minc71	Berkshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 21st, 22nd August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Hertfordshire 0
Umpires	J Relf, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 63/2 (Butcher 11*, Field 12*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Butcher	c Chapman b Burgess	71
HE White	c Burgess b Croome	30
TW Pritchett	b Croome	9
F Field	b Barker	40
VA Titchmarsh	b Croome	29
NS Bulwer-Lytton	b Croome	0
GE Green	c Wells b Croome	5
J Woods	b Burgess	0
+GEB Pritchett	c Barrington b Croome	19
CD Fastnedge	b Barker	0
CC Hoyer Millar	not out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-40, 3-158, 4-186, 5-186, 6-186, 7-186, 8-210, 9-214, 10-214 (80.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	28.1	13	53	2	-	-
Croome	27	6	72	6	-	-
Burgess	12	3	36	2	-	-
Daffen	11	5	24	0	1	1
Finch	2	0	18	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FM Ingram	b Hoyer Millar	22
CEMY Nepean	c Titchmarsh b Woods	74
WG Heasman	c GEB Pritchett b Titchmarsh	3
A Daffen	lbw b Titchmarsh	26
RES Barrington	b Woods	41
*ACM Croome	c Green b TW Pritchett	35
HD Wells	b Woods	7
W Barker	b Woods	11
+FE Chapman	run out	7
FW Finch	not out	3
LA Burgess	b TW Pritchett	1
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-45, 3-125, 4-152, 5-208, 6-214, 7-216, 8-230, 9-237, 10-240 (90.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	25	2	78	0	-	-
Titchmarsh	26	5	58	2	-	-
Hoyer Millar	11	3	23	1	-	-
Bulwer-Lytton	5	0	19	0	-	-
Woods	15	4	36	4	-	-
TW Pritchett	8.2	4	16	2	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+GEB Pritchett	c Daffen b Burgess	4
CD Fastnedge	b Burgess	1
TW Pritchett	not out	7
*A Butcher	did not bat
HE White	did not bat
F Field	did not bat
VA Titchmarsh	did not bat
NS Bulwer-Lytton	did not bat
GE Green	did not bat
J Woods	did not bat
CC Hoyer Millar	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(2 wickets, 6.4 overs)	13
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-13 (6.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	3.4	2	8	2	-	-
Croome	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TW Pritchett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Green made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Heasman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RES Barrington made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LA Burgess made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TW Pritchett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEMY Nepean (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RES Barrington (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match was drawn as had been the game between the two teams at Watford the previous week. Rain prevented any play on the first day after 1.00 pm. For Hertfordshire, Butcher's 71 included 14 fours, and with Field he put on 118 runs for the third wicket in the visitors' first innings. Nepean's 74 for Berkshire contained 12 fours.
[Missing: In Hertfordshire 2nd inns detail of extra, and fall of 1st wicket.]
Sources: Hertfordshire Scorebook; Berkshire Chronicle 29 August; Reading Observer 22,29 August; Reading Standard 29 August; Hertfordshire Standard 28 August; The Sportsman 22, 24 August.