Minor Counties Championship 1908

83 MATCH NUMBER 50 : WILTSHIRE V BERKSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 31 July, Saturday 1 August 1908 Result: Wiltshire won by 172 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Berkshire 2 (W O Hubbard, H F Willcocks) First day score: Wiltshire 375; Berkshire 218-4 wickets (H F M Morres 100*, W O Hubbard 5*) Wiltshire C S Awdry c Cave b Barker 13 ( ) b Cave 48 S R Nicholson c and b Barker 64 absent hurt - J E Stevens c Nepean b Barker 14 ( ) c Watts b Barker 10 Smith, W c Watts b Barker 4 (8) c Nepean b Cave 6 R W Awdry c Watts b Barker 5 ( ) c Nepean b Morres 55 S J H Taunton c Hubbard b Cave 154 (4) c Collins b Cave 0 Newman, A W c Nepean b Newberry 25 (5) c Watts b Morres 0 W R C Laverton b Shoosmith 4 (6) c Morres b Shoosmith 65 * A M Miller not out 30 (7) c Collins b Cave 0 + T S Luce b Morres 2 ( ) not out 45 Smart, T c Watts b Willcocks 24 ( ) c Cave b Morres 1 Extras w 2, nb 6 36 nb 2 10 Total 375 240 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 65 176 375 Second innings 21 93 93 93 135 240 - Barker 25 4 111 5 1 5 (1) 5 0 42 1 - 2 Cave 11 4 47 1 - - (2) 12 2 63 4 - - Willcocks 14.1 2 47 1 1 - (3) 4 0 35 0 - - Morres 8 0 52 1 - - (4) 12 1 82 3 - - Hubbard 2 0 17 0 - 1 Shoosmith 6 0 35 1 - - (5) 1.3 0 8 1 - - Newberry 4 1 30 1 - - Extras - - 36 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 70.1 11 375 10 2 6 34.3 3 240 9 0 2 Berkshire F E Rowe run out 8 ( ) c C S Awdry b Miller 16 Shoosmith, H W c Miller b Newman 43 ( ) c Newman b Smart 45 H F M Morres b Smith 123 ( ) b Smart 54 R J Collins c Laverton b Miller 4 (2) b Miller 1 + Watts, E A c R W Awdry b Newman 47 ( ) c Miller b Smith 8 W O Hubbard b Smith 7 ( ) b Smart 0 Cave, W c Luce b Newman 3 ( ) b Newman 17 * Sir C E M Y Nepean lbw b Smith 4 ( ) b Smith 2 Barker, W c Stevens b Smart 9 ( ) c Smith b Newman 3 W F E Newberry b Smart 1 ( ) not out 0 H F Willcocks not out 24 ( ) c Luce b Smart 8 Extras 12 4 Total 285 158 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 92 220 227 249 285 Second innings 6 15 23 158 Laverton 3 0 21 0 - - Smart 16 3 56 2 - - (1) 7 0 31 4 - - Smith 18 0 54 3 - - (2) 13 0 66 2 - - Newman 20 5 53 3 - - (3) 5.2 1 10 2 - - Miller 11 0 59 1 - - (4) 11 1 47 2 - - C S Awdry 2 0 15 0 - - Taunton 3 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 73 8 285 10 - - 36.2 2 158 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won by 172 runs on the second day, after Berkshire were set 331 to win in 3¼ hours. For the winners, Taunton scored 154, Laverton 65, Nicholson 64 and R W Awdry 55. During his innings of 65, Laverton was hit and retired hurt when 44, but returned to resume his innigs later. In the Wiltshire first innings Nicholson and Taunton added 111 runs for the fifth wicket. For the losers, Morres’s 123 included 21 fours and he scored 54 in the second innings. Smith was temporarily disabled on the first day and A H Tucker fielded in his place. On the second day, Nicholson split his finger and did not bat in the Wiltshire second innings. A O Crew fielded as his substitute. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Wiltshire first innings breakdown and duration of Taunton’s 154, boundaries in Nicholson’s 64; in Wiltshire second innings boundaries in Laverton’s 65 and R W Awdry’s 55, and part batting order; in Berkshire first innings breakdown and duration of Morres’s 123; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Morres’s 54, batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 6 August; Cricket 6 August, p 324; The Sportsman 1,3 August.