minc652	Devon v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 21st, 22nd July 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Devon won by 4 wickets
Points	Devon 3; Berkshire 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 32/2 (Bennett 23*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Light b Scott	50
Brown	b Aston	9
SV Shea-Simmons	lbw b Aston	62
HW Hutson	c Leggett b Light	0
WM Greenfield	c Scott b Aston	7
+EA Watts	b Light	2
CJ Collins	c Brunskill b Light	15
*CEMY Nepean	c Leggett b Light	20
W Barker	not out	8
FJ Howard	b Aston	5
AB Croom	run out	6
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-67, 3-72, 4-84, 5-88, 6-142, 7-154, 8-169, 9-174, 10-185 (60.3 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Light	25	5	71	4	-	-
Aston	24.3	2	68	4	-	-
Scott	6	0	34	1	-	-
Sturt	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Cruwys	c Nepean b Hutson	0
OE Leggett	b Barker	5
GC Harrison	c and b Hutson	22
*HF Brunskill	c and b Hutson	8
RT Arundell	b Hutson	23
WF Light	b Hutson	0
WF Sturt	c Nepean b Hutson	41
WH Aston	c and b Barker	23
+T Davies	lbw b Howard	19
RJ Bamberger	not out	36
D Scott	st +Shea-Simmons b Collins	24
Extras	(14 b)	14
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-23, 4-61, 5-66, 6-66, 7-99, 8-130, 9-176, 10-215 (57.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hutson	26	6	102	6	-	-
Barker	20	4	56	2	-	-
Bennett	5	0	19	0	-	-
Howard	3	0	14	1	-	-
Collins	3.2	0	10	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Davies b Sturt	116
Brown	c Cruwys b Aston	4
SV Shea-Simmons	b Aston	5
HW Hutson	b Aston	0
WM Greenfield	b Light	19
+EA Watts	b Aston	25
CJ Collins	b Aston	2
*CEMY Nepean	c Davies b Bamberger	41
W Barker	not out	17
FJ Howard	c Davies b Aston	6
AB Croom	lbw b Aston	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-32, 3-32, 4-69, 5-144, 6-152, 7-190, 8-227, 9-234, 10-238 (72 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aston	28	6	98	7	-	-
Light	25	6	74	1	-	-
Scott	5	0	25	0	-	-
Sturt	7	2	23	1	-	-
Bamberger	6	0	12	1	-	-
Brunskill	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Cruwys	b Hutson	10
OE Leggett	run out	36
GC Harrison	c Nepean b Barker	9
RT Arundell	c Watts b Hutson	71
WF Sturt	c Croom b Hutson	51
*HF Brunskill	b Bennett	4
+T Davies	not out	12
WF Light	not out	1
WH Aston	did not bat
RJ Bamberger	did not bat
D Scott	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 58.4 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-28, 3-127, 4-160, 5-186, 6-204

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hutson	24.4	8	73	3	-	-
Barker	17	4	46	1	-	1
Bennett	7	1	40	1	1	-
Collins	5	1	18	0	-	-
Croom	3	0	11	0	-	-
Nepean	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Brown made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Arundell (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WF Sturt (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Bamberger (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (2) passed his previous highest score of 92 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Cruwys (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> RT Arundell (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WF Sturt (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Hutson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 5-57)
--> WF Light reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Devon won by four wickets at 5.15 pm on the second day, after requiring 209 runs in their second innings for victory in 4 hours. For the winners, Aston took 11 wickets in the match for 166 runs, including 7 for 98 in the visitors' second innings. In the Devon second innings Arundell scored 71, containing 11 fours, and Sturt scored 51 with 9 fours. For the losers, Bennett's 116 contained 17 fours, 2 threes and 5 twos, an innings of two hours. In the first innings he scored 50 with 9 fours and Shea 62 with 8 fours. Watts and Shea both kept wicket for Berkshire.
[Missing: Umpires; Brown's initials.]
Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 22,24 July; Western Daily Mercury 22,24 July; Western Morning News 22,24 July;
Berkshire Chronicle 29 July; Reading Mercury 29 July; Reading Standard 29 July; Sporting Life 24 July; The Sportsman 22,24 July.

 

 

 

 

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