minc495	Monmouthshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Rodney Parade, Newport on 5th, 6th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by an innings and 10 runs
Points	Monmouthshire 0; Wiltshire 3
Close of play day 1	Monmouthshire (2) 25/0 (ES Phillips 7*, Silverlock 14*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	c Usher b Smith	18
ES Phillips	b Smart	6
AL Tatham	lbw b Grant	27
F Rees	c Grant b Overton	8
GL Robathan	b Overton	0
FG Phillips	b Grant	0
NC Phillips	b Grant	6
WA Williams	not out	3
*LF Stedman	b Grant	0
R Steeples	b Grant	0
+TW Mayes	b Grant	1
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 29.2 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-27, 3-62, 4-64, 5-64, 6-65, 7-69, 8-69, 9-69, 10-73 (29.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	9	2	23	1	1	1
Smart	7	0	25	1	-	-
Overton	7	2	12	2	-	-
Grant	6.2	1	9	6	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Smart	c Tatham b Silverlock	2
T Usher	b Stedman	8
JE Stevens	c NC Phillips b Silverlock	57
TTN Perkins	c NC Phillips b Silverlock	72
SJH Taunton	b Steeples	9
WRR Smith	c Mayes b Steeples	6
*AM Miller	b Williams	31
W Overton	c ES Phillips b Silverlock	18
FW Newman	b Steeples	11
E Grant	not out	32
+ES Ford	c Robathan b Silverlock	14
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 6 nb, 0 w)	29
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-21, 3-106, 4-161, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-289 (75.2 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	26	6	69	3	-	1
Silverlock	21.2	1	86	5	-	2
Stedman	10	2	45	1	-	-
Williams	10	1	31	1	-	-
FG Phillips	4	0	24	0	-	3
Robathan	4	1	5	0	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ES Phillips	c Perkins b Smith	95
AJ Silverlock	c Perkins b Overton	27
AL Tatham	lbw b Grant	29
F Rees	b Smith	1
GL Robathan	c Newman b Smart	8
FG Phillips	b Smart	2
NC Phillips	b Smith	17
WA Williams	b Smith	0
*LF Stedman	run out	13
R Steeples	b Smart	4
+TW Mayes	not out	0
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-118, 3-123, 4-?, 5-153, 6-178, 7-178, 8-?, 9-206, 10-206 (80.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smart	19	2	51	3	-	-
Grant	20	6	31	1	-	-
Overton	10	4	17	1	-	-
Stevens	2	1	2	0	-	-
Miller	5	0	27	0	-	-
Smith	24.2	10	68	4	-	-

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Notes
--> FW Newman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TTN Perkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ES Phillips (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AL Tatham (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 29
--> E Grant achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Monmouthshire first innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> E Grant achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Monmouthshire first innings
--> E Grant completed a hat-trick in the Monmouthshire first innings (NC Phillips, Stedman, Steeples)
--> R Steeples reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket 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.
Wiltshire won by an innings at 3.05 pm on the second day. There was 1 six and 6 fours in Perkins's 72 and ? fours in Stevens's 57. For the losers, E S Phillips's 95 contained ? fours. He batted throughout the Monmouthshire second innings and was last man out. Mayes injured a finger during the match which prevented him from playing for Monmouthshire again during the season.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Monmouthshire second innings boundaries in E S Phillips's 95; in Wiltshire innings boundaries in Stevens's 57.]
Sources: South Wales Argus 5,6 August; South Wales Daily News 6,7 August; Western Mail 6,7 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 13 August; North Wilts Herald 14 August; Swindon Advertiser 14 August; Wiltshire Times 8 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August.

 

 

 

 

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