minc325	Wiltshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 17th, 18th July 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Wiltshire -1; Buckinghamshire 1
Umpires	J Relf, WT Westell
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (2) 27/3 (Medlicott 9*, Smith 9*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ET Shorland	c and b Page	0
SJH Taunton	b Wright	27
EJ Taunton	b Wright	0
WS Medlicott	c Boddy b Mitchell	8
*AM Miller	b Wright	11
RW Awdry	b Wright	31
RFB Bowes	c Kentish b Page	0
+T Smart	b Wright	4
WRR Smith	st Packer b Kentish	28
G Martin	c Page b Kentish	27
W Overton	not out	2
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-56, 7-?, 8-86, 9-135, 10-140 (58 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	29	14	67	5	-	-
Page	18	7	37	2	-	-
Mitchell	8	1	29	1	-	-
Kentish	3	0	5	2	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ES Boddy	c Medlicott b Overton	2
HWT Blanchett	c Shorland b Smith	15
*PJ de Paravicini	c Martin b Smith	40
HJ Bird	st +Awdry b Smart	16
MW Wright	c Smart b Martin	12
FH Mitchell	c Overton b Martin	4
H Page	not out	4
H Bandy	c Bowes b Overton	0
GH Kentish	c [unknown] b Overton	7
AW Keen	c and b Smart	8
+H Packer	c Miller b Smart	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-62, 4-?, 5-88, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-112 (41 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	15	2	44	3	-	-
Smith	9	2	24	2	-	-
Martin	9	2	16	2	-	-
Smart	6	0	14	3	-	-
Miller	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ET Shorland	c Page b Keen	8
SJH Taunton	b Keen	0
EJ Taunton	b Wright	2
WS Medlicott	c Blanchett b Wright	57
WRR Smith	b Kentish	15
*AM Miller	c Kentish b Page	0
RW Awdry	c Page b Keen	0
RFB Bowes	c Packer b Wright	20
+T Smart	not out	11
G Martin	c Blanchett b Wright	2
W Overton	b Wright	10
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-129 (72.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	22.3	10	39	5	-	-
Kentish	20	8	24	1	-	-
Keen	14	10	16	3	-	-
Page	16	3	46	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ES Boddy	lbw b Shorland	26
HWT Blanchett	b Smith	4
*PJ de Paravicini	c Overton b Smith	45
HJ Bird	b Shorland	1
MW Wright	not out	46
FH Mitchell	b Smith	0
H Page	b Overton	5
H Bandy	b Overton	0
GH Kentish	not out	10
AW Keen	did not bat
+H Packer	did not bat
Extras		21
Total	(7 wickets, 53.2 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-?, 3-45, 4-115, 5-146, 6-148, 7-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smart	3	0	16	0	-	-
Overton	11.2	2	39	2	-	-
Smith	17	9	25	3	-	-
Martin	10	3	19	0	-	-
Miller	3	1	8	0	-	-
Shorland	9	1	30	2	-	-

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Notes
--> EJ Taunton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Awdry (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HWT Blanchett (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Bandy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Packer made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Medlicott (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> RFB Bowes (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AW Keen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 1-0)

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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.
Buckinghamshire won by the margin of three wickets at 5.10 pm on the second day.
It was the smallest margin of victory for a team batting fourth during the season.
For the winners, Wright took 10 wickets in the match for 106 runs, as well as scoring 46 not out in Buckinghamshire's second innings.
Medlicott's 57 for Wiltshire was scored in two and three-quarter hours.
Smart, who was expected to play an important role as a bowler in the visitors' second innings, opened the Wiltshire bowling but split his thumb when he had bowled three overs.
He played no further part in the match
Awdry kept wicket when Smart bowled in the first innings and after the latter's injury in the second.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 2nd inns boundaries in Medlicott's 57, and batting order; in Bucking-hamshire 1st inns which Taunton ct Kentish; in Buckinghamshire 2nd inns batting order; initials of Martin.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 18 July; North Wilts Guardian 20,27 July; Salisbury Journal 20 July; Wiltshire Telegraph 20 July; Wiltshire Times 20 July; Bucks Advertiser 20 July; Bucks Herald 20 July; South Bucks Free Press 19 July; The Sportsman 18,19 July.
Kentish was caught by Taunton in the first innings but which one took the catch is not known.

 

 

 

 

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