minc232	Buckinghamshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1899
Venue	Bletchley Park on 23rd, 24th August 1899 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 1; Wiltshire -1
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 156/9 (Golding 0*, Newell 6*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	st Cobb b Wright	65
WS Medlicott	b Golding	54
JE Stevens	c Bartlett b Wright	30
OG Radcliffe	c Newell b Wright	14
RWR Halliday	c Gresson b Wright	5
*AM Miller	b Golding	0
HS Snell	b Golding	1
+T Smart	c Newell b Wright	0
WRR Smith	c Golding b Wright	1
E Fawcett	b Golding	0
W Overton	not out	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	9
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-112, 2-132, 3-160, 4-173, 5-173, 6-173, 7-174, 8-?, 9-?, 10-179 (67 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	29	12	52	6	-	-
Golding	20	6	52	4	-	1
Newell	13	3	40	0	-	-
Ford	5	0	26	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	c Radcliffe b Fawcett	40
+CE Cobb	b Overton	5
J Saunders	b Miller	44
MW Wright	b Smart	18
LGBJ Ford	c Stevens b Overton	0
*PJ de Paravicini	c Miller b Overton	19
JW Stratton	b Miller	0
FT Higgins-Bernard	c Stevens b Miller	9
ENN Bartlett	b Overton	1
SWWE Golding	hit wkt b Smart	7
TW Newell	not out	13
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	14
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-70, 3-103, 4-104, 5-132, 6-135, 7-139, 8-140, 9-?, 10-170 (61.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	17	3	45	3	-	-
Smith	1	0	4	0	-	-
Overton	23	10	33	4	-	-
Fawcett	8	0	25	1	-	2
Smart	12.1	0	49	2	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c de Paravicini b Golding	31
WS Medlicott	c Ford b Golding	14
JE Stevens	b Golding	4
OG Radcliffe	b Golding	0
RWR Halliday	b Golding	0
*AM Miller	b Wright	5
HS Snell	st Cobb b Newell	45
+T Smart	b Stratton	27
WRR Smith	not out	0
E Fawcett	b Newell	1
W Overton	c Gresson b Stratton	6
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	13
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-146 (42.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	19	4	63	1	-	-
Golding	14	5	39	5	-	-
Newell	7.4	2	27	2	-	-
Stratton	2	1	4	2	-	1

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	not out	63
+CE Cobb	c Snell b Miller	7
J Saunders	b Miller	6
MW Wright	c and b Overton	20
LGBJ Ford	b Fawcett	4
*PJ de Paravicini	b Miller	37
JW Stratton	c Miller b Smart	7
FT Higgins-Bernard	not out	1
ENN Bartlett	did not bat
SWWE Golding	did not bat
TW Newell	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, 66 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	4	30	0	-	-
Miller	21	10	51	3	-	2
Overton	15	5	27	1	1	-
Fawcett	8	1	18	1	-	-
Smart	7	3	13	1	-	-
Awdry	4	2	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RWR Halliday made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FT Higgins-Bernard made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CRH Gresson (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> MW Wright reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Wiltshire first innings
--> SWWE Golding achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 4-89)
--> W Overton reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> SWWE Golding achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 4-52)
--> SWWE Golding achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Buckinghamshire kept up their challenge for the Championship by winning this match by 4 wickets on the second day. The encounter between the two teams at Trowbridge at the start of the month had been drawn. Gresson's second innings score of 63 not out included 10 fours. For Wiltshire, Awdry scored 65 and Medlicott 54. They had an opening partnership of 112 runs in the visitors' first innings. In the Wiltshire first innings when taking his fourth wicket, Wright took his two hundredth championship wicket.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 1st inns boundaries in Awdry's 65 and Medlicott's 54; in Wiltshire 2nd inns batting order; in Buckinghamshire 2nd inns batting order; time completed.]
Sources: Bucks Herald 26 August; Bucks Standard 26 August; North Bucks Times 26 August; South Bucks Free Press 1 September; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 31 August; Swindon Advertiser 26 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 26 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 26 August; Wiltshire Times 26 August; The Sportsman 24,25 August.

 

 

 

 

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