The MInor Counties Championship 1900

52 MATCH NUMBER 33 : WILTSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 3, Saturday 4 August 1900 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 19 runs Points: Wiltshire 1, Berkshire -1 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire 1 (- Martin); Berkshire 3 (G Nicholson, C Paice, J A Yates) First day score: Berkshire 84; Wiltshire 101-5 wickets (W S Medlicott 30*, H Taunton 2*) Berkshire R A Williams c Smith b Overton 0 ( ) st Stancomb b Smart 8 * A C M Croome c Overton b Smith 10 ( ) c Stancomb b Martin 30 C Paice c Overton b Smith 20 ( ) b Martin 3 Brown, C E lbw b Overton 15 ( ) b Smart 7 + F E Chapman b Smith 0 ( ) b Smith 4 H M Worsley not out 31 ( ) b Martin 0 H L Collmann b Overton 0 ( ) c Radcliffe b Smart 5 J A Yates c and b Smith 4 ( ) b Martin 1 G Nicholson c Martin b Smith 0 ( ) b Smart 0 W O Nares c Miller b Smith 0 ( ) c Stancomb b Smart 3 Barker, W st Smart b Overton 1 ( ) not out 1 Extras 3 w 2 9 Total 84 71 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 11 42 45 69 69 80 80 80 84 Second innings 37 37 52 56 62 67 67 68 71 Overton 17.2 6 45 4 - - (1) 6 1 23 0 - - Smith 17 5 36 6 - - (2) 8 3 11 1 - - Smart (3) 8 1 23 5 1 - Martin (4) 7 3 5 4 1 - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 34.2 11 84 10 - - 29 8 71 10 2 0 Wiltshire O G Radcliffe c Paice b Williams 15 H S Snell b Brown 27 Overton, W c Nicholson b Williams 0 W S Medlicott c Chapman b Croome 68 J E Stevens c Williams b Brown 0 * A M Miller c Nicholson b Croome 10 + F W Stancomb lbw b Croome 12 H Taunton b Croome 20 + Smart, T c Williams b Brown 4 Smith, W R R c Brown b Croome 11 Martin, - not out 0 Extras w 1, nb 1 7 Total 174 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 27 44 44 93 174 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Brown 33 11 65 3 - - Williams 24 6 69 2 - 1 Barker 7 3 12 0 - - Croome 12.2 5 21 5 1 - Worsley 1 1 0 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 77.2 26 174 10 1 1 Notes: Wiltshire won by an innings at 3.00 pm on the second day. The start on the first day was delayed by rain until 2.00 pm. For Wiltshire, Medlicott scored 68. During the Wiltshire innings, Miller retired hurt when his score was 8 for medical treatment after a ball ricocheted off his bat onto his forehead. He resumed his innings the next morning at the fall of the sixth wicket, when Taunton was dismissed. Smart and Stancomb shared the wicket-keeping duties for Wiltshire. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire 2 nd inns batting order, and fall of 1 st wicket; in Wiltshire inns boundaries in Medlicottís 68, and fall of 6 th to 9 th wickets; initials of Martin.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 9 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 11 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 11 August; Wiltshire Times 11 August; Berkshire Chronicle 11 August; Reading Standard 11 August; Sporting Life 6 August; The Sportsman 4,6 August.