minc7418	Berkshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1976
Venue	Church Road, Reading on 5th, 6th August 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Berkshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Berkshire 10; Wiltshire 0
Umpires	RE Barnard, KA Beaumont
Scorers	GAF Gillmor (Berkshire), RA Gwilt (Wiltshire)
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (2) 49/0

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Johnston	c White b Litowczyk	23
EHW Heape	lbw b Maisey	23
GP Knight	b Meehan	111
C Casemore	c Mills b Gulliver	23
PA Baker	not out	43
D Gibson	not out	18
AJ Mahoney	did not bat
RFB Orton	did not bat
GEJ Child	did not bat
MK Richardson	did not bat
JH Jones	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 65.4 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-87, 3-141, 4-210

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Savin	7	2	27	0	-	1
Litowczyk	13	2	48	1	-	-
Gulliver	21	3	68	1	-	2
Maisey	16	4	54	1	-	4
Meehan	8.4	1	44	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH White	c Child b Jones	7
DD Gardner	b Jones	1
MB Mills	b Gibson	3
KW Lovegrove	c Baker b Gibson	7
S Williams	c Child b Jones	4
P Meehan	lbw b Gibson	11
RGJ Meale	b Gibson	5
JR Savin	c Child b Jones	0
RJ Gulliver	c Child b Jones	9
RD Maisey	not out	0
A Litowczyk	b Gibson	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-11, 3-24, 4-28, 5-28, 6-33, 7-44, 8-56, 9-56, 10-56 (31.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	16	4	38	5	-	-
Gibson	15.2	10	9	5	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH White	b Jones	19
DD Gardner	b Richardson	56
MB Mills	c Baker b Mahoney	36
KW Lovegrove	c and b Jones	56
P Meehan	c Johnston b Jones	2
S Williams	lbw b Mahoney	58
JR Savin	b Knight	2
RGJ Meale	lbw b Orton	3
RJ Gulliver	c Mahoney b Jones	4
RD Maisey	b Mahoney	1
A Litowczyk	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 120.5 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-119, 3-123, 4-143, 5-220, 6-232, 7-239, 8-247, 9-255, 10-256 (120.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	35	13	65	0	-	1
Richardson	13	4	31	1	1	-
Jones	32	10	85	4	-	4
Mahoney	32.5	19	41	3	-	-
Orton	5	3	9	1	-	-
Knight	3	1	6	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Johnston	not out	18
EHW Heape	c Meale b Savin	0
C Casemore	not out	29
GP Knight	did not bat
PA Baker	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
AJ Mahoney	did not bat
RFB Orton	did not bat
GEJ Child	did not bat
MK Richardson	did not bat
JH Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(1 wicket, 14.3 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Heape)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Savin	7.3	0	33	1	-	6
Litowczyk	7	3	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DD Gardner made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GP Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GP Knight (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Gibson made his debut for Berkshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Gibson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 5-80)

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