minc1361	Wiltshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1912
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 16th, 17th August 1912 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 1; Dorset 3
Close of play day 1	Dorset (2) 2/1 (Goodden 0*, Kindersley 0*)

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Arundell	b Mitchell	4
RHD Bolton	c Overton b Mitchell	28
AM Harrison	c Awdry b Mitchell	21
HS Read	lbw b Overton	0
RM Manser	lbw b Laverton	18
JA Parke	b Overton	0
FAS Sewell	c Stancomb b Laverton	1
EC Walby	c Stancomb b Overton	17
HCB Cummins	lbw b Mitchell	32
*CP Goodden	c Overton b Mitchell	22
+CHL Kindersley	not out	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-98, 9-148, 10-150 (52.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	21.1	5	53	5	-	-
Newman	6	5	1	0	-	-
Smith	6	3	7	0	-	-
Overton	15	4	60	3	-	-
Laverton	4	0	22	2	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJH Taunton	b Harrison	31
S Whittaker	run out	9
HG Mathews	c Cummins b Read	1
AW Newman	c Parke b Harrison	25
*RW Awdry	c Kindersley b Walby	14
RGC Pinfield	b Walby	3
WRC Laverton	b Walby	0
FW Stancomb	b Walby	0
W Overton	b Walby	0
WRR Smith	not out	1
H Mitchell	b Walby	10
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-28, 3-53, 4-76, 5-?, 6-?, 7-86, 8-?, 9-?, 10-99 (43.3 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	10	2	23	1	-	-
Cummins	9	4	16	0	-	-
Sewell	4	0	21	0	-	-
Harrison	12	5	17	2	-	-
Walby	8.3	1	17	6	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CP Goodden	b Overton	10
RHD Bolton	lbw b Overton	2
+CHL Kindersley	c and b Overton	2
WH Arundell	lbw b Overton	12
AM Harrison	not out	29
RM Manser	b Newman	1
FAS Sewell	not out	1
HS Read	did not bat
JA Parke	did not bat
EC Walby	did not bat
HCB Cummins	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(5 wickets, 34 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	8	2	13	0	-	-
Overton	17	4	36	4	-	-
Newman	9	4	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HS Read made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Mathews made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HS Read made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Mathews made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Walby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 2-21)
--> EC Walby achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first 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.
This match was drawn with Dorset winning on first innings. Rain stopped play half an hour before lunch on the second day and, after a subsequent torrential storm, the match was abandoned at 3 pm. For Dorset Cummins's innings of 32, made at number 9, was the highest score of the match and with Goodden he added 50 for the ninth wicket. Walby took 6 wickets for 17 runs in Wiltshire's innings. For Wiltshire Taunton top-scored with 31 whilst Mitchell took 5 wickets for 53 runs in Dorset's first innings.
[Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; extras breakdown; Wiltshire wicket-keeper; in Dorset second innings part batting order.]
Sources: Devizes and Wilts Gazette 22 August; Swindon Advertiser 17 August; Dorset County Chronicle 22 August; Weymouth and Portland Standard 20 August; Sporting Life 17,19 August; Sportsman 17,19 August; Cricket 24 August, p 454.

 

 

 

 

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