Minor Counties Championship 1909

111 MATCH NUMBER 80 : BERKSHIRE V WILTSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 9 August 1909 Result: Wiltshire won by ten wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 3 (Rev A G P Baines, H M Ferryman, S H Stevens); Wiltshire none First day score: As match - completed in one day Berkshire Rev A G P Baines b Mitchell 9 ( ) c Newman b Smith 7 Shoosmith, H W b Mitchell 0 ( ) c J E Stevens b Mitchell 26 F W Metcalfe c Mitchell b Smith 0 ( ) c Perkins b Mitchell 0 H Brougham c - Awdry b Smith 7 ( ) c and b Mitchell 23 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Mitchell 6 ( ) b Smith 48 + Capt E F Rowe c Perkins b Mitchell 1 ( ) c Perkins b Mitchell 0 P Howard c Davenport b Smith 0 ( ) b Smith 26 S H Stevens b Mitchell 0 ( ) st Davenport b Mitchell 53 Barrett, H b Smith 1 ( ) c Taunton b Smith 14 H M Ferryman b Smith 4 ( ) run out 11 Simpson, - not out 0 ( ) not out 2 Extras w 2 8 7 Total 36 217 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 Second innings 217 Mitchell 9.2 4 17 5 - - (1) 21.4 2 101 5 - - Smith 9 5 11 5 2 - (2) 14 2 64 4 - - Newman (3) 8 2 25 0 - - Sandford (4) 3 0 17 0 - - Taunton (5) 3 1 3 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 18.2 9 36 10 2 0 49.4 7 217 10 - - Wiltshire J E Stevens c Simpson b Shoosmith 50 C S Awdry b Ferryman 57 (1) not out 13 S R Nicholson b Shoosmith 11 T C G Sandford c Baines b Ferryman 18 * R W Awdry c and b Ferryman 12 T T N Perkins c Nepean b Shoosmith 5 Newman, A W c Metcalfe b Ferryman 2 S J H Taunton c Rowe b Shoosmith 0 + G C Davenport c Nepean b Shoosmith 30 (2) not out 2 Smith, W R R lbw b Ferryman 1 Mitchell, H not out 31 Extras 23 0 Total 240 (no wicket) 15 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 240 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Simpson 9 0 55 0 - - (1) 1 0 6 0 - - Shoosmith 16.4 0 86 5 - - (2) 0.4 0 9 0 - - Ferryman 13 2 55 5 - - Barrett 3 0 21 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 41.4 2 240 10 - - 1.4 0 15 0 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by ten wickets on the first day, with play being prolonged by half an hour to enable a definite decision to be reached. Wiltshire had also won when the teams had met at Trowbridge the previous week. For the winners, Mitchell took 10 wickets in the match for 118 runs, while Smith took 9 for 75. C S Awdry scored 57 and J E Stevens 50. For Berkshire debutant S H Stevens scored 53. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Berkshire first innings which Awdry caught Brougham; in Berkshire second innings batting order and boundaries in S H Steven’s 53; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in C S Awdrry’s 57 and J E Stevens’s 50; Simpson’s initials; pre cise time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 14 August; Reading Mercury 14 August; Reading Observer 14 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 12 August; North Wilts Guardian 13 August; Swindon Advertiser 13 August; Wiltshire Times 14 August; The Sportsman 10 August; Cricket 2 September, p 375.