Minor Counties Championship 1895

44 MATCH NUMBER 31 : BEDFORDSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Dunstable Grammar School Ground, West Parade, Dunstable on Friday 16, Saturday 17 August 1895 Result: Wiltshire won by 107 runs Points: Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: W Haggard and S Pakes Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Wiltshire 5 (C S Awdry, A Glass, F H Humphrys, C F Spackman, J E Stevens) First day score: Wiltshire 144; Bedfordshire 129 Wiltshire F W Stancomb c Small b L C R Thring 35 (1) c L C W Thring b W F Brown 6 A M Miller c T A Brown b W F Brown 16 (2) b W F Brown 20 J E Stevens c Pope b W F Brown 4 (3) c Hoy b W F Brown 9 S P Kinneir b T A Brown 1 (4) b Manton 84 * O G Radcliffe c Potter b Pope 36 (5) b T A Brown 3 + Smart, T c L C W Thring b W F Brown 14 (6) c L C W Thring b W F Brown 7 A J Andrews c Sanger b W F Brown 1 (7) c Sanger b W F Brown 4 C S Awdry c T A Brown b W F Brown 3 (8) c L C W Thring b W F Brown 4 C F Spackman c W F Brown b Pope 18 (9) c Pope b T A Brown 2 A Glass not out 6 (10) c Small b Pope 16 F H Humphrys c Sanger b Pope 7 (11) not out 16 Extras 3 11 Total 144 182 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 108 136 144 Second innings 21 30 39 42 156 182 Brown, T A 19 8 21 1 - - (1) 30 9 61 2 - - W F Brown 28 5 63 5 - - (2) 31 6 59 6 - - Pope 12.1 2 22 3 - - (3) 11 2 22 1 - - L C R Thring 23 7 35 1 - - (4) 8 1 20 0 - - Potter (5) 2 1 3 0 - - Manton (6) 4 1 6 1 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 82.1 22 144 10 - - 86 20 182 10 - - Bedfordshire J Manton b Radcliffe 11 (1) lbw b Humphrys 7 G H Small b Radcliffe 4 (2) c Radcliffe b Humphrys 15 Brown, T A c Humphrys b Radcliffe 0 (3) b Humphrys 4 C G Pope c Spackman b Miller 0 (4) c Smart b Miller 1 * L C R Thring b Miller 3 (5) c Kinneir b Radcliffe 30 L C W Thring b Humphrys 48 (6) b Radcliffe 7 Hoy, F V b Miller 1 (7) c and b Radcliffe 0 R Ryder c Stancomb b Miller 28 (8) b Radcliffe 0 F W Potter b Humphrys 3 ( ) not out 8 + J Sanger not out 10 ( ) c Spackman b Radcliffe 4 W F Brown c Radcliffe b Miller 1 ( ) b Humphrys 4 Extras nb 2, 20 nb 1, 10 Total 129 90 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 11 17 18 31 129 Second innings 32 40 68 75 90 Miller 21.3 8 41 5 - 1 (2) 13 5 32 1 - - Radcliffe 14 3 30 3 - - (3) 8 3 11 5 - - Spackman 6 1 14 0 - - (4) 2 1 5 0 - - Glass 5 1 10 0 - - Humphrys 9 5 9 2 - 1 (1) 17.2 4 32 4 - 1 Awdry 2 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 57.3 18 129 10 - 2 40.2 13 90 10 - 1 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by 107 runs at 5.50 pm on the second day. Bedfordshire had won the game between the two sides at Trowbridge in July. Kinneir top-scored for Wiltshire with 84. For Bedfordshire, W F Brown took 11 wickets in the match for 122 runs, to follow up his 10 for 77 in the match at Trowbridge. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Kinneir’s 84; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns part batting order.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 24 August; Bedfordshire Standard 23 August; Bedfordshire Times 24 August; Dunstable Advertiser 24 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 20 August; North Wilts Herald 23 August; Swindon Advertiser 24 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 24 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 24 August; Wiltshire Times 24 August; The Cricket Field 24 August; The Sportsman 17,19 August.