MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 38: BERKSHIRE V DEVON At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1912 Result: Devon won by seven wickets Points: Devon 5 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: G A Burton and A E Hoar Debutants: Berkshire 3 (C T Wynyard, J E D Denning, G H B Chance); Devon none First day score: Berkshire 85 and 77-2 wickets (J E Denning 13*); Devon 212 Berkshire G G M Bennett b Wreford 1 (1) c Carroll b Wreford 46 Shoosmith, H W c Carroll b Wreford 20 (2) b Preedy 11 G Belcher c Davies b Wreford 0 (5) c Knight b Wreford 34 Capt C G Hill b Wreford 0 (4) b Light 22 J E D Denning c Preedy b Wreford 24 (3) b Preedy 40 C T Wynyard c Knight b Light 13 (6) b Preedy 7 Dr W Y Woodburn c Cruwys b Light 1 (7) b Light 30 * Sir C E M Y Nepean not out 18 (8) c Light b Wreford 0 G H B Chance b Light 0 (9) b Preedy 16 Hawksworth, G M c Davies b Light 0 (10) c Wreford b Preedy 7 + A F Todd c Robinson b Wreford 6 (11) not out 7 Extras nb 2 2 lb 9, nb 1 10 Total (all out) 85 (all out) 230 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 7 27 29 46 50 74 74 78 85 Second innings 35 77 115 133 148 178 178 199 216 230 Wreford 23.1 11 32 6 - 3 (1) 18 2 96 3 - - Light 16 6 33 4 - - (2) 20.1 5 59 2 - - Preedy 9 3 18 0 - - (3) 21 3 60 5 - 1 Robinson (4) 2 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 48.1 20 85 10 0 3 61.1 10 230 10 0 1 Devon M M F Conde-Williams c Shoosmith b Belcher 6 (5) not out 5 R Knight b Belcher 59 (1) c Shoosmith b Chance 5 J H Carroll c Hawksworth b Chance 17 Light, W F c Hill b Hawksworth 23 (4) c Hill b Hawksworth 21 * J F Shelley c Bennett b Hawksworth 0 (2) c Denning b Wynyard 39 W F Sturt c Chance b Hawksworth 9 (3) not out 35 R G Cruwys b Belcher 21 + Davies, T run out 3 W Wreford c Woodburn b Belcher 15 Preedy, E A not out 48 Robinson, W H M c Hill b Wynyard 6 Extras b 3, lb 1, w 1 5 0 Total (all out) 212 (3 wickets) 105 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 32 59 59 80 121 140 147 177 212 Second innings 8 62 97 - - - - - - - Belcher 20 5 59 4 1 - (3) 10 2 23 0 - - Hawksworth 25 10 62 3 - - (2) 12 2 39 1 - - Chance 9 2 36 1 - - (1) 9 2 22 1 - - Denning 4 0 18 0 - - Woodburn 3 0 22 0 - - Wynyard 4.3 2 10 1 - - (4) 7 2 21 1 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 65.3 19 212 10 1 0 38 8 105 3 0 0 Notes: Devon won this match by 7 wickets soon after 4 pm on the second day. For Devon Knight top-scored with an innings of 59 which contained 6 fours and was the only half-century of the match. Wreford took 9 wickets for 128 runs in the match, including 6 for 32 in Berkshire’s first innings whilst Preedy took 5 wickets for 60 runs in their second innings. For Berkshire Bennett was the top scorer with 46. All sources give Wreford bowling 3 no balls in the Berkshire first innings although the total for the innings is only 2, the assumption being that one was scored from. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Reading Chronicle 9 August; Reading Standard 7 August; Wokingham Chronicle 9 August; Western Daily Mercury 3,5 August; Western Morning News 3,5 August; Cricket 10 August, p 412. 69