minc148	Monmouthshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Rodney Parade, Newport on 27th, 28th July 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Monmouthshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Monmouthshire 1; Wiltshire -1
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (2) 78/2 (Atfield 40*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	c Smart b Miller	5
GL Lloyd	b Overton	6
GLR Hutchings	c Awdry b Overton	27
BO Bircham	b Miller	3
+TW Mayes	c and b Overton	56
*LF Stedman	b Miller	8
AIR Butler	run out	0
RH Deane	b Overton	23
JR Porter	b Miller	1
R Steeples	c Snell b Overton	38
PC Phillips	not out	46
Extras	(3 b, ? lb, ? nb, ? w)	6
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-19, 3-26, 4-48, 5-67, 6-69, 7-131, 8-132, 9-132, 10-219 (54 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	23	2	83	5	-	-
Miller	21	4	72	4	-	-
Haskins	4	0	18	0	-	-
Dibsdall	5	0	27	0	-	-
Radcliffe	1	0	13	0	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Atfield	c Hutchings b Silverlock	22
CS Awdry	run out	12
OG Radcliffe	lbw b Silverlock	4
HS Snell	b Silverlock	3
*AM Miller	b Silverlock	11
WH Goudge	b Silverlock	16
+T Smart	b Steeples	2
AEJ Chivers	c Silverlock b Steeples	0
AG Dibsdall	not out	10
W Overton	lbw b Silverlock	1
J Haskins	c Bircham b Silverlock	3
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 32.3 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-88 (32.3 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Silverlock	16.3	3	42	7	-	-
Steeples	16	2	42	2	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Silverlock b Porter	32
AJ Atfield	c Butler b Silverlock	40
WH Goudge	c Porter b Steeples	5
OG Radcliffe	st Mayes b Silverlock	5
HS Snell	b Silverlock	4
*AM Miller	b Silverlock	11
+T Smart	not out	46
AEJ Chivers	st Mayes b Silverlock	15
AG Dibsdall	c Silverlock b Porter	10
W Overton	st Mayes b Porter	0
J Haskins	c Silverlock b Porter	1
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-78, 3-82, 4-86, 5-89, 6-100, 7-138, 8-163, 9-?, 10-171 (44.2 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Silverlock	19	0	79	5	-	-
Steeples	15	0	50	1	-	-
Porter	10.2	0	40	4	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	c Awdry b Overton	0
GLR Hutchings	b Overton	13
PC Phillips	c Goudge b Overton	1
GL Lloyd	c Awdry b Overton	4
BO Bircham	not out	9
+TW Mayes	run out	0
*LF Stedman	c Radcliffe b Overton	0
RH Deane	c Smart b Miller	4
AIR Butler	not out	10
JR Porter	did not bat
R Steeples	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(7 wickets, 14 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-17, 4-20, 5-20, 6-22, 7-31

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	7	4	5	5	-	-
Miller	7	1	36	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RH Deane made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Dibsdall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Haskins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Deane made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLR Hutchings (1) equalled his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TW Mayes (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Atfield (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Silverlock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 6-62)
--> JR Porter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 2-39)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Needing just 41 runs to win after Wiltshire followed on 131 behind, Monmouthshire lost six wickets for 22 before winning by three wickets shortly before 3.30 pm on the second day. The margin of victory was the narrowest of the season by a team successfully chasing a fourth innings target. Rain delayed the start until 12.30 pm on the second day. For the winners, Silverlock took 12 wickets in the match for 121 runs, including 7 for 42 in the Wiltshire first innings. Mayes top-scored with 56 including 1 five and 6 fours. In the Monmouthshire first innings Mayes and Deane added 62 for the seventh wicket, and Steeples and Phillips 87 for the last wicket. The latter was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season and a new Championship record, exceeding the 71 put on by Dr A V Macgregor and G Middlemiss for Durham against Cambridgeshire at West Hartlepool in 1897.
It was to be equalled later in the season by G Polley and C Headlam playing for Oxfordshire against Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury.
Mayes stumped three batsmen in the Wiltshire second innings, which was the most in an innings during the season and equalled the record for the Championship achieved in earlier seasons by W H Brain for Glamorgan, and by C E Cobb -- three times - F W Dobson and C D Robinson all for Buckinghamshire. For the losers, Overton took 10 wickets in the match for 88 runs, and Smart top-scored with 46 not out. After the fall of the ninth wicket in the Monmouthshire first innings, the players moved to leave the field but before they reached the pavilion Phillips appeared on the scene and the Wiltshire captain generously allowed the innings to continue. Without that record breaking tenth-wicket partnership of 87 runs, it is unlikely that Monmouthshire would have won the match.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Monmouthshire 1st inns boundaries in Mayes's 56; in Wiltshire 2nd inns boundaries in Smart's 46*.]
Sources: South Wales Echo 27,28 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 30 July; Sporting Life 28,29 July; The Sportsman 28,29 July.

 

 

 

 

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