Minor Counties Championship 1907

40 MATCH NUMBER 8 : WORCESTERSHIRE 2 ND XI V BERKSHIRE At The County Ground, New Road, Worcester on Thursday 13, Friday 14 June 1907 Result: Berkshire won by 41 runs Points: Berkshire 5 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: W Armstrong and T H Holton Debutants: Worcestershire 2 nd XI 11 (Whole team); Berkshire 2 (Capt E F Rowe, H W Shoosmith) First day score: Berkshire 156 and 46-3 wickets (L P Collins 33*, H W Shoosmith 6*); Worcestershire 2 nd XI 144 Berkshire L P Collins b Hunt 30 (2) c Chaytor b Days 38 Capt J C G Matthews lbw b Hunt 18 (1) b Solly 0 Watts, E b Days 39 (3) b Solly 0 Barker, W c Chaytor b Days 1 (4) lbw b Solly 3 Shoosmith, H W c Foley b Solly 11 (5) b Days 16 A P Strange b Hunt 3 (8) c Millward b Hunt 72 + Capt E F Rowe c Solly b Hunt 0 (6) c Foley b Hunt 0 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Solly 36 (7) c Wheldon b Solly 31 Barrett, H st Straw b Solly 4 (9) c Millward b Hunt 2 K J Seth-Smith not out 3 (10) st Straw b Hunt 29 Cave, W c Straw b Hunt 0 (11) not out 1 Extras 11 7 Total 156 199 199 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 76 156 Second innings 10 199 Hunt 24 4 77 5 - - (3) 21 6 56 4 - - Wheldon 5 0 24 0 - - Days 13 5 36 2 - - (2) 21 6 64 2 - - Solly 6 2 8 3 - - (1) 25 8 72 4 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 48 11 156 10 - - 67 20 199 10 - - Worcestershire 2 nd XI G L Crowe c Watts b Shoosmith 24 (1) c Collins b Barrett 48 Days, J E c Nepean b Barker 31 (2) b Cave 32 Wheldon, G F b Shoosmith 2 (3) c Nepean b Barker 19 T C Hiatt c Barker b Barrett 20 (5) not out 27 W Millward b Barker 29 (4) b Barker 14 Hunt, F c Collins b Barrett 2 (6) b Barker 5 T H Hayes b Cave 3 (7) b Barker 0 A K Chaytor b Barker 8 (8) b Barker 0 Solly, E W c Matthews b Cave 10 (9) st Rowe b Cave 0 + Straw, T c Barrett b Cave 6 (10) lbw b Cave 0 * P H Foley not out 4 (11) b Cave 15 Extras nb 2 5 nb 3 10 Total 144 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 108 144 Second innings 61 119 120 157 170 Cave 23 3 61 3 - - (1) 25.1 5 49 4 - - Barker 15 3 41 3 - 2 (4) 16 3 29 5 - 3 Shoosmith 12 4 26 2 - - (2) 12 1 33 0 - - Barrett 5 1 11 2 - - (5) 6 2 29 1 - - Nepean (3) 9 2 20 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 55 11 144 10 - 2 68.1 13 170 10 - 3 Notes: Berkshire won by 41 runs on the second day. The match was the inaugural match for Worcestershire 2 nd XI in the Championship. The Worcestershire first eleven had participated for four seasons in the competition between its commencement in 1895 and 1898 when they were promoted to the First-Class County Championship for 1899. Worcestershire 2 nd XI needed 212 runs to win in their second innings. For the winners, there were 9 fours in Strange’s 72. For the losers, Crowe top -scored with 48. [Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; precise time completed.] Sources: Berrow’s Worcester Journal 15 June; Worcester Daily Times 13,14 June; Birmingham Daily Pos t 14,15 June; Berkshire Chronicle 22 June; Reading Mercury 22 June; Reading Observer 15 June; The Sportsman 14,15 June.