minc660	Berkshire v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 2nd, 3rd August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 1; Devon 1
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 229/7 (Barker 6*, Peake 25*; 55 overs)

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Cruwys	b Sansum	45
EA Fulcher	c Nepean b Cave	0
GC Harrison	c Nepean b Bennett	63
RT Arundell	c Bennett b Sansum	11
*HF Brunskill	b Bennett	17
HA Francis	b Cave	15
+T Davies	c Nepean b Sansum	8
WF Light	b Cave	38
DC Boles	b Barker	31
WH Aston	not out	0
RJ Bamberger	c Watts b Cave	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-73, 3-93, 4-143, 5-152, 6-160, 7-176, 8-244, 9-244, 10-244 (70.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	10	2	29	1	-	-
Cave	24.3	4	63	4	-	-
Peake	14	2	59	0	-	-
Sansum	18	0	65	3	-	-
Bennett	4	0	12	2	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Aston b Boles	38
FE Rowe	b Aston	6
SV Shea-Simmons	b Boles	35
+EA Watts	b Light	56
WM Greenfield	c Boles b Light	45
CJ Collins	c Light b Boles	4
*CEMY Nepean	b Boles	7
W Barker	not out	6
E Peake	not out	25
W Cave	did not bat
A Sansum	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 55 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-66, 3-87, 4-170, 5-181, 6-193, 7-?

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aston	13	0	52	1	-	-
Light	21	1	69	2	-	-
Boles	15	0	81	4	-	-
Francis	3	0	10	0	-	-
Bamberger	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CJ Collins made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DC Boles (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> WM Greenfield (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Peake (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DC Boles achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 3-47)

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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.
This return match was drawn with no decision on first innings, with rain preventing any play on the second day and the match being abandoned at 2.30 pm. The match between the two teams at Exeter in July had been won by Devon.
For Berkshire, there were 8 fours in Watts's 56. For Devon, Harrison's 63 included 6 fours, an innings of 80 minutes. In the Devon innings, Light and Boles added 66 runs for the eighth wicket. When he had scored 4 in the Berkshire innings, Bennett reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [An alternative version of this score based on the Devon Scorebook has Light conceding 70 runs, Boles 74, Francis 14 and Bamberger 13 adding incorrectly to 230.]
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Devon Scorebook; Berkshire Chronicle 5 August; Reading Mercury 5 August; Reading Observer 5 August; Western Daily Mercury 3,4 August; Western Morning News 3,4 August; Sporting Life 3,4 August; The Sportsman 3,4 August.