Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 64 : BERKSHIRE V DEVON At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 August 1913 Result: Berkshire won by eight wickets Points: Berkshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Devon none First day score: Berkshire 282; Devon 169 and 8-1 wicket (E Tate 4*, J F Shelley 3*) Berkshire Capt L P Collins c Carroll b Wreford 45 (2) st Davies b Sturt 108 H Brougham b Sturt 2 (1) c Spring b Wreford 51 G G M Bennett c Carroll b Light 29 (3) not out 63 T P W Norris c Shelley b Sturt 59 (4) not out 15 G Belcher c Davies b Fishwick 72 Bailey, W G b Wreford 3 Dr W Y Woodburn c Spring b Sturt 20 Shoosmith, H W c Davies b Wreford 14 * Sir C E M Y Nepean not out 20 Hawksworth, G M c Davies b Fishwick 9 + A F Todd c Carroll b Fishwick 0 Extras b 6, lb 1, nb 2 9 b 10, w 1 11 Total (all out) 282 (2 wickets) 248 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 47 107 152 170 208 240 268 282 282 Second innings 109 204 - - - - - - - - Sturt 11 1 34 3 - - (1) 6 0 44 1 1 - Wreford 25 1 104 3 - 4 (3) 11 1 49 1 - - Light 25 2 89 1 - 1 (2) 10 0 66 0 - - Fishwick 10 0 34 3 - - (5) 4 0 30 0 - - Tate 4 0 12 0 - - (4) 3 1 16 0 - - Spring (6) 2 0 13 0 - - Reed (7) 3 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 75 4 282 10 0 5 39 2 248 2 1 0 Devon (Followed on) Capt T C Spring c Shoosmith b Hawksworth 5 (4) c Woodburn b Hawksworth 7 Reed, S O b Woodburn 32 (1) lbw b Woodburn 0 F H Carroll c Shoosmith b Woodburn 22 (5) c Nepean b Woodburn 137 E A Fulcher c Shoosmith b Hawksworth 6 (7) c Belcher b Woodburn 43 W F Sturt b Hawksworth 3 (6) b Woodburn 13 Light, W F c Shoosmith b Woodburn 2 (8) not out 18 * J F Shelley c Todd b Hawksworth 26 (3) c Brougham b Woodburn 74 Tate, E b Woodburn 24 (2) c Nepean b Norris 29 W Wreford st Todd b Woodburn 39 (9) b Woodburn 3 + Davies, T b Woodburn 2 (10) b Belcher 6 M R Fishwick not out 5 (11) b Woodburn 1 Extras b 1, nb 2 3 b 19, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 25 Total (all out) 169 (all out) 356 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 55 66 66 71 71 115 156 158 169 Second innings 0 82 99 129 190 314 328 337 349 356 Belcher 10 2 29 0 - 3 (4) 13 1 62 1 - - Hawksworth 30 10 47 4 - - (3) 13.3 3 46 1 - - Woodburn 18.3 3 63 6 - - (1) 33.5 7 133 7 - - Shoosmith 2 0 27 0 - - (6) 2 2 0 0 - - Norris (2) 14 2 70 1 1 - Bailey (5) 7 2 20 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 25 0 - - Total 60.3 15 169 10 0 3 83.2 17 356 10 1 1 Notes: Berkshire won this return match by 8 wickets at 5.10 pm on the second day when play had started at 10.30 am. The match between the two teams at Tavistock in July had been won by Devon by 1 run. Berkshire made Devon follow on and were eventually set 244 to win in 2 hours. They reached 100 in 45 minutes, 200 in 80 minutes, and achieved victory with 20 minutes to spare, having scored the runs off just 39 overs. For the winners there were 8 fours in Norris’ 59, 8 fours in Belcher’s 72, 17 fours in Collins’ 108 (an innings lasting 85 minutes), 8 fours in Brougham’s 51, and 1 six and 8 fours in Bennett’s unbeaten 63. Woodburn had figures of 13 wickets for 196 runs in the match, including 6 for 63 in Devon’s first innings and 7 for 133 in their second. Shoosmith took 4 catches in Devon’s first innings, all at slip. In Devon’s second innings Hawksworth attempted a caught and bowled chance off a hard hit from Shelley but split his hand badly between the third and fourth fingers. He was taken to hospital and played no further part in the match. His over was left incomplete. Croom (the groundsman) took his place in the field. For the losers there were 24 fours in Carroll’s 137, an innings lasting just under 3 hours, and 1 six and 8 fours in Shelley’s 74. Carroll and Fulcher added 124 for the sixth wicket in Devon’s second innings. Davies caught 3 batsmen in Berkshire’s first innings and stumped one in their second innings; Carroll took 3 catches in Berkshire’s first innings and his one handed catch to dismiss Bennett was thought to be one of the finest catches ever taken on this ground. [Missing: Toss; umpires; in Devon second innings who bowled the no-ball.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon Annual Handbook; Berkshire Chronicle; Reading Chronicle 15 August; Reading Observer 16 August; Western Daily Mercury 14,15 August; Western Morning News 14,15 August; Cricket 23 August, p 548. 97