Minor Counties Championship 1909

110 MATCH NUMBER 79 : WILTSHIRE V BERKSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 6, Saturday 7 August 1909 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 57 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Berkshire 1 (P Howard) First day score: Berkshire 218; Wiltshire 345-5 wickets (T T N Perkins 73*, A M Miller 5*) Berkshire A P Strange b Mitchell 0 ( ) c Perkins b Mitchell 5 F E Rowe c Perkins b Mitchell 24 ( ) b Miller 91 G E Williams b Grant 0 ( ) c and b Grant 0 F W Metcalfe b Smith 14 ( ) b Grant 0 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Grant b Miller 46 (4) c C S Awdry b Miller 52 Shoosmith, H W c Nicholson b Mitchell 40 ( ) b A W Newman 17 Whichelow, H V b Miller 0 ( ) b Miller 3 Barrett, H c Grant b Smith 34 ( ) b A W Newman 16 + P Howard c Perkins b A W Newman 22 ( ) not out 3 Spencer, - b Grant 16 ( ) b A W Newman 3 Simpson, - not out 7 ( ) c Grant b A W Newman 0 Extras 15 7 Total 218 197 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 53 125 218 Second innings 9 132 197 Mitchell 21 6 91 3 - - (2) 17 3 68 1 - - Grant 15 5 27 2 - - (1) 15 3 45 2 - - Smith 11 1 41 2 - - (3) 8 2 25 0 - - F E Newman 2 0 11 0 - - (4) 2 0 5 0 - - Miller 7 1 25 2 - - (5) 15 5 35 3 - - Newman, A W 4.2 0 8 1 - - (6) 6 1 12 4 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 60.2 13 218 10 - - 63 14 197 10 - - Wiltshire C S Awdry c Simpson b Williams 118 S R Nicholson c Spencer b Williams 48 Newman, A W c Williams b Simpson 35 S J H Taunton b Williams 1 R W Awdry b Shoosmith 52 + T T N Perkins b Simpson 91 * A M Miller b Simpson 56 E Grant c Nepean b Simpson 30 F E Newman b Spencer 10 Mitchell, H b Simpson 9 Smith, W R R not out 9 Extras nb 1 13 Total 472 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 136 472 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Simpson 24.4 2 134 5 - - Shoosmith 21 8 73 1 - - Whichelow 8 0 30 0 - - Barrett 6 0 27 0 - - Williams 21 1 96 3 - 1 Spencer 14 0 99 1 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - Total 94.4 11 472 10 0 1 Notes: Wiltshire won by an innings and 57 runs on the second day. For the winners, there were 18 fours in C S Awdry’s 118. Perkins’s 91 included 13 fours, Miller scored 56 and R W Awdry’s 52 contained 11 fours. In the Wiltshire innings, C S Awdry and Nicholson put on 136 runs for the first wicket in an hour, and R W Awdry and Perkins 111 for the fifth wicket. For Berkshire, there were 18 fours in F E Rowe’s 91 and Nepean scored 52. In the Berkshire second innings Rowe and Nepean added 123 for the third wicket. The Wiltshire total of 472 was the second highest score of the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Nepean’s 52, and batting order; in Wiltshire innings duration of C S Awdry’s 118, boundaries in Miller’s 56; initials of Simpson and Spencer; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 12 August; North Wilts Guardian 13 August; Wiltshire Times 14 August; Berkshire Chronicle 14 August; Reading Mercury 14 August; Reading Observer 14 August; The Sportsman 7,9 August; Cricket 26 August, p 359.