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| Venue | Sherborne School, Sherborne on 7th, 8th August 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Dorset 3; Wiltshire 1 |
| Umpires | C Fairservice, SH Moore |
| Scorers | JJM Barron, L White |
| Close of play day 1 | Dorset (1) 207/2 (Courtenay 138*, Hills 21*) |
| Wiltshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IPH Skeet | c Oxford b Deane | 12 | |||||
| AEH Rutter | b Pinney | 30 | |||||
| NCB Creek | b Pinney | 18 | |||||
| J Hurn | c Honey b Pinney | 94 | |||||
| JS Maples | b Pinney | 20 | |||||
| *WFW Becher | b Pinney | 0 | |||||
| RJ Knight | b Pinney | 5 | |||||
| P King | b Pinney | 0 | |||||
| DS Milford | c and b Pinney | 8 | |||||
| J Andrews | lbw b Pinney | 0 | |||||
| BS Hobson | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.4 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (Skeet), 2-50 (Rutter), 3-87 (Creek), 4-147 (Maples), 5-155 (Becher), 6-163 (Knight), 7-163 (King), 8-189 (Milford), 9-189 (Andrews), 10-194 (Hurn, 66.4 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Swann | 16 | 4 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Deane | 9 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hebden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pinney | 23.4 | 4 | 69 | 9 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 17 | 1 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EC Honey | b Milford | 42 | |||||
| GGL Hebden | b Andrews | 4 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | b Andrews | 151 | 18 | - | |||
| NL Hills | c Hurn b Andrews | 32 | |||||
| CF Deacon | not out | 53 | 9 | - | |||
| ATW Oxford | c Skeet b Andrews | 0 | |||||
| DJW Bridge | c Hurn b King | 14 | |||||
| *GC Tovey | run out | 3 | |||||
| PA Deane | not out | 5 | |||||
| WJ Pinney | did not bat | ||||||
| EF Swann | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 83.1 overs) | 317 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Hebden), 2-114 (Honey), 3-237 (Hills), 4-252 (Courtenay), 5-252 (Oxford), 6-293 (Bridge), 7-301 (Tovey) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Andrews | 19 | 3 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 13 | 1 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knight | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Milford | 23 | 6 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| King | 20.1 | 2 | 89 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IPH Skeet | c and b Hills | 174 | |||||
| AEH Rutter | not out | 113 | |||||
| NCB Creek | not out | 11 | |||||
| J Hurn | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Maples | did not bat | ||||||
| *WFW Becher | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Knight | did not bat | ||||||
| P King | did not bat | ||||||
| DS Milford | did not bat | ||||||
| J Andrews | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Hobson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 92 overs) | 304 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-284 (Skeet) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Swann | 15 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Deane | 14 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pinney | 27 | 4 | 101 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 21 | 2 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hebden | 12 | 1 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hills | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> BS Hobson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Hurn (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IPH Skeet (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IPH Skeet (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AEH Rutter (2) passed his previous highest score of 109 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AEH Rutter (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 53
--> WJ Pinney achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed DS Milford in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 6-45)
--> J Andrews achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed GWL Courtenay in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 2-23)
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