Minor Counties Championship 1895

21 MATCH NUMBER 8 : WILTSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Monday 1, Tuesday 2 July 1895 Result: Bedfordshire won by ten wickets Points: Bedfordshire 1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: W Haggard and S Pakes Debutants: Wiltshire 11 (Whole team); Bedfordshire 11 (Whole team) First day score: Bedfordshire 251; Wiltshire 79-6 wickets (A M Miller 19*) Bedfordshire * L C R Thring c and b Miller 15 L C W Thring c Radcliffe b Miller 2 (1) not out 3 Brown, T A c Miller b Colman 1 J Manton b Miller 25 C G Pope c Stancomb b Robbins 66 R Ryder b Miller 56 C L Beasley not out 25 A D Piper c Cobb b Colman 29 (2) not out 2 + L G Brown b Miller 0 W Foxley st Smart b Colman 3 W F Brown c Smart b Colman 10 Extras w 1, nb 3 19 0 Total 251 (no wicket) 5 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 58 181 181 251 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Colman 18.4 4 51 4 - - (1) 1 0 3 0 - - Miller 33 8 130 5 - 2 (2) 1 0 2 0 - - Radcliffe 7 1 19 0 1 - Cobb 4 0 17 0 - 1 Robbins 8 1 15 1 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 70.4 14 251 10 1 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 Wiltshire (Followed on) F W Stancomb run out 2 ( ) c L G Brown b W F Brown 0 P G Newton st L G Brown b W F Brown 5 ( ) c and b T A Brown 2 A B Marshall b T A Brown 27 ( ) c L C R Thring b T A Brown 0 * O G Radcliffe c Manton b W F Brown 3 ( ) c L G Brown b L C R Thring 54 S P Kinneir b W F Brown 0 ( ) c Foxley b W F Brown 3 A J Andrews c Beasley b W F Brown 18 ( ) c Beasley b L C R Thring 12 A M Miller c L G Brown b Pope 34 ( ) b T A Brown 0 + Smart, T b W F Brown 5 ( ) c Piper b W F Brown 14 Dr H Colman b Manton 26 ( ) not out 19 H W Cobb c L G Brown b Pope 5 ( ) c Beasley b W F Brown 4 B Robbins not out 3 ( ) c L C W Thring b W F Brown 2 Extras 7 10 Total 135 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 23 53 79 91 135 Second innings 16 114 120 W F Brown 24 7 42 5 - - (1) 15.3 4 35 5 - - Brown, T A 28 0 62 1 - - (2) 25 5 60 3 - - L C R Thring 1 1 0 0 - - (4) 8 1 15 2 - - Manton 9 4 14 1 - - (3) 2 2 0 0 - - Pope 3.3 0 10 2 - - Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 65.3 12 135 10 - - 50.3 12 120 10 - - Notes: Bedfordshire won by 10 wickets, after Wiltshire followed on 116 runs behind. For the winners, W F Brown took 10 wickets in the match for 77 runs. Pope top-scored for Bedfordshire with 66. With Ryder, he put on 123 runs for the fifth wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings. Radcliffe’s 54 for Wiltshire included 7 fours. The 130 runs conceded by Miller in the Bedfordshire first innings were the highest in an innings during the season. Both teams were making their debut in the Championship, but only Bedfordshire ‘qualified’ for the final table, Wiltshire playing just two matches home and away versus Bedfordshire. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 1 st inns boundaries in Pope and Ryder 50s; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns batting order; time completed.] Sources: North Wilts Herald 5 July; Swindon Advertiser 6 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 6 July; Bedfordshire Mercury 6 July; Bedfordshire Standard 5 July; Bedfordshire Times 6 July; Dunstable Advertiser 6 July; Dunstable Borough Gazette 3 July; Leighton Buzzard Observer 9 July; Sporting Life 2,3 July; The Sportsman 2,3 July.