minc977	Wiltshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 14th, 15th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Wiltshire 5; Dorset 0
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 301/6 (Perkins 26*, Miller 5*)

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Arundell	lbw b Smith	9
*PFC Williams	c Smith b Smart	1
WH Budge	c and b Perkins	40
NR Udal	c Luce b Miller	30
CP Goodden	c Luce b Miller	0
GM Gordon	b Smart	11
FAS Sewell	b Newman	53
HF Hodges	c Stevens b Smith	4
+WH MacAlpine-Leny	b Newman	31
CF Stacey	not out	13
HM Greenhill	c Taunton b Miller	11
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-13, 3-59, 4-59, 5-96, 6-?, 7-124, 8-190, 9-?, 10-214 (59.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	17	7	47	2	-	1
Smart	20	4	69	2	-	-
Miller	12.2	1	55	3	-	-
Perkins	3	1	5	1	1	-
Newman	7	1	27	2	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Udal b Stacey	40
JE Stevens	c Goodden b Arundell	107
SR Nicholson	b Gordon	0
SJH Taunton	c Gordon b Stacey	19
TCG Sandford	st MacAlpine-Leny b Arundell	47
TTN Perkins	not out	41
AW Newman	c Sewell b Stacey	40
*AM Miller	c MacAlpine-Leny b Stacey	6
+TS Luce	c Stacey b Sewell	5
WRR Smith	st MacAlpine-Leny b Sewell	0
T Smart	c Hodges b Sewell	10
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-60, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-289, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-332 (67 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stacey	29	4	121	4	1	-
Sewell	11	1	52	3	-	1
Gordon	10	2	58	1	-	-
Hodges	6	1	34	0	-	-
Greenhill	5	0	17	0	-	-
Arundell	6	0	33	2	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Arundell	lbw b Smart	10
*PFC Williams	c Stevens b Smith	13
WH Budge	st Luce b Smart	6
NR Udal	c Miller b Smith	19
CP Goodden	c Perkins b Smith	4
GM Gordon	c Newman b Smart	4
FAS Sewell	b Smart	11
HF Hodges	c and b Smart	42
+WH MacAlpine-Leny	c Luce b Smith	25
CF Stacey	not out	0
HM Greenhill	c Smart b Smith	1
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 32.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-33, 3-42, 4-?, 5-53, 6-57, 7-85, 8-?, 9-?, 10-141 (32.4 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16.4	2	52	5	-	-
Smart	16	2	83	5	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Stevens	not out	15
CS Awdry	not out	10
SR Nicholson	did not bat
SJH Taunton	did not bat
TCG Sandford	did not bat
TTN Perkins	did not bat
AW Newman	did not bat
*AM Miller	did not bat
+TS Luce	did not bat
WRR Smith	did not bat
T Smart	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2.1 overs)	25

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	1.1	0	14	0	-	-
Goodden	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WH Budge (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 34
--> JE Stevens (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TCG Sandford (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 47
--> T Smart (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> HF Hodges (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Smart reached 450 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Dorset second 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 this return match by 10 wickets before a delayed lunch on the second day. Wiltshire had also won the match between the two sides at Blandford earlier in the month. For the winners, Stevens's 107 contained 20 fours, an innings of 2 hours and 5 minutes. Stevens and Sandford added 104 runs for the fourth wicket. For Dorset, Sewell scored 53. In the Dorset first innings, Sewell and Leny added 66 runs for the eight wicket. Udal was unable to bowl for Dorset because of an injured hand.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Dorset first innings, boundaries in Sewell's 53; in Dorset second innings, batting order; in Wiltshire first innings breakdown and duration of Stevens's 107; precise time completed; date of Wiltshire County Mirror.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 20 August; Wiltshire County Mirror August; Wiltshire Times 22 August; Dorset County Chronicle 20 August; East Dorset Herald 20August; Poole Sun 15,19 August; Sporting Life 15,17August; The Sportsman 15,17 August; Cricket 27 August, p 375.

 

 

 

 

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