The MInor Counties Championship 1900

43 MATCH NUMBER 24 : WILTSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Wednesday 25, Thursday 26 July 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire 1 (S W Spooner) ; Buckinghamshire 2 (T A Gilson, A S Ward) First day score: Buckinghamshire 333; Wiltshire 156-4 wickets (W S Medlicott 74*, A M Miller 41*) Buckinghamshire * P J de Paravicini c Overton b Humphrys 83 ( ) c Smart b Miller 37 Boddy, E S b Smart 113 ( ) b Humphrys 7 Saunders, J c Humphrys b Smart 5 ( ) c Overton b Smith 32 Wright, M W b Smart 5 ( ) b Smart 30 Capt S D Maul lbw b Smart 8 ( ) c Stevens b Humphrys 26 + C E Cobb c and b Smith 67 ( ) b Humphrys 3 A S Ward c Stancomb b Smart 30 ( ) not out 40 C L Prior c Smart b Miller 4 ( ) c Newman b Humphrys 6 Gilson, T A st Newman b Smart 5 ( ) c and b Smart 4 Nash, G not out 3 ( ) not out 3 Golding, S b Smith 0 Extras nb 2 10 nb 3 3 Total 333 (8 wickets declared) 191 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 183 203 209 216 227 315 320 333 Second innings - - Overton 18 3 95 0 - - (1) 2 0 10 0 - - Smith 16.1 1 65 2 - - (2) 3 0 12 1 - - Smart 15 1 90 6 - - (3) 11 0 48 2 - - Miller 6 2 19 1 - - (4) 2 0 8 1 - - Humphrys 15 2 54 1 - 2 (5) 21 1 88 4 - 3 Newman (6) 6 1 22 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 70.1 9 333 10 0 2 45 2 191 8 0 3 Wiltshire O G Radcliffe b Golding 4 ( ) c Maul b Golding 54 W S Medlicott c Nash b Ward 94 ( ) b Wright 64 J E Stevens c Cobb b Wright 8 ( ) c Gilson b Wright 15 F W Stancomb c de Paravicini b Ward 17 ( ) c de Paravicini b Ward 2 Newman, F c Golding b Wright 1 ( ) b Wright 2 * A M Miller b Wright 54 ( ) not out 2 S W Spooner c Cobb b Ward 10 F H Humphrys b Ward 4 + Smart, T c Maul b Ward 6 Smith, W R R c Ward b Wright 3 Overton, W not out 0 Extras 11 6 Total 212 (5 wickets) 145 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 212 Second innings 145 - - - - - Wright 36.3 22 30 4 - - (1) 22.3 10 30 3 - - Golding 22 1 98 1 - - (2) 11 2 37 1 - - Ward 14 1 52 5 - - (3) 11 1 48 1 - - Nash 2 0 8 0 - - Gilson 2 0 13 0 - - De Paravicini (4) 3 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 76.3 24 212 10 - - 47.3 13 145 5 - - Notes: This match was drawn after the Buckinghamshire declaration set Wiltshire a victory target of 313 runs. This was the first time in the Championship that the follow-on had not been enforced since it became voluntary at the beginning of the season. For the visitors, Boddyís 113 included 20 fours. De Paravicini scored 83 and Cobb 67. In the Buckinghamshire first innings, de Paravicini and Boddy had an opening partnership of 183 runs, which was the largest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Wiltshire, Medlicott played two innings of 94 and 64. Miller and Radcliffe both scored 54. The match aggregate of 881 runs was the second highest of the season. The 22 maidens bowled by Wright in the Wiltshire first innings were the second highest number during the season, and the 32 maidens he bowled in the match were the joint second highest. When Cobb had scored 12 runs in the Buckinghamshire first innings, he reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches, and when Smart caught de Paravicini in the Buckinghamshire second innings, he made his fiftieth dismissal in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire 1 st inns ëthreesí and ëtwosí in and duration of Boddyís 113, boundaries in de Paraviciniís 83 and Cobbís 67; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Wiltshire 1 st inns boundaries in Medlicottís 94 and Millerís 54; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Medlicottís 64 and Radcliffeís 54, and batting order.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 26 July, 2 August; North Wilts Guardian 28 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 28 July; Wiltshire Telegraph 28 July; Wiltshire Times 28 July; Bucks Advertiser 28 July; Bucks Herald 28 July; South Bucks Free Press 27 July; Sporting Life 26,27 July; The Sportsman 26,27 July.