Minor Counties Championship 1907

121 MATCH NUMBER 89 : BERKSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 August 1907 Result: Match drawn – Berkshire won on first innings Points: Berkshire 3 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Wiltshire none First day score: Berkshire 296; Wiltshire 104-5 wickets (W S Medlicott 6*, A G Dibsdall 0*) Berkshire G G M Bennett b Grant 19 ( ) c Smart b Smith 28 L P Collins b Grant 16 ( ) c and b Newman 40 F E Rowe c Olivier b Grant 0 ( ) b Newman 29 H Brougham c and b Smith 42 ( ) c Snell b Newman 6 Shoosmith, H W lbw b Smart 22 ( ) not out 41 Watts, E c Newman b Smart 74 ( ) c Snell b Miller 14 G V Goodliffe run out 30 ( ) c Awdry b Newman 7 + Capt E F Rowe c Awdry b Newman 10 ( ) not out 25 * Sir C E M Y Nepean not out 49 Cave, W c and b Grant 10 Barker, W c Grant b Smith 2 Extras w 1, nb 2 22 0 Total 296 (6 wickets declared) 190 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 296 Second innings - - - - Grant 29 13 67 4 - 1 (1) 9 2 17 0 - - Dibsdall 10 0 15 0 - - Smart 23 1 81 2 - - (2) 7 0 35 0 - - Smith 14.4 2 50 2 - 1 (4) 9 2 32 1 - - Newman 10 2 29 1 - - (5) 21 7 64 4 - - Miller 5 0 32 0 1 - (3) 14 4 42 1 - - Extras - - 22 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 91.4 18 296 10 1 2 60 15 190 6 0 0 Wiltshire H S Snell c Shoosmith b Cave 24 ( ) c F E Rowe b Barker 13 E Fawcett c Shoosmith b Barker 17 ( ) b Cave 5 Smith, W c Nepean b Barker 9 ( ) c Shoosmith b Barker 0 R W Awdry c F E Rowe b Goodliffe 14 ( ) c F E Rowe b Cave 8 Newman, A W b Goodliffe 22 ( ) c Cave b Barker 0 W S Medlicott c Shoosmith b Cave 7 ( ) c Collins b Cave 4 A G Dibsdall c E F Rowe b Goodliffe 14 ( ) c E F Rowe b Cave 0 * A M Miller c Collins b Cave 31 ( ) not out 17 E Grant lbw b Barker 50 ( ) not out 10 + Capt R H Olivier c E F Rowe b Barker 7 Smart, T not out 8 Extras nb 5 17 nb 5 6 Total 220 (7 wickets) 63 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 220 Second innings - - - Barker 26.5 4 70 4 - 5 (1) 17 9 21 3 - 5 Cave 24 5 75 3 - - (2) 11 3 26 4 - - Shoosmith 10 2 29 0 - - (5) 4 2 3 0 - - Goodliffe 9 2 25 3 - - (3) 4 2 5 0 - - Bennett (4) 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 69.5 13 216x 10 - 5 37 16 63 7 - 5 220 Notes: Drawn return match with Berkshire winning on first innings. The Berkshire declaration left Wiltshire a victory target of 267 runs in 90 minutes. The match between the two teams at Trowbridge in July had been won by Wiltshire. In the Berkshire first innings, Watts scored 74 and Nepean and Cave added 62 runs in 20 minutes for the ninth wicket. In the Wiltshire first innings Grant scored 50. Rain caused two short breaks in play on the first day. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fa ll of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Watts’s 74; in Berkshire second innings batting order; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Grant’s 50 and runs bowling 4 short in all sources listed; in Wiltshire second innings batting order.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 24 August; Reading Mercury 24 August; Reading Observer 24 August; Reading Standard 24 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 22 August; North Wilts Herald 23 August; Cricketer and Hockey Player 29 August; Sporting Life 20,21 August; The Sportsman 20,21 August.