0 Rev F J Howard b Stedman 19 (1) b Steeples 3 J E Mason c Williams b Steeples 17 (3) b Steeples 12 + Watts, E c Silverlock b Stedman 4 (5) c Stedman b Williams 4 Brown, - not out 19 (2) b Steeples 28 W M Greenfield c Silverlock b Williams 29 (6) b Stedman 18 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Williams 1 (7) c Williams b Steeples 4 Barker, W c Stedman b Steeples 0 (8) c Diver b Williams 9 Capt C H Frith b Steeples 0 (9) b Steeples 7 Cave, W run out 0 (10) b Steeples 2 Croom, A B lbw b Williams 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 6 11 Total 95 98 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 32 40 43 72 87 87 87 87 95 Second innings 5 17 17 24 48 53 78 89 96 98 Steeples 18 7 32 4 - - (1) 24.3 12 34 7 - - Silverlock 5 1 19 0 - - (4) 3 0 6 0 - - Stedman 7 2 26 2 - - (3) 11 3 21 1 - - Williams 5.5 1 10 3 - - (2) 12 5 25 2 - - Griffiths (5) 2 1 1 0 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 35.5 11 93x 10 - - 52.3 21 98 10 - - 95 Monmouthshire * P C Phillips c Mason b Cave 9 Silverlock, A J c Howard b Hutson 94 (1) not out 5 E S Phillips c Nepean b Barker 4 + Diver, E J b Cave 16 (2) not out 5 Dr A L Tatham c Cave b Hutson 2 J H Stratton c Nepean b Hutson 3 M Stratton c Howard b Hutson 5 R B Griffiths b Hutson 37 L F Stedman c Brown b Cave 3 W A Williams not out 4 Steeples, R b Cave 7 Extras 1 0 Total 185 (no wicket) 10 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 33 64 80 91 155 172 178 185 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 13 3 46 1 - - Cave 21.4 3 60 4 - - (2) 0.3 0 4 0 - - Hutson 15 2 57 5 - - (1) 1 0 6 0 - - Brown 3 1 13 0 - - Howard 3 1 8 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 55.4 10 185 10 - - 1.3 0 10 0 0 0 Notes: Monmouthshire won by ten wickets at 2.25 pm on the second day. For the winners, Steeples took 11 wickets in the match for 66 runs. There were 13 fours in Silverlock’s 94. In the Monmouthshire first innings, Silverlock and Griffiths added 64 runs for the seventh wicket. On the second day, rain halted play between 11.40 am and 1.45 pm. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire first innings runs bowling 2 short; in Monmouthshire first innings fall of fourth wicket; Brown’s initials .] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 24 June; Reading Mercury 24 June; Reading Standard 24 June; South Wales Argus 19,20 June; South Wales Daily News 20,21 June; South Wales Echo 19,20 June; Western Mail 20,21 June; Sporting Life 20,21 June; The Sportsman 20,21 June.